What are the three most important things of The Bill of Rights? Which freedoms are protected by the Bill of Rights? Which ones do you use regularly or rarely? Here are sources to help you answer these questions The Debate Over a Bill of Rights – Center for the Study of the American Constitution – …
The Passage of the Delaware What do you see in it? Explain its significance to you—i.e., what drew you to this particular piece of art? And find out what you can about the artist, the piece of art, the context. What does this piece tell us about the world in which it was created?
How have the expansion and contractions of empires affected European self-understandings? Please consider this question across two major periods of European history (defined above)
Read the following article. Then, discuss the main points of the article. What points do Brooke Allen make about Alexander? What does she argue about his reputation? What does she have to say about recent works about Alexander the Great? Allen, Brooke. “Alexander the Great: Or the Terrible?” The Hudson Review58, no. 2 (2005): 220-30. …
What are some other turning points in American history that historians have emphasized or should emphasize? How might these other turning points influence where new American history surveys begin and end?
To what degree are they merely victims or puppets of the elite? To what extent are they active shapers of history? Explain the most salient examples over time.
To what degree are they merely victims or puppets of the elite? To what extent are they active shapers of history? Explain the most salient examples over time.
Explain how Europeans have defined themselves in distinction from these internal “others” in two time periods (defined above). How has this process shaped European identity?
Instructions In this unit, you were introduced to people who had to flee their home countries due to war or for economic reasons. For this discussion, you are asked to imagine the United States engaged in a second civil war. The Civil War of 2028 arose from economic disagreements, but the cause is unimportant …
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Discuss why you think historians settled upon this demarcation and why it persists to this day. What are some other turning points in American history that historians have emphasized or should emphasize?
