History

CHIAGO STYLE FORMAT FOR THIS ESSAY Although Florida’s Clemency Board granted a pardon to the Groveland Four in January 2019, from what you have read about this case was justice served to the four men for what occurred 70 years ago? In the Groveland Four case and Emmett Till’s murder both of their accusers were white women claiming to be violated in some form by a black man. Explain this time period (1949 and 1955) why it was punishable by death and seen as the “ultimate sin” for a black man to be accused of violating a white woman even if the evidence proved otherwise, that a crime had not been committed. Norma Padgett still holds fast to her story that she was raped in 1949 by the Groveland Four and Carolyn Bryant, Emmett Till’s accuser later recanted her story denying any prior claims that she was violated by Till. What are your thoughts about these two women? Why do you think Carolyn Bryant came forth with the truth? Both the Groveland Four case and Emmett Till’s murder were senseless acts based upon race. In your opinion what does it mean to be a Black man in America today and are we far removed from the Groveland Four case and what happened to Emmett Till? What are the lessons to be learned from these two miscarriages of justice? https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-ne-groveland-four-families-pardon-20190109-story.html

soundscape features an excerpt from President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s inaugural address in 1933.  Consider the context of this speech.  How would you characterize its tone?  What message do you think Roosevelt was trying to send to the American people? President Franklin Roosevelt 1933 Inauguration on YouTube

What does Paulo Freire propose as a counter to the “banking” concept of education?  What other changes, if any, do you see as necessary to deconstruct traditional educational systems and reimagine and recreate new ones? the book to use is the one below  https://i-share-nei.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma998858843605870&context=L&vid=01CARLI_NEI:CARLI_NEI&lang=en&search_scope=Everything&adaptor=Local%20Search%20Engine&isFrbr=true&tab=Everything&query=any,contains,pedagogy%20of%20the%20oppressed&mode=Basic

Respond to the following two questions (1 page for each question): 1. Based on Jeremy Brecher’s account of the 1877 railroad strikes in “The Great Upheaval,” why did many workers who were not employed by the railroad companies support the striking railroad workers? 2. Do you think that a fundamental class conflict between working people and employers still exists in contemporary America as it did in 1877, during the Great Upheaval?  If your answer is yes, provide examples of fundamental class conflict in our economy and political system. If your answer is no, explain why you think class conflict is no longer a key factor in the U.S. today.

Prompt: What were the Articles of confederation and why did it fail? List three (3) reasons why the Articles of confederation failed and explain how these failures were addressed in the US Constitution following the dissolvent of the AOC. Questions to answer in your paper: What were the conditions that led to this particular document being written? (what kind of government did they want to create and did it succeed?) What were the fundamental ideals expressed in the AOC? Why was it written this way? What did the failure of the AOC teach the founding fathers when drafting the US constitution? What changes were made in the US Constitution to reflect these failings? (Use examples and explain). Students will be expected to write 1000-1200 words (roughly 4-5 pages body section) to address these prompts. Writing less than the minimum word requirement will reduce your final grade by one full letter grade. You will have no less than Five (5) sources cited in your paper. Include a bibliography of all the sources used, and make footnotes after each quote used to cite them. Don’t make it look too professional, use 5 quotes from any academic or primary source, and then use 5 quotes from my text book linked here:

Write an essay of at least two paragraphs (one page) Option 2: Bonnie and Clyde  Why do you think Bonnie and Clyde were able to continue their criminal activity for so long without being stopped? If you were a law enforcement agency, how would you have stopped Bonnie and Clyde? Make sure the writing assignment is one page in length, double spaced.

How did the experience under slavery differ in the northern and southern British colonies of North America in the seventeenth century? What factors shaped resistance strategies in various regions of the North and South, and in urban and rural locations where slavery existed? How did “race” and “slavery” come to be almost synonymous? Was it not possible to extend slavery to “white” persons? Did geography and climate affect the development of slavery in the European colonies in North America? If so, how.

Discuss what geographic or environmental/natural condition(s) in ancient Egypt you think had the most significant impact on Egypt’s early cultural development?

question: What aspect of Puritan life do you most recognize in American life today?  This can relate to politics, society, or culture. Any aspect of Puritan life is fair game for this discussion.

Agricultural pessimism is one of the pillars of development economics. What is agricultural pessimism? What are its key theoretical elements, and what is its implication for development policy?