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    Polytechnic University of the Philippines GRADUATE SCHOOL Doctor in Educational Management Manila The Past Movement for Social Change in the Educational System & Analysis of Curricular Reforms in the Elementary‚ Secondary and Tertiary Levels A Written Report in DEM 736-Systems Analysis in Education Submitted to: DE DRACIA Subject Specialist Submitted by: MARY ANN B. PASCUA DEM Student March 16‚ 2013 Introduction Education has always been considered

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    King Jr. once said‚” We are not makers of history. We are made by history.” There are certain events in history that have had a very big impact on the world. Three of these events include The American Revolution‚ The Great Depression of the 1930s‚ and The American Civil Rights Movement of the 1930s. The American Revolution is one of the most significant events in history. The revolution is when the Thirteen Colonies gained freedom from British influence. It started in 1765 when people from the colonies

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    African American Civil Rights movements is argued to have come a long way since the 18th century‚ but attaining full equality and fair treatment is still difficult in America. Some can argue that blacks in America are treated equal to everyone and that equality has fully been reached. But the truth is that this is far from the truth‚ blacks have faced many problems in America throughout time that they should never had to endure. In many ways the African American civil rights movement has accomplished

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    M2 - Written Assignment 243234 -American Ethnic History September 28‚ 2014 Question: Recount three historical events that illustrate the various relations between colonists and the Indians who were natives of the North American continent. What do these three events tell us about the various relations between colonist and Native Americans? The relationship between the colonist and Native Americans were not always negative. The violence and civil wars that took place could have easily been avoided

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    Tort Reform in the Us

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    The Need for Tort Reform in the United States Tort law is a type of law that is designed to offer remedies to civil wrongs. Unlike contractual damages that occur‚ where responsibility is predetermined‚ tort law is designed for someone who is legally injured to be able to recover damages from the person who is deemed legally responsible‚ or liable for such injuries. Tort law is broken down into three main categories‚ negligence‚ strict liability‚ and intentional tort. In negligence tort one is

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    The Hippie Movement

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    The three most important events in California history is woman suffrage‚ the hippie movement‚ and black radicalism. For many decades‚ women were treated unfairly and discriminated against‚ but it wasn’t till the suffrage movement began in California which women were finally standing up for themselves. In the 1870s‚ the state legislature granted women the right to serve as an elect member of the school board and as superintendents. (Rawls and Walton‚ "California History" 2012) Laura de Force Gordon

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    George W. Bush once said‚ “America is the land of the second chance - and when the gates of the prison open‚ the path ahead should lead to a better life.” Reforms have been used throughout history to implement new regulations and make changes in order to improve the lives of those impacted. Before the Prison Reform Movement‚ the United States Prison system was overflowing. Anyone‚ who was jailed for any offense‚ big or small‚ was placed in the same prison. This means that a small child committing

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    Abolition Movement

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    The Abolition Movement One of the most important events that took place in the world was the Abolition Movement that started in the early 1800s. This event is the first to start with getting rid of slavery. This was the era where slavery was very powerful. At this point there were many different opinions about slavery but some thought they should abolish slavery. The Abolition Movement started until William Lloyd Garrison started his crusades. “In December 1833‚ the three most active

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    Progressive Movement The Progressive Movement tried to fix the problems brought forth by industrialization after the Civil War in America. Although many American’s benefitted from the new change in the country‚ a good portion of them did not. Some of the issues it attempted to address through the help of muckraker journalists were women and child labor‚ public education and health‚ elimination of governmental corruption‚ product safety‚ treatment of employees‚ and sanitation of work areas. Women

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    Although Transcendentalism as a historical movement was limited in time from the mid 1830s to the late 1840s and in space to eastern Massachusetts‚ its ripples continue to spread through American culture. Beginning as a quarrel within the Unitarian church‚ Transcendentalism’s questioning of established cultural forms‚ its urge to reintegrate spirit and matter‚ its desire to turn ideas into concrete action developed a momentum of its own‚ spreading from the spheres of religion and education to literature

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