Ancient Greece was a place full of recreation of sorts. From socializing to the Olympics, the Greeks had numerous ways of keeping them selves busy. You can almost say they were the originators of recreation. They had many of the same sports and recreation activities that we use today. Every c...
Themes such as boats and horses are represented in textiles, metalwork, and beadwork, as well as figurative sculpture in wood and stone, much of it dating from the early 20th century or earlier. ... From the TaÃno people of the Caribbean we also have works in pottery and shell, and some in stone. ... Included are works in stone, clay, wood and metal that have survived over time. ... The history of Africa as recorded in stone, ivory, metal, clay, and wood goes back more than 2500 years, but most of the works in the collection are wood, the most widely used medium and the most perishable. ...
The american invasion into Normandy, then into the center of France, was a success which proved allied superiority, and was the breakthrough for the preceeding allied invasion towards Germany. Although the allies did achieve victory, due to imcompetent commanders and bad decisions many more allies w...
All across America, the saying, "Sticks and stones will break my bones, but words will never hurt me" can be heard amongst the school children. In Richard Wright's autobiography Black Boy, readers were able to understand how erroneous the maxim is. Hurtful words and comments can scar a person's so...
Years of Latin American oppression by power-greedy and money-hungry imperialist countries prompted the poet Pablo Neruda to write "Ode to the Americas."" Historically, the people of South and Central America have suffered greatly over the past five hundred years of European (and later American) con...
Truth and Bright Water is a coming of age tale focusing on the life of a 15 year old boy, his community and the art therein. Part 1: Book Summery Truth and Bright Water are dual communities separated by a river and the Canadian/American border. It is at Truth and Bright Water that the summe...
EQUALITY "Sport is a Reflection of society and, in many respects, society is a reflection of sport" (Holman p. 223). Due to the popularity of sport, it has an effect on the image of society. Sport is harder to enter into for women because the make up for sport is set up for male dominance. This...
The streets of a ghostly kibbutz, outside of Ramallah, have been quiet for quite some time. An unseen Israeli sharpshooter, and a tank battalion underneath, calmly waits amidst a deserted building, scanning alleyway to window within his scope. Suddenly, a man faintly appears from around a corner n...
Bombing of Pearl Harbor On December 7th, 1941, The United States Military forces at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii were attacked by the Japanese Imperial Army. The bombing of Pearl Harbor was the start of the United States involvement in World War II. This pa...
"How the Other Half Lives" Jacob Riss was born into a middle-class Danish family in 1849. His father Neil Edward Riss taught at the Village School in Ribe. At a young age Riss was taught the value of education and was compelled to learn English. He immigrated to America when he was 20 years old . F...
