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The History of African Americans

trader exchanged his cargo of Africans for food in 1619. The Africans became indentured servants, similar in legal position to man...

Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman, Tragedy and Economics

In six pages Miller's play is examined in terms of the tragic consequences that resulted from the American Dream of economic prosp...

American Civil War and Baseball

In five pages what would become the great American pastime as it was played during the Civil War is examined. Seven sources are c...

Overview of the Battle of New Orleans

troops and frontier riflemen under Jackson had inflicted "appalling casualties on the British line," killing or wounding over two ...

Pro Gore Position in U.S. Presidential Election of 2000

In five pages this paper argues that Al Gore should be declared the winner in the state of Florida and become U.S. President with ...

Short Story Writer O. Henry

In five pages this paper examines the life of William Sydney Porter, a famous American writer of short stories who became more com...

What Is The American Dream As Portrayed In "Death Of A Salesman"?

He had a good dream. Its the only dream you can have - to come out number-one man. He fought it out here, and this is where...

The Need for Cultural Competency Care

African-American culture tends to eat more fat than is recommended. Socioeconomic status as well as education play a role in meal ...

Gifted Hands by Ben Carson

predominantly white fifth-grade class, causing young Carson to almost subscribe to the idea that only whites could make good grade...

Drug Use in the Workplace and its Solutions

within the workplace; in fact, in a recent study, it was chosen as the "most frequent substance used"5 to the tune of eighty-seven...

Latin American Country Democratization and the Connection Between Contingent and Structural Factors

the future of democracies. For example, it has been noted that leadership style is important (14). Thus, that is a changeable fact...

African American Teenagers and Incidence of HIV

affects specific individuals, but the future of society as a whole. As HIV infection has affected African American youth in greate...

The Morality of a Materialistic Society

While in our society we have the right to eat, wear, and live in anything that we can afford, to do so is not always morally sound...

American Realism and Harriet Beecher Stowe's The Minister's Housekeeper

political, economic and social changes that have impacted the world culture. This endeavor, then, is very different from that of ...

American Colonies and Mercantilism

general theory of economics in the modern era" (Carson, 2005). Unfortunately, it was "weighted down" by "two assumptions ... whic...

The American Dream as Embodied by Benjamin Franklin

commission to go to Europe to buy supplies for a new printing house, but was abandoned when he got off the ship (Kindig, 2006). A...

Obesity and American Health

determine what is normal or clinically notable. For example, a BMI between 18.5 and 24.9 kg/m ( Must, Spadano & Coakley et al., 19...

1960s' Social Issues and the Involvement of the American Government

help to support low-income parents with children. CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT One of the most notable programs was the involvement of t...

Analysis of Large Non-Profit Organization

in the world. It is governed by a Board of Governors and operates under a legal Congressional charter. The Board conducts a self-a...

Rauchway/Murdering McKinley

that Roosevelt succeeded in causing the majority of Americans and many historians to forget about McKinley in the wake of Roosevel...

After-School Programs

providing encouragement and praise, reinforcing expectations consistently, and handling broken ground rules in a firm but not hars...

Sugar in Schools

fruit cocktails at lunch, or snacks with lunch such as cookies or cake. In the end one can well argue that sugar should be banned ...

Plan For Building School, Parent, Community Partnership

for the grade level (Epstein, 1995). * Parent conferences are held twice each year at this school. The process will change to req...

In Favor of Zero Tolerance Drug Policy in High School

in which "many public schools have adopted a policy of zero tolerance toward drug use, weapon possession and sexual harassment on ...

School Counseling

with "relatively well-adjusted" individuals (Hood and Johnson 213). It measures "everyday characteristics," such as "soci-ability,...

Collective School Perspective

at the past and the philosophies that have created the present. Resnick and Hall (1998) point out that the current educational s...

Zero Tolerance Policies - Do They Work?

in the Gun-Free School Act (McAndrews, 2001; McCune, 2000). McAndrews (2001) reported that policies were passed by state legislat...

Freshman Academies for Transition

School. The increasing number of standardized tests adds another challenge for high school students (McCalumore & Sparapani, 2010)...

Women's Participation in Traditionally Male Sports

of the females role in society, which confined women exclusively to the home and the roles of wives and mothers, lingered well int...

Childhood Obesity and the Role of the School System

systems around the nation began to report BMI on report cards. The BMI or body mass index is a calculation involving height and we...