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    children’s well being and academic development. Since it’s inception into the 1988 education reform act‚ the promotion of development in spiritual‚ moral‚ social and cultural areas within education has continued to be emphasised; and is now widely recognised by the country and government as key areas which children need nourishment‚ guiding and teaching in‚ along with core and secondary subjects. Although there is no specific grading criteria for development in SMSC‚ OFSTED still grade a school

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    Drop a Nuclear Bomb in Japan? I decide to write about the nuclear bomb incident happened at the end of World War II. The United States dropped two nuclear bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki at August 6 and August 9‚ 1945. The United States was one of the United Nations‚ while Japan was one of the Axis Powers. They were on the opposite military alliances during the World War II. In order to end the war shortly‚ the United States under the command of President Truman dropped two nuclear bombs in Japan

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    The Manhattan Project During World War II‚ a scientific discovery was made that would alter the course of history. German scientists learned a new method in which the splitting of a uranium atom became achievable. This would ultimately lead to the possibility of a foreign power utilizing that energy to produce a weapon with the capacity of causing irreplaceable damage. In 1939‚ Albert Einstein‚ having come across this information‚ wrote to the United States President Franklin Roosevelt to warn

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    Were the 1920s an Era of Social and Cultural Rebellion? ​Gilman M. Ostrander believes that the 1920s were in fact an era of rebellion. He bases one of his opinions on the flapper‚ which was a “new” kind of woman in the 1920s. These women’s skirts went from going all the way down to the ankles to now at the knee. The women also began to be more involved in jazz music and acting in a more sexual way than before. Ostrander states‚ “In sex as in other matters the girls were determined to demolish the

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    A nuclear explosion is caused by the release of energy in an atom‚ either through fission or fusion. Fission weapons cause an explosion by the splitting of atomic nuclei. This happens when a neutron collides with the nucleus of an atom. The protons in the nucleus are transformed into a great amount of energy and two or three more neutrons are sent out‚ which go on to split other nuclei. If this continues‚ a chain reaction will occur. The result is a gigantic explosion. To form a chain reaction‚ a

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    After World War II brought many scientific achievements (most notable of which being the atomic bomb)‚ Americans were fascinated with science and the potential of the scientific community to solve the problems that were plaguing the country. The scientific community was promoting a “save the world” complex‚ and the American people believed in the power of science. In the 1940s‚ the scientific community came up with a solution to a big problem. Malaria was common throughout third world countries

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    suffer from fears‚ phobias‚ or allergies. Be that as it may‚ service dogs are enhancing lives of children with disabilities by always being at their side. It is important to understand the social and cultural effects of service dogs‚ which helps lead us to

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    The Manhattan project was designed to create the first Atomic Bomb or A-Bomb. Christopher J. Tassava describes the Manhattan Project in his article The American Economy during World War II (2008) by telling us “under the direction of the U.S. Army and several private contractors‚ scientists‚ engineers‚ and workers built a nationwide complex of laboratories and plants to manufacture atomic fuel and to fabricate atomic weapons.” He also goes on to say that “The Manhattan Project climaxed in

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    the United States‚ succeeding Roosevelt after his death. Truman had met privately with Roosevelt a few times before his death‚ but was never truly informed of the enormous secret that was revealed to him after sworn in—the Manhattan Project. After being informed of the nuclear weaponry‚ Truman had a series of immense challenges and decisions to make. (History.com Staff‚ “Harry Truman”) Could or would he harness the atomic bomb’s capability of mass destruction for triumph in the war? Only time

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    Nuclear Proliferation Affecting The World in a Negative Way For the past thirty years‚ Iran and North Korea have been trying to develop and design a nuclear warhead‚ nowadays; American spies say that Iran has built a Uranium enrichment plant on Qum. Uranium enrichment is the hardest step in order to produce nuclear weapon‚ and North Korea has already tested nuclear weapons the past years. This is a way to prove that nuclear proliferation keeps increasing in the world and this could balance the

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