mkassel@umflint.edu Course Description The study of labor is obviously important to those of us who live in a town like Flint‚ Michigan‚ but‚ when we broaden the definition to include the overall history of working people we find how important the story of labor is to all Americans. While this course will certainly focus on organized labor‚ it will also look at the history of work and workers from Colonial times to present day. This course‚ which is a combined lecture/discussion class‚ will also
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Mainly‚ Johnson wrote this book to prove that one week in 1954 was one of the defining moments in what people today know as modern life. First‚ he proved that the first fateful week of September ultimately influenced the way cities organized themselves. Second‚ he proved that the events of the Broad Street Outbreak changed how disease was studied and viewed. Third‚ he proved that urban intelligence could come to understand a massive health crisis of which most people refused to see the truth. Ultimately
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Stories can connect generations by a rumor passed down through generations or maybe just a fun story. Throughout generations folk tales and myths were a way to connect small towns and villages. Examples to back this statement are different findings of legends in Egyptians‚ Greek‚ Roman‚ and many other older cities. The story of "Johnny Appleseed" is an American folk lore‚ and I’m pretty sure that you have heard the story at least once in school. Or you could have stories like "Bloody marry" that
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fear‚ but I think ghosts are the scariest. Either that or flesh-eating zombies! When I think of ghosts‚ I think of the whole furniture moving on its own thing or your traditional bed sheet ghost. However‚ in early ghost stories the ghost never tried to hurt or scare the people but were said to have been asking for help like getting a proper burial or finish something that the ghost never got to do in its lifetime. Some of these ghost stories date back as far as 3‚000 years! One story takes place around
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COMPULSORY READING ’’Ghost Stories’’ RETOLD BY Rosemary Border ABOUT THE AUTHORS: A. M. BURRAGE Alfred McLellan Burrage (1889-1956) was a well-known English novelist. He enjoyed writing about ghosts and horror‚ and produced two novels and many short stories in this genre. ’’Smee’’ comes from his collection entitled ’’Someone in the Room’’. BRAM STOKER Stoker (1847-1912) has been called ’’one of the least-known authors of the one of the best-known books’’. As a child‚ he enjoyed listening to
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Ghost Story The short story "A Rose for Emily‚"� by William Faulkner‚ is a very predictable ghost story. Three things that make this story so predictable are: the haunted house setting‚ the creepy old woman‚ and the disappearing fiancé. The haunted house setting used in "A Rose for Emily"� is a classic idea used by many writers and movie directors. The old house in the middle of a field begins to set the tone that people avoid this place as much as possible. Then Faulkner throws in over grown weeds
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screaming! No one could see their hands in front of their faces as fear sets in. Over the past several months‚ there have been several unexplained noises downstairs in the house‚ in the garage‚ and in the family room. The homeowners believe there is a ghost in their house. There have been unexplained shadows on the walls‚ missing items‚ and baffling noises! Everyone who lives in the home‚ are usually in the same room when the odd things occur. They keep asking the same questions what keeps causing the
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Beddau Paranormal Investigators Protocol READ BEFORE EVERY INVESTIGATION The most important thing to remember during your investigation is to conduct your investigation in a professional manner and to be respectful. Your reputation as an investigator and as an investigative team depends on how you conduct yourself and your investigation. Respect the dead‚ your fellow team members and the location. Do not remove items from the location. Do not take something from the site as a souvenir. Respect
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Civil Engineering Who and what is a civil engineer: • Civil Engineering is the practice of improving and maintaining the built and natural environments to increase the quality of life for present and future generations. A Civil Engineer’s job is to design and supervise the construction of essential structures such as: bridges‚ sport stadiums‚ office blocks‚ convention centres‚ dams‚ major pipelines and transportation systems. How do I know Civil Engineering is for me? Do you:
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Eugene Tran Professor Rob Summers English 1003-752-759 25 March 2014 Collectiveness and Storytelling in Louise Erdrich’s “Bidwell Ghost” “Bidwell Ghost” by Louise Erdrich‚ on one particular level‚ is a ghost story. The piece describes a story of a young girl‚ killed in a house fire twenty years ago located on an orchard field. The girl’s presence is still apparent after her death‚ where she haunts the road next to her home and occasionally makes her way into vehicles that pass by. The themes
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