Choose a historical event to explore from the Library Research Guide. These events fit into the topic areas of: Inequality and human rights Political revolutions Climate change Globalization Describe how your assumptions, beliefs, and values influenced your choice of topic. How might your own perspectives and opinions impact the topic you chose and how you […]
World History II The goal is to identify what you consider to be the most important ideologies we have studied in this section of the course. How did various ideologies change the world between 1800 and 1920?
Let’s Play House Essay Watch the video “Let’s Play House” and respond with your thoughts in 2-3 double-spaced pages. How does this video depict women at this time? What are some key changes you notice?
Answer this question in an essay about five hundred words: “First, review everything you have learned about Western Europe during the 1300s. Write an essay explaining the most important event that took place in Europe in the 1300s, why it was so important and how it changed Europe.”
Answer the following question in an essay about five hundred words: “Is it correct to say that lords were the most important people in Europe in the 1100s, 1200s and 1300s?”
Emperor Diocletian “Was the Emperor Diocletian right to believe that the spread of Christianity represented an existential threat to the Roman Empire? Why or why not?” (This question is NOT about whether he was right to destroy it, only about whether he was right to fear it).” Be sure your answer is in your own […]
How does LBJ justify the proposed actions by the federal government? Johnson (LBJ) announced his administration’s goal of creating a Great Society at the 1965 State of the Union address to Congress; you will find a link to the address below. After reading the portion of the address that focuses on the Great Society, you […]
“In your opinion, what is the most effective method for making changes in society?” Would it be voting, challenges in the courts (lawsuits), nonviolent civil disobedience, violence, or something else? What can be done to influence more people to become involved in making historical changes to society? Include a relevant example in your essay to […]
Procopius of Caesarea Procopius of Caesarea was a well-educated lawyer, a highly-placed government official, and a remarkable historian of the sixth-century Byzantine/Eastern Roman Empire. He served for years as the secretary of Flavius Belisarius, Justinian’s top general, and was in a position to observe both men personally. During his lifetime, Procopius produced several major works […]
Black Codes were laws passed to continue the custom and PRECEDENT of separation of the black and white race in the South. What are some example of these laws? Respond with 150 words cite your sources.
