History 1301: History of the United States to 1877 Section 63402 Fall 2015 01/20/15 – 05/14/15 Instructor: Dr. Ryan Pettengill E-mail: RPettengill@dcccd.edu Skype address: petteng1 Office Phone: 214-860-3618 Office: W-243 Meeting Days and Times: Online format Room: Online format Credit Hours: 3 Semester Hours Division: Communications and Social Sciences Office Phone: 214-860-8671 Office Hours: Mon.‚ Wed.‚ Fri.‚ 8 – 9 a.m. Course Description: This is a general survey of American history from colonization
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Rickson October 14‚ 2012 Mr. Brown Period 6 The NBA is better than the NFL! Anyone that is a sports fan or a basketball fan per se knows that basketball season starts in the last week of October. Unlike the NFL starting in September and ending in January or February with the Super Bowl. You have more time to play ball when you’re with the NBA. I think the NBA is better than the NFL. To support my argument I have three reasons why the NBA is better than the NFL. The players have actual power
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sense of history in shaping the future of Singapore’s society? Singapore is without a doubt‚ a diversified nation with many different cultures and races. Contrary to the popular belief of difference leading to antagonism‚ Singapore is perhaps one of the few countries globally to welcome people despite their variable backgrounds and still remain collectively competitive. Indeed‚ credit is due to Singapore’s society past or present‚ had been seen to be shaped with a strong sense of history in mind
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Since 1976 Black History Month has been a remembrance of the events in the history of the African American movement. It is celebrated annually in the United States and Canada in the month of February‚ and the United Kingdom in the month of October. In the U.S.‚ Black History Month is also referred to as African-American History Month. Black History Month actually started as Negro History Week in 1926 by Carter G. Woodson. The goal of Black History Week was to educate the American people about
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Introduction The NBA is a billion dollar business and known as one of the largest and most prestigious organization within American sports today. It is also home to one of the most controversial rules in all of sports‚ which is known as "the one and done rule." The one and done rule restricts high school basketball players from entering the NBA draft out of high school and going to straight to the NBA. According to Article X‚ Section 1 of the NBA’s 2005 collective bargaining agreement (CBA)‚ the
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Race and racism have several influences of the shaping and image of both the NHL and the NBA. The NHL is viewed as a white-race dominant league and the NBA is viewed as a black-race dominant league. It is often perceived for this reason that the NHL is the more professional of the two leagues and that the athletes in the NBA are less professional due to their choice of clothing apparel most specifically. The NBA and NHL are both known to discriminate against the black athletes and it is believed that
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There are many important periods in Japanese history. But‚ if I were to narrow it down to the three most important periods‚ it would be the Yayoi period‚ the Heian period‚ and the Edo period... IN MY OPINION Yayoi The Yayoi period lasted from about 400 or 300 BC until 250 AD. This period followed the Jōmon period. This period is named after Yayoi town‚ the subsection of Bunkyō‚ Tōkyō‚ where archaeological investigations uncovered its first recognized traces. The culture of the Yayoi Era is characterized
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Test #1: Study Notes Chapter 1 Cinephile: a lover of cinema Filmography: a list of films There are distinct types of explanation in film history: 1. Biographical History 2. Industrial/Economic Historybusiness procedures 3. Aesthetic Historyfilm art (form; style) 4. Technological History 5. Social/Cultural/Political Types of Explanation: 1. Chronology 2. Influence 3. Trends/Generalization 4. Periods (by positing trends‚ historians generalize) 5. Significance Methodological Individualism:
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AP World History Chapter 6 - India and Southern Asia Name:____________________________ Chapter Objectives: When you finish studying this chapter you should be able to answer the following questions. In what ways has the environments of India and Southeast Asia influenced the choice of the livelihood of the people‚ as well as the development of distinct social and governmental structures. How did India evolve into a complex social system and three distinct religious systems to meet the needs
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Assignment on “Brief History of Earth” Course: ENV 107 1 Brief History of Earth The history of the Earth concerns the development of the planet Earth from its formation to the present day. Nearly all branches of natural science have contributed to the understanding of the main events of the Earth ’s past. The age of Earth is approximately one-third of the age of the universe. An immense amount of biological and geological change has occurred in that time span. Earth formed around
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