Ineffectiveness of Standardized Testing Students have been attending public schools since the 17th century. As education progressed‚ standardized tests began to develop. Students are given these tests to see what they know before school starts‚ or what they have learned throughout the school year. School board members use them to determine the effectiveness of the school. These tests affect the funding of school‚ its students‚ and its staff. Standardized testing is an important controversy that
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Ancient Greek Art vs. Modern Day Art Greek art is split up into four periods: ancient‚ byzantine‚ modern and contemporary. An example of ancient art is the Parthenon. The Parthenon can be a place to pray or it would be a safe place at times of invasions. The Parthenon is actually a place to thank and worship the Goddess Athena for helping the Greeks defeat the Persian empire. Famous Greek art is mostly sculptures‚ vase paintings‚ and architecture. I already
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Ancient Chinese Contributions Rich Laird Strayer University Humanities: Culture‚ Continuity and Change 111 Dr. Ronald Gavin May 28‚ 2012 Ancient Chinese Contributions The world owes a lot to the Chinese for all the major contributions and innovations they introduced. For example‚ during the Era of Disunity (approx. 220-581 AD) the ancient Chinese invented kites‚ matches‚ umbrellas and much more ("Inventions‚" “n.d.”). The Yuan dynasty brought us paper money‚ blue and white porcelain
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some extremely important inventions emerge‚ most noticeably gunpowder‚ paper making‚ compass‚ and silk. Few substances in history have had as profound an effect on human history as gunpowder... and its discovery was an accident! Ancient alchemists in China spent centuries trying to discover an elixir of life that would render the user immortal. One important ingredient in many of the failed elixirs was saltpetre‚ also known as potassium nitrate. Many western history books over the
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Ancient Greek Legacies Throughout Ancient Greece there have been many legacies. The Olympic Games were created and become part of history. Architecture influenced modern buildings. During these times‚ different types of literature were produced. Three greatest legacies of Ancient Greece are literature‚ the Olympic Games‚ and architecture. The Olympic Games was created because of a myth. It began when Oenomaus‚ the king of Olympia had a daughter named Hippodamia and wanted to compete with the person
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When most people talk about ancient Greek civilization‚ they usually think about the humanities (philosophy and literature) that flourished in ancient Greece. They know Plato and his theories about the ideal forms‚ they admire the depth of Aristotle ’s thought. However‚ few people heard about the contribution of the Ancient Greeks in other sciences like medicine‚ which was made by Hippocrates‚ or mathematics and geometry by Pythagoras‚ Euclid and Archimedes and fewer know about technological achievements
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one of the most famous ancient Greek doctors‚ Hippocrates. When we look at the ancient Greeks life it’s mainly focused around the Gods but in medicine the doctors‚ like Hippocrates‚ tried to figure out natural reasons as to why someone got ill. Certainly not every person trusted doctors because many still turned to the Gods to try to fix their illness. After researching about ancient Greek doctors people can realize that some of the methods we use today are rooted in the Greek culture. From various
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History of Sport Tutorial Paper 1: Women and Sport in the Ancient World Is there evidence of female participation in the ancient Olympic Games? According to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) there have been over 30‚923 women participating in the modern Olympic Games over the period of 108 years since the first women participated at the 1900 Paris Olympic Games. At the latest Olympic Games held in Beijing‚ out of the 11‚196 total athletes‚ 4‚746 were women that were involved at
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of wrestling in Ancient Egypt. Among them‚ “the techniques used by the Egyptian wrestlers are depicted in great detail on the walls of an eleventh dynasty tomb at Beni-Hassan‚ on
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Research paper 2 GREEK ARCHITECTURE ON MODERN BUILDINGS IN CALIFORNIA Greek Architecture has been so appealing to the Western World‚ especially America. When we talk about Greek influence on western world architecture‚ the influence is evident and undeniable. We could easily find buildings that consist of many elements of Greek architecture. Greek architecture represents power‚ authority and strength; but at the same time define beauty. An example would be the Temple of Artemis. The great temple
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