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Sabbatical Leave Proposal And Report, Umeeta Sadarangani

Sabbaticals

Specific Goals of the Proposed Sabbatical Leave

• To continue transcribing interviews with Sindhis in India about their experience of life in Sind before, during, and immediately after the 1947 Partition.
• To identify patterns among the interviews and written narratives. To follow up on interviews and to interview some of those who have submitted written narratives. T
• To read intensively about the Partition, Sind, and Sindhi culture, and to read about creative non-fiction writing, especially memoir writing.
• To write a work of creative nonfiction about what I learn, with the goal of sharing it with my students in classes and eventually …

Global Studies Initiative Final Report: History 105, Marsh Jones

Global Studies Initiatives in Social Sciences 2017-2018

In this project report for the Global Studies Initiative at Parkland College, the instructor of History 105 History of the U.S. 1877 to the Present, reflects on how global issues focusing on the European Union, Russia, Eastern Europe and Eurasia were integrated into to the course curriculum, how they were received by students and the likelihood of continued inclusion.

Global Studies Initiative Final Report: History 102, John Poling

Global Studies Initiatives in Social Sciences 2017-2018

In this project report for the Global Studies Initiative at Parkland College, the instructor of History 102: History of Western Civilization II, reflects on how global issues focusing on the European Union, Russia, Eastern Europe and Eurasia were integrated into to the course curriculum, how they were received by students and the likelihood of continued inclusion.

History 102 History Of Western Civilization Ii Group Assignment On Globalism Spring 2018, John Poling

History Courses

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History 105 History Of The United States From 1877 To The Present Syllabus Spring 2018, Marsh Jones

History Courses

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History 102 History Of Western Civilization Ii Syllabus Spring 2018, John Poling

History Courses

No abstract provided.

A "Dry" Country: The Failure Of The Eighteenth Amendment, William Gay

A with Honors Projects

Spawned from years of social activism from the Temperance Movement, mostly on the part of women’s rights and religious groups, Prohibition was created as a response to combat America’s love of “devil rum” and other intoxicating spirits that seemed to plague the minds and livers of America’s men. While pure in its intentions of stemming alcoholism and domestic abuse, Prohibition morphed into a lawmaking catastrophe that laid the foundation of organized crime all across the country and demoted many citizens to the status of a criminal--yet after the fact proved to be what many believe to be a necessary growing …

Donald Duck Goest To War: Involvement Of The U.S. And International Film During World War Ii, Katherine Wennerdahl

A with Honors Projects

Films hold the capability to shape perspectives and beliefs, spread new ideas, and express suppressed feelings in the hardest of times. Between the year 1939 to 1945, the second World War took the lives of over 50 million people and left homes in ruin. During this time, artists all over the world continued to practice their art forms, many refusing to ignore the atrocities that were occurring. In particular, film makers across the world took the power of the camera and mass media to make statements that have been engraved in filmstrips and history. This paper will identify a handful …

The Valley Campaign Of 1864 And Ramifications For The War, Trey Meyer

A with Honors Projects

In 1861 the Civil War began and brought with it four years of devastation and destruction along with hundreds of thousands of casualties. The United States hung in the balance for these four crucial years and the battles and campaigns would decide the future of the nation. The Valley Campaign in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia in 1864 was a crucial campaign that helped decide the fate of the war and the nation.

Renaissance Techniques Of Italy And Northern Europe: Comparison And Contrast Of Regional Techniques, Emma Wise

A with Honors Projects

Beginning in the late 15th century, the Renaissance was a time of rebirth which led to the creation of new artwork. During this time there were economic conditions that allowed patrons to fund the creation of masterpieces. Religion was a prevalent subject in Italian Renaissance art. New ideas would influence the creation of painting, sculpture, and architecture. Through the influence of Italian art, the countries of Northern Europe had a cultural rebirth, which would heavily influence Christian humanism. This period would lead to the creation of new art created in the Low Countries beginning in the late 15th century. Artists …