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24 Feb 2010
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Life as a 20-something in New Zealand

Thesis - 4 pages - Social, moral & civic education

The New Zealand economy has recently been and continues to be re-structured. The government's goals appear to be to move the country towards industrialization and a place in the global economy. Agriculture continues to be the basis of New Zealand's economy, though this is changing as the...

24 Feb 2010
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Resistance in Southern Europe

Thesis - 3 pages - Social, moral & civic education

Understanding resistance also means asking what constitutes an act of resistance in such regimes. Roseman in particular examines this issue. In "How We Built the Road...", she considers the ways in which Spanish Galicians reconstruct history on a local level (through folklore, etc.) in response...

24 Feb 2010
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News and media in 1776

Thesis - 2 pages - Social, moral & civic education

Robert Darnton, in the introduction to his presidential address to the American Historical Association of 1999, speaks of the role of the media and communication systems in the « Old Regime » of France, circa 1750. He argues that the way in which people tend to view the modern era - as a unique...

24 Feb 2010
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McCalls Pumpkin Patch provides family fun and scary spooks

Thesis - 2 pages - Social, moral & civic education

About ten years ago Kevin McCall invited his first group of school kids out to the McCall farm for field trips. Today the farm is visited by over 60,000 people to pick pumpkins, go on hay rides, walk through the corn maze and enjoy other activities. The McCall Land & Cattle Co. in Moriarty is...

16 Feb 2010
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All my sons and the generation gap

Thesis - 7 pages - Social, moral & civic education

The modernism model challenged pre-existing socio-cultural norms and was exemplified by the discussion of social relationships in early twentieth century literature. The concept of modernism developed from refutation of creationism and reinforced self identity and self consciousness as a form of...

15 Feb 2010
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Childhood blood lead level trends

Thesis - 3 pages - Social, moral & civic education

This report discusses the childhood blood lead level trends from the year 2000 to 2008 of children under 6 years of age living in North Dorchester tested will be compared to the data from the children of the same age group with the National data and City of Boston Massachusetts. This is a...

15 Feb 2010
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Poverty

Thesis - 3 pages - Social, moral & civic education

Defining and measuring poverty is a troublesome task due to the fact that there are many variables to be taken into account. Some degree of ambiguity and statistical data are necessary in order to provide a definition and a measure that can be applied effectively by policy makers (Think Quest,...

12 Feb 2010
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Are rights to religious expression given sufficient protection in schools and workplaces?

Thesis - 6 pages - Social, moral & civic education

The Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA) incorporated the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) into UK law and the preamble to the HRA states that its purpose is to “give further effect to rights and freedoms guaranteed under the European Convention on Human Rights”. Furthermore,...

10 Feb 2010
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A new era for women

Thesis - 3 pages - Social, moral & civic education

In the 1900's things were changing drastically in the United States. Business was booming, cities and industry were expanding and the American people were evolving. During the period of all this change, no social, economic, gender or racial group was quiet. Worker's fought for better wages and...

10 Feb 2010
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Human sexuality: Ed Wood's Personhood

Thesis - 4 pages - Social, moral & civic education

Tim Burton's 1994 film Ed Wood is a meaningful parody that brings to life the biography of Edward D. Wood Jr. (a struggling filmmaker, actor and writer who reveals his identity as a heterosexual transvestite) as he would have filmed it. Wood comes to terms with his fetishes and the comfort he...

25 Jan 2010
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Racism, harm and hate crimes

Thesis - 4 pages - Social, moral & civic education

The term disproportionate harm refers to the idea that the impact of hate crime is different and more pronounced than other crimes. Unlike other crimes, hate crimes are personal. They are not a random act of violence, but a targeted act rooted in hatred towards a particular group's identity...

20 Jan 2010
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Gaul and the diffusion of the Mediterranean culture

Thesis - 4 pages - Social, moral & civic education

Julius Caesar's The Conquest of Gaul offers to the reader a rare glimpse into the complex world of Gaul. When Caesar invaded Gaul, he found a strange world, quite different from the Mediterranean world with which he was familiar. At the same time, the Mediterranean and Gallic worlds have been...

20 Jan 2010
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Nuclear taboo

Thesis - 7 pages - Social, moral & civic education

Sixty four years after the American atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the legacy of nuclear weapons remains one of non-use. Despite perennial involvement in large-scale violent conflict, the institutionalization of nuclear weapons in military planning, and the growing ease of use of its...

05 Jan 2010
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The elements of culture and the impact on interpersonal relationships

Thesis - 2 pages - Social, moral & civic education

The article Communication and Shared Reality: Implications for the Psychological Foundations of Culture asserts that language in a culture comes from similar experiences that are individually experienced and then used to form beliefs as a group and those beliefs become the basis for communication...

28 Dec 2009
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Beyond patriarchy

Thesis - 4 pages - Social, moral & civic education

For many people who live in the modern world, the oppression of women is something that they would like to think of as something that is a thing of the past. Most members of the public would prefer to believe that being female doesn't necessarily mean that someone can expect to receive fewer...

28 Dec 2009
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Israeli police clash with Palestinians at sacred compound in Jerusalem has social implications

Thesis - 4 pages - Social, moral & civic education

JERUSALEM - a conflict arose between Israeli police and Palestinian protesters after some Palestinians threw rocks at the officers at a holy site called Temple Mount. This site is considered to be holy for both Muslims and Jews as it carries significant religious meaning for both groups. The...

30 Nov 2009
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Effects of terrorism on global trade

Thesis - 6 pages - Social, moral & civic education

Terrorism is becoming a threat to every country and today the world is experiencing a global reawakening of terrorist attacks. Terrorism is the creation of fear and panic among people and the society which adversely affects the everyday lifestyle of an ordinary man. The act of terrorism is...

30 Nov 2009
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The establishment of a council of regional networks

Thesis - 12 pages - Social, moral & civic education

Where are the care networks? Fruits of individual and local initiatives in the 80s, formalized as an experiment from 1996, this new way of organizing care are sentencing. Recently Dr. Menard, president of the CNR (National Coordination Network), castigated a dual discourse on the part of...

30 Nov 2009
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How technology is responsible for digital divide in the society

Thesis - 8 pages - Social, moral & civic education

Digital divide refers to the technology gap between the poor and the middle and upper classes. The so-called “haves” and “have-nots” also have a race-ethnic constituent. Because a larger proportion of minorities are poor, compared with whites, a smaller percentage of...

30 Nov 2009
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A critical review of how technological advancements have made individual more isolated

Thesis - 11 pages - Social, moral & civic education

Our lives are closely influenced by the technology around us. Technology has become such an integral part of our life that even if they want to escape it would be difficult to do so. So much so that even the basic profession like carpentry has been influenced by the technological developments....

25 Nov 2009
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Language, women's magazines and socialization of women

Thesis - 5 pages - Social, moral & civic education

Throughout the years women's magazines have proved to be a profitable market. In general, these magazines are known as moral guides, shopping guides, and texts of stories and advice columns that can serve as an inspiration for different kinds of women. The numbers of sales of most of these...

24 Nov 2009
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A study on Kinsey's reports

Thesis - 4 pages - Social, moral & civic education

The Kinsey Reports were two innovative books on human sexual behavior that was very controversial and sensational. The findings caused much controversy due to the graphic nature of the findings. They served to challenge conventional beliefs about sexuality and they addressed topics that were,...

24 Nov 2009
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Polygamy, society and culture

Thesis - 3 pages - Social, moral & civic education

The subject of ethics and whether there are objective moral standards is a difficult one. One of the biggest problems in considering this conundrum is how to decide what is right independent of a person's culture. To do this, criticisms have to be leveled from one group at another. The problem...

19 Nov 2009
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The war for black gold: Oil crisis

Thesis - 2 pages - Social, moral & civic education

World War I and World War II were fought for supremacy over land with great zeal and passion. The causalities of these two wars when, now heard or read about, sends a chill down the spine. Then came in the Cold War, which was a race between two Super Powers that emerged at the end of WWII. The...

13 Nov 2009
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The impact of mainstream media in various fields

Thesis - 3 pages - Social, moral & civic education

The mainstream media claims to be free and independent, objective and neutral. A closer look suggests that they too often behave like the lapdogs of plutocracy. The major new media or press consisting of newspapers, magazines, radio, films and television, are an inherent component of corporate...

13 Nov 2009
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Modes of reasoning: Loch Ness

Thesis - 4 pages - Social, moral & civic education

Arguments for the existence of the Loch Ness monster have persisted for almost one hundred and fifty years. [The Loch Ness monster is alleged to be a prehistoric dinosaur inhabiting Loch Ness in Scotland]. The [primary evidence for it has been eyewitness testimony, some photographs, and several...

13 Nov 2009
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The role of media in modern society and business

Thesis - 5 pages - Social, moral & civic education

It has been said that “…mainstream media have evolved into the defining characteristic of contemporary culture and society.” This essay will discuss how the media construct social reality and are themselves socially constructed and will argue in favor of this statement. Social...

12 Nov 2009
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Anti-terrorism legislation and the case of Abousfian Abdelrazik

Thesis - 6 pages - Social, moral & civic education

In the wake of the 9/1 terrorist attacks, anti-terrorism legislation has proven to have far reaching implications for the way the western world has come to understand the relationship between society and the law. Indeed, as the focal point of this course, the relationship between society and the...

12 Nov 2009
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Does the capital punishment fit the crime?

Thesis - 2 pages - Social, moral & civic education

Over the thousands of years humanity has existed in a civilized society, one of the constants in every society has been the preservation of law and order. Rules have been accepted as have consequences for breaking these rules. Often times these consequences were rather harsh and fit the...

12 Nov 2009
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An inconvenient truth about an inconvenient truth

Thesis - 3 pages - Social, moral & civic education

Catastrophe! Disaster! The Apocalypse! These may not be the first ideas that come to mind when a person thinks of global warming, however these are the ideas many leading scientists and environmentalists would have everyone believe. The theory of global warming has been around for some time....