Category: History

  • history essay

    the two sites i want you to write about are the stoa of atlalos and the pyramids of giza, khufu, khafre and menkaure.

  • Week 1

    1 Please Read by John Winthrop (click on city on the hill) if it does not open i have attached the story below.2 Answer the question below with 150 wordsWhat is John Winthrop trying to say and have we (the United States) managed to live up to his expectations? Why or why not?3 Write 2 responses to the colleagues that I also attach with 100 words to each statement.

    John Winthrop Dreams of a City on a Hill, 1630

    John Winthrop Dreams of a City on a Hill, 1630

    John Winthrop delivered the following sermon before he and his fellow settlers reached New England. The sermon is famous largely for its use of the phrase a city on a hill, used to describe the expectation that the Massachusetts Bay colony would shine like an example to the world. But Winthrops sermon also reveals how he expected Massachusetts to differ from the rest of the world.

    A Modell Hereof

    God Almighty in his most holy and wise providence hath so disposed of the condition of mankind, as in all times some must be rich some poor, some high and eminent in power and dignity; others mean and in subjection.

    The Reason hereof:

    1st Reason.

    First to hold conformity with the rest of His world, being delighted to show forth the glory of his wisdom in the variety and difference of the creatures, and the glory of His power in ordering all these differences for the preservation and good of the whole, and the glory of His greatness, that as it is the glory of princes to have many officers, so this great king will have many stewards, counting himself more honored in dispensing his gifts to man by man, than if he did it by his own immediate hands.

    2nd Reason.

    Secondly, that He might have the more occasion to manifest the work of his Spirit: first upon the wicked in moderating and restraining them, so that the rich and mighty should not eat up the poor, nor the poor and despised rise up against and shake off their yoke. Secondly, in the regenerate, in exercising His graces in them, as in the great ones, their love, mercy, gentleness, temperance etc., and in the poor and inferior sort, their faith, patience, obedience etc.

    3rd Reason.

    Thirdly, that every man might have need of others, and from hence they might be all knit more nearly together in the bonds of brotherly affection. From hence it appears plainly that no man is made more honorable than another or more wealthy etc., out of any particular and singular respect to himself, but for the glory of his Creator and the common good of the creature, Man. Therefore God still reserves the property of these gifts to Himself as Ezek. 16:17, He there calls wealth, His gold and His silver, and Prov. 3:9, He claims their service as His due, Honor the Lord with thy riches, etc. All men being thus (by divine providence) ranked into two sorts, rich and poor; under the first are comprehended all such as are able to live comfortably by their own means duly improved; and all others are poor according to the former distribution….

    Question: What rule must we observe and walk by in cause of community of peril?

    Answer:

    The same as before, but with more enlargement towards others and less respect towards ourselves and our own right. Hence it was that in the primitive Church they sold all, had all things in common, neither did any man say that which he possessed was his own. Likewise in their return out of the captivity, because the work was great for the restoring of the church and the danger of enemies was common to all, Nehemiah directs the Jews to liberality and readiness in remitting their debts to their brethren, and disposing liberally to such as wanted, and stand not upon their own dues which they might have demanded of them. Thus did some of our forefathers in times of persecution in England, and so did many of the faithful of other churches, whereof we keep an honorable remembrance of them; and it is to be observed that both in Scriptures and latter stories of the churches that such as have been most bountiful to the poor saints, especially in those extraordinary times and occasions, God hath left them highly commended to posterity…

    Thus stands the cause between God and us. We are entered into covenant with Him for this work. We have taken out a commission. The Lord hath given us leave to draw our own articles. We have professed to enterprise these and those accounts, upon these and those ends. We have hereupon besought Him of favor and blessing. Now if the Lord shall please to hear us, and bring us in peace to the place we desire, then hath He ratified this covenant and sealed our commission, and will expect a strict performance of the articles contained in it; but if we shall neglect the observation of these articles which are the ends we have propounded, and, dissembling with our God, shall fall to embrace this present world and prosecute our carnal intentions, seeking great things for ourselves and our posterity, the Lord will surely break out in wrath against us, and be revenged of such a people, and make us know the price of the breach of such a covenant.

    Now the only way to avoid this shipwreck, and to provide for our posterity, is to follow the counsel of Micah, to do justly, to love mercy, to walk humbly with our God. For this end, we must be knit together, in this work, as one man. We must entertain each other in brotherly affection. We must be willing to abridge ourselves of our superfluities, for the supply of others necessities. We must uphold a familiar commerce together in all meekness, gentleness, patience and liberality. We must delight in each other; make others conditions our own; rejoice together, mourn together, labor and suffer together, always having before our eyes our commission and community in the work, as members of the same body. So shall we keep the unity of the spirit in the bond of peace. The Lord will be our God, and delight to dwell among us, as His own people, and will command a blessing upon us in all our ways, so that we shall see much more of His wisdom, power, goodness and truth, than formerly we have been acquainted with. We shall find that the God of Israel is among us, when ten of us shall be able to resist a thousand of our enemies; when He shall make us a praise and glory that men shall say of succeeding plantations, may the Lord make it like that of New England. For we must consider that we shall be as a city upon a hill. The eyes of all people are upon us. So that if we shall deal falsely with our God in this work we have undertaken, and so cause Him to withdraw His present help from us, we shall be made a story and a by-word through the world. We shall open the mouths of enemies to speak evil of the ways of God, and all professors for Gods sake. We shall shame the faces of many of Gods worthy servants, and cause their prayers to be turned into curses upon us till we be consumed out of the good land whither we are going.

    And to shut this discourse with that exhortation of Moses, that faithful servant of the Lord, in his last farewell to Israel, Deut. 30. Beloved, there is now set before us life and death, good and evil, in that we are commanded this day to love the Lord our God, and to love one another, to walk in his ways and to keep his Commandments and his ordinance and his laws, and the articles of our Covenant with Him, that we may live and be multiplied, and that the Lord our God may bless us in the land whither we go to possess it. But if our hearts shall turn away, so that we will not obey, but shall be seduced, and worship other Gods, our pleasure and profits, and serve them; it is propounded unto us this day, we shall surely perish out of the good land whither we pass over this vast sea to possess it.

    Therefore let us choose life,

    that we and our seed may live,

    by obeying His voice and cleaving to Him,

    for He is our life and our prosperity.

    John Winthrop, A Model of Christian Charity, in A Library of American Literature: Early Colonial Literature, 1607-1675, Edmund Clarence Stedman and Ellen Mackay Hutchinson, eds. (New York: 1892), 304-307.

  • Power Point, Weeks 6, 7 and 8 Reflections

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  • Us history

    Carefully read the lecture. In at least an elaborate, paragraph answer every part of the questions from what you gathered from the lecture.
  • History Question

    Two essays, one from Part 1 and one from Part 2. A reminder: an essay is not a single paragraph.

    Part 1:

    1. Compare and contrast the Paleolithic and the Neolithic eras.

    2. “Mesopotamia was the world’s first civilization.” Discuss.

    3. In your opinion, which civilization contributed the most to Western Civilization, Mesopotamia or Egypt?

    4. “Jewish civilization was a revolutionary civilization.” How and how not?

    Part 2:

    1. How did geography influence Greek civilization?

    2. The second millennium b.c. saw two civilizations dominating Greece and the Aegean. What were they and how did they differ?

    3. Was Athens a democracy? How and how not.

    4. What role did war play in Greek civilization? Give examples.

  • Democracy and Control in the Early Republic

    AcrossThe American Yawp, Chapters 510, democratic expansion repeatedly coexisted with new forms of regulation, coercion, or exclusion. Write an essay analyzing how moments of expanding participation were paired with intensified systems of control. You must explain how democracy functioned both as a tool of empowerment and as a justification for authority. Compare these patterns to a modern example in which democratic rhetoric coexists with regulatory expansion. The modern comparison must be integrated into the body of the essay rather than appended at the end.

    Requirements:

    • Minimum of 800 words.
    • Minimum of five Turabian/Chicago Manual footnotes or endnotes, drawn from The American Yawp text, primary sources, and at least 1 other scholarly resource.
    • At least two direct quotations from the chapters analyzed.
    • Your modern comparison must be framed through historical logic, not through present-day moral judgments.
    • Separate bibliography page.

    This is formal academic writing. Avoid contractions, first-person narration, and unsupported generalizations.

  • A child who learn even in closed records

    This best describes how change must happen in closed record states. 5:years and still not comfortable with everything and won’t be until my vitals are complete and corrected. I hope I can find support in this venture with advocacy for recovery of the truth. stop pairing up secrets. and work with our beautiful State so that no other person will have the pain and hurt discovered while I sought the truth.

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  • The Flores interview

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  • History Question

    Assignment 2: Whiteness Deconstructed

    Assignment goal

    • Discuss the construction of whiteness.
    • Apply an understanding of whiteness to societal structures.

    Instructions

    Read the OER chapter on whiteness, watch the video, and and answer the following:

    1. Give examples of how whiteness is institutionalized. Provide at least 2 examples. (hint: you can use the definition from the week 2 module– definitions)
    2. What is Possessive Investment in Whiteness and what are examples of this in this chapter/video? Provide at least 2 examples.
    3. How does white supremacy impact people of color and inequalities/inequities? (this can be answered in relation to the course up until this point citing specific examples ONLY from course materials and connecting the understanding of white supremacy from this chapter. this can also be answered solely using this week’s materials)
    • Use the rubric to guide your work.

    Grading Criteria

    Please see rubric. This will include:

    • answers the prompts
    • when asked, includes direct examples ONLY from the chapter (Hodges, 2023) or video that appropriately reflects the task and cites each example
    • makes the connection between institutional racism and whiteness (rather than just interpersonal racism)
    • when asked, makes appropriate course connections using only course materials up until this point connected with this week’s materials

    Sources to use

    https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Ethnic_Studies/Introduction_to_Ethnic_Studies_(Fischer_et_al.)

    OER reading on whiteness

    from Intro of Chapter 7 and Sections 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4 and 7.5.

    Video: Historical Constrution of Whiteness

    Here is a video that explains the construction of whiteness. This does not explain EVERYTHING about it, it is just an introduction. Pay attention to when people have historically chosen the category and especially who did it seek to differentiate from? See the

  • History Primary source analysis

    My first assignment is attached. Please use it to make the primary source analysis.

    For the third assignment in the Research Project, you will analyze two primary sources related to your research topic. You will first search for two primary sources from an appropriate database. Once you have selected your two primary sources, you will analyze them according to the criteria in the worksheets below and write a 200-word analysis for each primary source.

    What Is a Primary Source?

    Primary sources are original records of the political, economic, artistic, scientific, social, and intellectual thoughts and achievements of specific historical periods. They are produced by the people who participated in and witnessed the past. Primary sources offer a variety of points of view and perspectives of events, issues, people, and places. Essentially, a primary source is an artifact created at the time in question, such as diaries, letters, newspaper articles (written at the time), original manuscripts (written at the time), government records, artworks, maps, photographs, speeches, recordings, advertisements, or political cartoons. These original sources were used or created by someone with firsthand experience of an event. To give an example, the Republic written by Plato is a primary source; an article by a historian talking about the Republic is a secondary source.

    Primary Source Analysis Worksheets: The National Archives has created analysis worksheets to help you work with primary sources. These worksheets are attached below. The worksheets consist of a combination of checklists and short-answer questions that will help you focus on the most important elements of many different types of historical documents. You do not need to include these worksheets in your submission but do use them to help guide you through analyzing your particular primary sources.

    Where to Find Primary Sources

    There are many places online to find primary sources, especially sources related to United States history. If you already have a particular source in mind, you can simply search for it on the internet. But the first place you may wish to begin is at the . In the One Search box, search for your topic. You may have to search a few times to narrow down what you are looking for. When you get the results from your initial search, adjust the dates and the source types on the left side of the screen to find primary source materials. The guide gives some good tips on searching the library. Here are some other places you can find primary sources:

    How to Analyze a Primary Source

    Primary sources are the pieces of evidence that historians use to create a narrative about the past. However, they must be understood in context to your time and place. Watch this short video by the Library of Congress on . For each source, think about these questions:

    • Who is the author/creator? Do they have any biases?
    • What is the content? Was it created with a specific audience in mind?
    • Are there any unique qualities or characteristics that makes this source stand out?
    • What does it answer about the time period?
    • What is the context? What is the significance at the time it was created? How does it connect to other sources you have found?
    • Has it been edited or translated? Has it been altered from the original?
    • What do you learn about the time period from using this source? Does your understanding of the source fit with other scholars interpretations, or does it challenge your argument?
    • What are some strengths and weaknesses of this source for helping us understand history?
    • How is this source relevant to your particular research topic?

    Once you have found two primary sources relevant to your research topic, cite each source using and write an analysis for each that sums up these questions above, as well as the information from the worksheet. Your analysis should be about 200 words for each source.

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