aboriginal communities today. I firmly believe that to solve the problem‚ we must fully realise it. I am inclined to believe that this is the land God gave to Cain. “ - Jacques Cartier. This quote from famed Canadian explorer Jacques Cartier explains his thoughts on the land found by him and his crew. It started in 1534‚ Jacques Cartier a french explorer took one small step for man and pushed the Canadian indigenous 50 steps back. Exploring the St. Lawrence river‚ Cartier set base. One year later
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Observation of the Stevenson High Choral Guild Pamela Levinson College of Lake County Observation of the Stevenson High Choral Guild The Stevenson High Choral Guild is the parent group for the three choirs at Adlai E Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire‚ IL. The executive board is made up of nine members; the co-presidents‚ vice president‚ co-secretaries‚ co-treasurers and the two teachers. I observed one of their monthly meetings. There was a lot to discuss at this meeting including the upcoming
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Jacques Cartier was a French explorer in the 1500’s. Cartier was commissioned by King Francis I of France in 1532 to explore the “New World”‚ and set out with two ships in 1535 in search of a “land where quantities of gold and other precious things are to be found” (“Jacques Cartier”‚ Gale). Cartier was a skilled navigator‚ and reached Newfoundland‚ Canada in 20 days. Being unfamiliar with the new waters‚ he kidnapped two native children‚ and used them to help him navigate. Though the Vikings and
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s philosophy of education known as "negative education" (Entwistle in Bayley‚ 89) describes many valid concepts which are still applied in today’s educational system. Although his philosophy is reasonable in terms of its ideas‚ his contradictions make it such that it would be difficult to apply realistically as pedagogy. Rousseau was a French philosopher of the eighteenth century‚ he argued that children should not be told what to learn‚ instead they should learn for themselves
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Analysis the Video Collections of Sacha Stevenson Video Title: #5 How to Act Indonesian and 5 Tips Anti-Ribet di Indonesia Video Link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2f0DGDHFGQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JI-anESyN_c The Analysis Results Sacha is the first foreigner I have ever seen that really knows Indonesian very well. I would like to thank to her because of her videos collections that describing Indonesian as well as she know‚ I am able to realize that most of Indonesians are unique
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During the French Revolution‚ Jean-Jacques Rousseau had inspired many revolutionists on either side‚ including one Robespierre‚ though he may not have entirely agreed with them. Rousseau’s idea of a perfect government centered around the idea that it acted as an intermediary between the people and the sovereign. This paper will discuss what Rousseau may have thought about what Robespierre did with his power as well as the French Revolution. Robespierre is known to have taken inspiration from
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The paintings of Jacques-Louis David illustrate the political and historical theme of fraternity and togetherness‚ a key ideal in the French Revolution. In 1784‚ Louvre‚ Paris‚ David painted Le Serment des Horaces‚ known in English as‚ Oath of the Horatii. This historical piece was depicted a Roman legend of 7th century BC‚ which involved a battle between the Romans and a nearby town of Alba. Instead of a full-scale war‚ the three Horatii brothers were chosen by the Romans to defeat the trio of brothers
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The book Kidnapped‚ by: Robert Louis Stevenson is one of the best books I have read. It tells the story of an orphan named David who is going to live with his uncle. He uncle tries to have him killed in an accident which did not end up working‚ so he gets put on a sailing ship to California to be sold as a slave. On the ship‚ David meets another boy named Alan. The boys fight the captain and crew of the ship. The ship ends up crashing on some rocks where the boys escape. They find themselves fighting
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Mer·cy‚ noun: kindness or help given to people who are in a very bad or desperate situation (Merriam-Webster). That is the definition of mercy and the key point in the book Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson. Throughout the book there are many different cases brought up of poor‚ innocent‚ African Americans who face a corrupt criminal justice system and are put on death row for crimes they did not commit. Although this was in the past‚ it is still happening in today’s criminal justice system and there
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“The Gestapo” by Jacques Delarue September first‚ 1939‚ Germany invades Poland using a series of advanced Blitzkrieg attacks‚ this marks the beginning of World War Two. Even before this date‚ Hitler and the National Socialist German Workers Party began their long unnecessary attacks on the Untermensch‚ or undesirables‚ so they were called. The ultimate brainwashing campaign of Hitler and the German secret police‚ the Gestapo‚ led to a new development of hateful ideologies among the people; leading
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