—Inga Clendinnen‚ The History Question "Who owns the past? In a free society‚ everyone. It is a magic pudding belonging to anyone who wants to cut themselves a slice‚ from legend manufacturers through novelists looking for ready-made plots‚ to interest groups out to extend their influence." K. Jenkins – postmodernist * The historian’s purpose is to possible impose pattern on history. * Relativism… is a fact of life. * History is one of a series of discourses about the world. H. White –
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Why Does History Matter? History Matters‚ because with out our history‚ we wouldn’t know who we are‚ or where we came from. Our history is what defines us. Knowing where you came from can help you better understand where you are headed with your life. In the video of the first lesson there are plenty of extremely interesting points as to why history really should matter to us. Richard White’s way of telling a story that the students can relate to‚ is very touching. Making the students understand
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Incomprehensible facts of history get overlooked to fit the script people want to believe. So‚ history by its nature is a subject based on interpretation. As man and time changes‚ so do stories and tales that include history. Therefore it is necessary for students to make and justify decisions about the relative authenticity of historical texts. History can be compared to the situation in class where the teacher whispers a sentence into a student ’s ear‚ and then the student is to repeat the sentence
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Ancient history is the study of the written past[1] from the beginning of recorded human history to the Early Middle Ages. The span of recorded history is roughly 5‚000 years‚ with Cuneiform script‚ the oldest discovered form of coherent writing‚ from the protoliterate period around the 30th century BC.[2] This is the beginning of history‚ as opposed to prehistory‚ according to the definition used by most historians.[3] The term classical antiquity is often used to refer to ancient history in the
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Coins & Paper money will soon be replaced by Credit Cards. It is a fact that we live in a corrupt society. We hear a lot of robberies everyday. People are afraid to bring home money from the bank. These robberies are not only taking place at homes‚ but also there are pick pockets who rob people while traveling. People are frightened to take money with them for shopping. They face a lot of problems whenever they need to buy some expensive things. It is a common fact that new inventions take place
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AGRO-COOPERATIVE CREDIT AND BANKING ON FARMERS AND FARMING People depend for good introduction in Agro-Farming not only on good seeds‚ good fertilizers‚ good irrigation and good Agro-technology; but they need also short-term‚ medium and long term loans to meet their other demands at farm level in farming. This genuine situational scene has a power to present an impact of applied cooperative credit and banking on farmers in farming from the point of origin of the Indian Cooperative Credit (a facile credit)
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films about the past‚ like Chicago‚ were inspired by an era and/or events that have occurred at that time‚ but off skew for entertainment purposes. Right at the beginning of the article the author writes “Chicago is a musical. It does not claim to be history.” Yes‚ Chicago does stem from and was inspired by the trials of Belva Gaertner and Beulah Annan; however the film is crime comedy and not Documentary. B. In your view‚ do the historical inaccuracies harm or help our understanding of past events
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Barbados foreign and local currency sovereign credit ratings were downgraded by the US based rating services Standard and Poor both for the long-term and short-term. The long-term was downgraded from BBB-; a lower medium grade to BB+;non investment grade speculative and the short-term from A-3; upper medium grade to B; highly speculative grade. According to www.businessdictionary.com sovereign credit rating is an appraisal of a country’s ability to meet its financial responsibility. This report
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Alexander The Great: Hollywood Vs. History Emma Watson Filmed historical movies have become a prime source of knowledge about the past. Historians can not deny that‚ but they can find glitches and certain details or events that Hollywood has tweaked that give viewers a different perception sometimes. Watching ‘Alexander’ and researching true facts about Alexander the Great has given me a clearer view on how history portrayed though Hollywood films can sometimes be misleading with
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Medical Practice Accounting: Credit Policies‚ Billing Procedures and Making Collections Darcy Sartor MBC – Carrington College Ms. Scott May 2‚ 2011 Medical Practice Accounting: Credit Policies‚ Billing Procedures and Making Collections “About the time we can make the ends meet‚ somebody moves the ends.” Herbert Hoover The main aim of any business is to earn profits and
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