From the Teaching column of the December 2011 issue of Perspectives on History Instilling Civic Responsibility in the Classroom By Rebecca Bates Since the early 1990s‚ there have been calls inside and outside the academy for a reform of higher education. Reformers advocate teaching methods that include engaged learning and ethical training for citizenship‚ rather than mere knowledge acquisition and abstract speculation. In response‚ many teachers of American history have experimented widely
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The Roman Catholic Inquisition The Roman Catholic Inquisition‚ formally the Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Roman and Universal Inquisition was a system of tribunal for discovery and punishment of heresy‚ which was marked by the severity of questioning and punishment and lack of rights afforded to the accused. The Inquisition was a group of institutions within the government system of the Catholic Church whose aim was to combat heresy which resulted in the torture and murder of millions of
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Did you know that out of the 266 popes; Pope Francis is the first from the Americas? Pope Francis‚ also referred to as “The People’s Pope” (Time Magazine) became the leader of the Roman Catholic Church on March 13‚ 2013. He is the highest figure in the Catholic Church and the first non-European Pope in 1‚200 years. This significant leader will forever leave an imprint on the world. Pope Francis is without a doubt one of the most influential people in today’s history. One could know this man
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necessities for this fight. Currently in Nicaragua‚ these same anti-communist groups have begun to flee in efforts to escape the rule of the Sadanista’s. It is rumored that the groups are forming what are known as guerilla units. Guerilla warfare is fought in “fast-moving‚ small-scale actions.” The rebels and their supporters are trudging into southern Honduras. They have made camps there to accommodate the massive evacuation. Less than 2‚000 fighters are still in Nicaragua today. These people refer to themselves
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AJ 101 Course # Court Visit On November 29‚ 2011‚ I had the opportunity to go to Los Angles Superior Court and was able to sit and observe during a Preliminary Hearing. The case that I sat in was about a rape case in which a young girl of approximately twelve years old said that her grandfather‚ who was about sixty years old would sexually touch her and do certain things to her everytime she would go over to her grandparents house. The prosecutor asked the young girl a serious of questions such
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Not too much. I know it has got something to do with heart rate (when you run‚ count your heart beat‚ compare when you are on relax mode) I know it has got something to do with the connection of heart and veins. 2)Do you know how to monitor your heart rate and why it is important? I’ve heard of the ’electronic gadget’ you can rely on when measuring heart rate‚ never use it before. During my Physical Edu lesson‚ usually count it manually per minute 3)What does the public need to know about cardiovascular
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“Please ma’am‚ I’ll love you forever.” The line sounded rehearsed‚ as if he had spoken these words multiple times a day for many years. His glossy brown eyes penetrated my startled blue ones for as long as I let them until I turned away. His dirtied innocent face was one that came straight out of a UNICEF commercial‚ the sort that caught you off guard during a commercial break of your favorite TV show. Wistful faces of impoverished children flick before your eyes as a concerned voice insists that
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For my final project‚ I chose to compare the Catholic and Lutheran religions. I was born and raised in the Roman Catholic faith and have always attended a Catholic church. In fact‚ I even attended Catholic schools my entire life‚ so I am very familiar with the religion. I chose the Lutheran religion for comparison because I hear that it has some striking similarities to the Catholic religion and it interested me to find out both the similarities and differences between the two. The Lutheran religion
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Reformation of the corrupt Church The Catholic Church we know today has been transformed tremendously over thousands of years and‚ fortunately‚ for the better. Us twenty-first century Catholics would be so appalled if we went back to the sixteenth century and saw how the Church was. There were numerous problems in the Church‚ but during this time no one knew any better because that was what they were taught from birth so they didn’t think any different about it. The Church obviously had to
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Catholic Social Teaching is a doctrine created by the Catholic Church dealing with issues such as poverty and other social injustices. Over the years‚ there were many people‚ such as Dorothy Day‚ who influenced Catholic Social Teaching. Catholic Social Teaching is the Church’s helps guide the members of the Church in various to way to assist those in need‚ not only with respect to poverty and illness‚ but in all aspects of life. Dorothy Day embraced the idea of a double ministry and addressed the
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