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    Final Project 1960 Time Capsule Kaplan University January 12‚ 2014 After receiving a very intriguing call from my colleagues‚ about a great time capsule find‚ I made my immediate departure for a little place we call the Red Zone previously known as Colorado. As I arrive I help my colleagues to unearth a time capsule from the period of the 1960s. We carefully opened the capsule that had intrigued us all so much to find five articles inside that told a great story of our past and of the decade

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    of the modern world. In 1895 the Lumiere brothers gave the world’s first real cinema show in Paris to an audience of thirty-three spectators. The first film they showed was "The Arrival of a train at a Station". Cinematograph is really an art of our time. Everyone can find something to his liking in the broad variety of its genres. For example: horror films‚ thriller films‚ popular science films‚ mystery films‚ documentaries‚ and animated cartoons. Besides films may be color or black-and-white‚ full-length

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    feedback from others. It is independent of activity‚ leisure‚ or social acceptance. So‚ when you put the two of those words together the National therapeutic Recreation Society defines therapeutic recreation as "Practiced in clinical‚ residential‚ and community settings‚ the profession of Therapeutic Recreation uses treatment‚ education‚ and recreation services to help people with illnesses‚ disabilities‚ and other conditions to develop and use their leisure in ways that enhance their health‚ independence

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    Class introduces a new social class to us – the Creative Class – which has greatly increased since 1950s and is still booming today. According to Richard Florida‚ the author of the book‚ the Creative Class has deeply influenced the ways we work and leisure‚ our values and desires‚ our communities and everyday life. The great changes between 1900-to-1950s are driven by technology improvement such as the popularization of TV‚ video‚ and washing machine; while the tremendous changes between 1950-to-today

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    are now more aware of important of how to spend their free time from hectic routines. The way of spending free time can be usually divided into two major sections‚ which are spending time with people and spending time alone. As for me‚ I would be on the side of spending time alone‚ since that the better way for recharging myself and for self-development. First of all‚ spending time alone is the better way to refresh people than spending time with people. People usually feel more comfortable when they

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    the end of a day’s work‚ we need some time to refresh the mind and the body. We need to engage ourselves in light and interesting deed. While choosing leisure time activist we should select one that is different from our usual work. It is essential to give proper exercise to all the parts of our body‚ as well as‚ our mind. A manual worker should do such work during his leisure that entertains the mind. Those who do brain work should spend their leisure in pastimes that give exercise to their

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    ‘During the 1960s‚ leisure activities became more private and individualistic.’ Explain why you agree or disagree with this statement. (24 marks) The 1960s white heat of technology resulted in a massive expansion of leisure activities‚ but had the biggest impact on group/family pass times. Traditional activities such as going to the local pub or working men’s club survived the new age of technology and remained popular. Yet the new thing to do was caravanning and day trips. This was made a lot

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    The "Glided Age" took place between 1870 and 1900 in the United States. This time period occurred and characterized by many things such as economic growth‚ industrial growth‚ immigration. When looking at this period of time the thing that jumps put and most memorable to most people is the extreme amount of immigration from the people. In this period of time society then saw a rapid economic and industrial growth that was solely driven by technical advances in manufacturing and as well as transportation

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    FCE SPEAKING EXAM PRACTICE JOBS Look at pictures A and B and describe the jobs the two people people are doing. doing. Picture A shows … whereas picture B shows … They both show… They remind me of… Additional discussion questions What difficulties do you think the person in picture B faces in her working day? I imagine … Also‚ I suppose … Do you think the job in picture A is as glamorous and exciting as it looks? looks? It depends … The best thing about it is … but … / Personally‚ I think that

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    Cheap Amusements‚ Kathy Peiss studies the customs‚ values‚ public styles‚ and ritualized interactions expressed in leisure time of the working-class women living in New York. The social experiences of these young women gives different clues to the ways in which these women constructed and gave meaning to their lives between the years of 1880-1920. The laboring poor’s leisure activity was brief‚ casual‚ and non-commercial. Amusement was and had to be cheap. It mostly consisted of walks‚

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