“The best books... are those that tell you what you know already.” (Orwell‚ 1984) While reading 1984‚ the character of Big Brother can be compared to many leaders throughout the history. Specifically‚ there are many comparisons between Big Brother and the current leader of America‚ Barack Obama. Their comparisons are using media to spay on citizens‚ the Thought police and Perpetual War‚ just to name a few. The greatest similarity I see between Big Brother in 1984 and the leader of the US‚ is
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many reputations of well-liked men and women. This also occurred during 1692 and 1693‚ the years of the witch trials. There were many differences and similarities between these two topics. The death penalty was the number one difference‚ along with the after effects of these events and their logic during the time of the occurrences. The similarities were greed and self-preservation. It also gave many an excuse to act on personal grudges bore with one another. The death penalty was highly popular
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Jean Piaget (1896-1980) His view of how children’s minds work and develop has been enormously influential‚ particularly in educational theory. His particular insight was the role of maturation in children’s increasing capacity to understand their world: they cannot undertake certain tasks until they are psychologically mature enough to do so. He proposed that children’s thinking does not develop entirely smoothly: instead‚ there are certain points at which it “takes off” and moves into completely
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Lev Vygotsky (November 17‚ 1896 – June 11‚ 1394) was a Russian psychologist. Vygotsky was a pioneering psychologist and his major works span six separate volumes‚ written over roughly 10 years‚ from Psychology of Art (1925) to Thought and Language [or Thinking and Speech] (1934). Vygotsky ’s interests in the fields of developmental psychology‚ child development‚ and education were extremely diverse. Vygotsky ’s theories stress the fundamental role of social interaction in the development
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systems. The similarities are that both systems are based on public ownership of the means of production and centralised planning. This basically means that all businesses owned by individuals are not held under the names of individual members‚ they are owned cooperatively by the government. Thus‚ all resources of producing and distributing goods are owned by a centralised government that controls the economy. They make decisions of what and how much should be produced annually‚ what the prices should
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Lev Vygotsky was known as the creator of an original branch of psychology in the Soviet union. He is also known for writing many books on psychology. In the first part of my paper‚ I will begin telling you how young Vygotsky got into psychology for the first time. Second‚ I will talk about his theories and thesis’s that change the psychological world forever. Last‚ I will tell you how you can use his methods in your own classroom. Since Vygotsky is not that well known‚ many people pass on his
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America and the surrounding areas‚ they brought their African music with them. Eventually‚ traits of this music was adopted by local musicians and integrated into their music. Although there are distinct differences between the music found in Jamaica and Brazil‚ the similarities between the two cultures is pronounced. A culture’s music can be viewed as a definition of their identity. Much more than just musical attributes finds its way into the musical expression of a society. Religious beliefs‚
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uncontrollable settlement in the west. Southern and Northern businessmen supported the Whigs (they favored the wealth). The Whig party was led by former National-Republicans Daniel Webster and Henry Clay. The platform of the Whigs bared remarkable similarities to that of the old Federalist Party. The Whigs supported a more active national government that would check the "excesses of unrestricted individualism." The Whigs were also very supportive of the National Bank. They agreed with Hamilton in saying
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Jean Piaget was born in Neuchâtel‚ Switzerland on August 9‚ 1896. He was the first child of Arthur and Rebecca Piaget. Jean began showing an interest in the natural sciences at a very early age. By age 11‚ he had already started his career as a researcher by writing a short paper on an albino sparrow. He was also very interested in mollusks and by the time he was a teen‚ his papers on mollusks were being widely published. He continued to study the natural sciences and received his Ph.D. in Zoology
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The North and The South After 4 grueling years‚ The Civil War finally came to an end on May 9th‚ 1865. Most believed the Civil War was started was because of the “Free states” (The North) and the “Slave states” (The South) couldn’t come to a compromise over the power of national government to stop slavery in the territories that had not yet become states. Abraham Lincoln was elected president in 1860 and vowed to keep slavery out of territories. The Civil war is an incredibly crucial part of history
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