The purpose of the Wiki assignments is to familiarize you with a “new” methodology of studying history (“new” because this is my own creation). In my lifetime of studying the past, I have seen certain reoccurring “themes”  that help us understand the course of human events in this discipline we call history. I have provided here the same list of historical themes that you will find in […]

Realism is considered the first major movement in modernism. It’s important to note that the term Realism does not necessarily refer to a realistic style of painting or drawing (though many artists at this time did portray their subject matter realistically), it refers to showing life as it really was. No longer was the only fitting subject matter for artwork royalty, gods, or epic heroes; […]

INSTRUCTIONSYour initial Discussion post should address everything asked total a minimum of 300 words, which is about 1/2 of a page on a normally formatted Word document. (This is a total word count for your original posting, addressing all questions asked.) Please enter your responses directly in the text box provided inside the discussion tool (do not attached separate documents or other files). Also note the word-count breakdown for each […]

I need an essay answer for this Q In the 1967 interview with NBC, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. engages in conversation with an NBC reporter, Sander Vanocur. While some of the conversation refers to the specific history of events in the Civil Rights Movement, much of the conversation is theoretical. There are two arguments which King makes which are provocative: the first is that […]

The first three, India, US, and South Africa have been successful in effectively resisting the temptation to take up arms against the enemy. The concept of a nonviolent movement initially has the idea of the people disliking the current regime in hopes of the next one to be better. A reason that makes nonviolent movements more able is because of their appeal to a more […]

Please be sure to focus on what the question is asking, and be careful not to get sidetracked!  For question 1, look at their BACKGROUNDS, and be sure to indicate how those backgrounds helped to shape their philosophies.  Everything you write should be answering the question.  Question 2 should be relatively easy; just be sure to list three events in your thesis, and then STICK […]

 Topic Your paper should be a critical thinking paper. Don’t just inform your audience of something. Remember choose a topic and relate it to today. For example, in light of women in Egyptian society, don’t give an overview but consider why women were often considered equals during this time but eventually lost that right in other cultures. Go beyond the topic. If you choose a […]

The previous assignments focused on domestic matters in US history. This last assignment explores America’s international role in recent decades. By the mid-20th century, the United States had become the dominant force in international relations. Some have argued that the United States’ military functions as the world’s “police.” This assignment covers the manner in which this shift occurred and the consequences the United States faces as a result of […]

To prepare for the project, during this module you will submit, on a Word document, your chosen immigrant or refugee group for the presentation. This submission must include the following information:  1. Chosen immigrant or refugee group (cannot be any of the following already covered extensively within the modules: Irish, German, Jewish, or Chinese)  2. At least five internet sites and/or articles that you have […]

THIS JUST IN: You work for a national radio broadcasting company and it is your job to create the typed broadcast for the evening news, recapping the experiences of Americans from before WWI all the way to their experiences after the war. For your story to be valid and accepted by a wide audience, it must include the home front experiences of many groups and […]