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    Bolsheviks Primary Source

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    Source A is supposed to be a valuable one because it’s adapted from Lenin’s April Theses for Peace‚ thus offering a perspective on the Revolution from the Bolshevik Party leader himself. However‚ the fact that it’s ‘adapted’ lowers its credibility‚ as the document might have suffered misleading changes‚ meant to portray Lenin and the Bolsheviks in a certain way. Moreover‚ the extract is published by the official communist newspaper which indicates a clear bias in favour of the Bolshevik Revolutionaries

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    historical events

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    92. COMELEC Employees’ Walk-Out. technicians of the Commission on Elections walked out of their jobs after they were ordered to cheat the election returns in favor of President Marcos. 93. Military mutiny. February 23‚ 1986. Defense Minister Juan Ponce Enrile and AFP Vice Chief People administration. administration soldiers. Two days after‚ President Marcos went on exile to Hawaii. 94. Oath-taking of Corazon C. Aquino‚ the senator’s widow‚ and Salvador H. Laurel as President and

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    Primary Source Analysis

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    HIST 100 Primary Source Analysis Part I: Paragraph Assignment—Authority & Order in the Classical West (20 points) Introduction & Purpose The first‚ and some would say principal‚ job of the historian is to discover both the meaning and the significance of historical evidence. This assignment will help you to continue to engage with a key problem facing historians of the early West: how to evaluate primary source evidence that can be both upfront and in some ways full of deceit. You will be

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    Primary Source Analysis

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    Primary Source Analysis In order to determine the validity of a source‚ to prove it is a primary source and not a secondary source‚ one must look at several things. There are many aspects about it that show its validity. These include; when the event the source is talking about took place compared to when the author wrote the piece and when they were alive‚ whether or not it was an eye-witness account‚ and the reason the author wrote about it. Also in the evaluation process of the source

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    Historical Events

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    Social Security Act (1935) With a dramatic increase in life expectancy and decreases in mortality rates‚ many old People live their later lives with chronic illnesses and disabilities. As a result‚ long-term care is becoming an important part of service to the elderly population. The US General Accounting Office (1994) reports that more than 12 million Americans need long-term care and 55% of them are people aged 65 or older (Binstock‚ Cluff‚ & Mering‚ 1996). Accordingly‚ the government

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    Primary Source Essay

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    Primary Source Essay Assignment In my point of view‚ history portrays the past. While reading a American history book‚ people would only focus on the essential events that trigger their emotions; however‚ they should recognize the American history are dominated by three elements- race‚ class‚ and gender. In the rest of the assignment‚ I would use several primary sources documents to analyze how gender had made a big impact in the American history. It would signify the hardships that women endured

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    The four pros of the Reggio Emilia philosophy are: 1- Reggio inspired preschool experience by setting an environment that promotes exploration and discovery. Because children are innately curious about the natural world‚ the teachers need to provide materials and activities that would help the children to use their senses and their creativity to connect with the real world. Children were allowed to explore and discover in a supportive and rich environment where the children’s interests helped determine

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    Pros and cons of Project Management Approach A project is a temporary endeavor‚ having a defined beginning and end (usually constrained by date‚ but can be by funding or deliverables)‚ undertaken to meet unique goals and objectives‚ usually to bring about beneficial change or added value. Project management is the discipline of planning‚ organizing‚ securing and managing resources to bring about the successful completion of specific project goals and objectives. Every business undertakes projects

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    our brains are evolving and changing due to exposure–repeated exposure–to various activities on the computer. These changes have impacts on the traditional teaching-learning situations in classrooms and schools–particularly if one want to keep or focus the attention of students. In short‚ these so-called traditional teaching-learning style and practices might not be effective for the roaring digital minds. Does the use of digital technology really improve specific language‚ cognitive‚ or literacy

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    The type of primaries that should be operating in North Carolina is an open primary not a closed primary. The reasons North Carolina should operate on an open primary is to enable voters in both parties to vote whoever they favored the most‚ allowing voters to vote in opposite parties‚ and reduces stress when going through the voting process since most of the voter ballots will include both parties’ leaders instead having leaders assigned to the voter party. On the side note‚ North Carolina should

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