Category: History : History
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For your research project, you will need to choose a person that made a significant contribution during the time period we are studying.
For your research project, you will need to choose a person that made a significant contribution during the time period we are studying. Person Chosen : Aristotle (384-322 BC) For this assignment, argue why they were important and should remain an important person to study. Present your person and explain why they are important to…
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Explain how Europeans have defined themselves in distinction from these internal “others” in two time periods (defined above). How has this process shaped European identity?
Explain how Europeans have defined themselves in distinction from these internal “others” in two time periods (defined above). How has this process shaped European identity?
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How and why have certain Americans tended to view themselves and their nation a
How and why have certain Americans tended to view themselves and their nation as “exceptional”? How has this notion shaped American culture, politics and economics?
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In what specific ways has this identity been contested? Has this identity been broad and inclusive, or has it tended to create un-American or non-American “Others?”
In what specific ways has this identity been contested? Has this identity been broad and inclusive, or has it tended to create un-American or non-American “Others?”
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Describe and analyze the processes by which a distinctively American identity was created and changed over time.
Describe and analyze the processes by which a distinctively American identity was created and changed over time.
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Read Locke’s “The New Negro” and apply two of his characteristics of the Harlem Renaissance to one work from the other readings by Hughes, McKay, or Hurston.
Read Locke’s “The New Negro” and apply two of his characteristics of the Harlem Renaissance to one work from the other readings by Hughes, McKay, or Hurston. In what ways does the selection you chose convey the ideas in Locke’s definition? Learning objectives: strong opening thesis, development (500 words), SUPPORT (quotations), objective tone (No “I”…