12 Angry Men - Reginald Rose (1953) and Sidney Lumet (1957) - To what extent is debate necessary for a trial in the American Democracy?
Text commentary - 2 pages - Political science
This document tackles three documents : - Document A is a still from the film 12 Angry Men entitled « Preliminary vote ». The film is a courtroom drama, it was directed by Sidney lumet and released in 1957. - Document B is a literary extract from a play called 12 Angry Men written for television...
Guns in America Cover - Time Magazine (November 5, 2018) - What 245 Americans Think About the Issue
Artwork commentary - 2 pages - Sociology & social sciences
Facing the debate on individual weapons ownership and gun violence in the United States, artists try to alert and provoke public opinion through their works, being biased or not at all. The work I will show you dates back to 5 years; this is TIME's November 5 cover, made in collaboration with...
Presidential Proclamation for National Native American Heritage Month - Barack Obama (2016) - Does preserving one's language and traditions help to build a unified nation?
Text commentary - 2 pages - World geography
Barack Obama recognizes the role of early Americans in shaping the nation's destiny, the president emphasizes the autonomy of young American Indians and Alaska Natives to determine their own future.
Is America in decline? - The Economist (2021) - How has the American superpower evolved since the beginning of the twentieth century?
Artwork commentary - 2 pages - Economic politics
The video we are introducing today is a video from the economist entitled "Is America in decline?" posted on YouTube on September 7, 2021. It is an interview led by an editor, John Prudeau, who is interacting with 2 guests: a Washington bureau chief, James Astill, and an American senior...
The Birth of a Nation: North America
Course material - 5 pages - Medieval history
From the period of English colonization to the attainment of independence, various groups of migrants, including the French and Spanish, played significant roles. However, our focus will be on the English migrants who were instrumental in shaping the course of history during this era. The...
The Notion of Cultural Identity in The Waiter's Wife and Angels in America
Essay - 3 pages - Linguistics & languages
As Margaret J. Wheatley, who studies organizational behaviour, once noted that "There (was) no power for change greater than a community discovering what it cares about", we may question, especially since the most prevalent ghettoization suspicions in many places around the world, with all the...
Tracts, Volume 1, n° 2 - Peter Force (1836) - Civilisation and History of America according to Peter Force
Text commentary - 1 pages - Medieval history
The text presented is an abstract of Tracts, volume 1 number 2, written by Peter Force in 1836, in Washington DC. The first part is an abstract of the Mayflower Compact, a pact written by the Pilgrim Fathers in 1620 during a trip between Plymouth, England and Plymouth, Massachusetts. The second...
Geography, Demography, Social Issues, Education and Culture in the United States of America
Course material - 20 pages - Sociology & social sciences
(...) One of the characteristics of US climatic conditions is the constant fear of violent climatic happening such as hurricanes (in the Southeast, particularly during the fall), violent wind storms known as "tornadoes" (the Midwest), or flooding due to heavy rainfall and storms in the eastern...
The rise of White Nationalism in America
Presentation - 3 pages - Social, moral & civic education
"Proud Boys, stay back and stand by". With these words, spoken by the President of the United States of America Donald Trump during the first debate on the sidelines of the presidential elections of 2020, the president wanted to show his support for a small group of extreme right-wing...
Places and forms of power: the gun issue in America
Presentation - 1 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Power is the possibility to choose one's life as well as to influence that of others. More than physical strength, it is mostly found in society and politics, but it can also take the form of gun violence. Nothing is more threatening than a fireweapon and it has become a constant fight...
How African American heroes managed to lead the black community to recognition?
Presentation - 2 pages - Everyday's life
I am going to talk about the notion of "Myths and Heroes". But before we start, we shall say that a myth is a story that was initially "true" but as people retold it some parts may have been changed whereas a hero is a man or a woman of distinguished courage and ability who is admired for his or...
The right skills for the job? Rethinking training policies for workers, Chapter 2, Almeida, Rita, Jere Behrman, and David Robalino (2012) - Labor Economics in Latin America: The Economic Rationale for Skills Development Policies
Text commentary - 2 pages - Micro-economy, job-unemployment
The authors focus on skills development policies and their relative ineffectiveness since they are not properly distributed. They question the place of the private sector as a complementary solution to provide a real boost to this essential sector of the economy. Despite the action of the State,...
American Cultural Aspects for Business
Course material - 11 pages - Modern history
America has been created from the East to the West. The West is a concept in history, for an American it is often associated with the idea of frontier. In the 19th century St-Louis (Missouri) was considered as the gate way to the West, when people went to the West they went directly to...
Memory of World War II in America
Essay - 3 pages - Modern history
The memory is basically the act of recall. Indeed, when something, either an action, an event or even a person is remembered, this automatically becomes a memory. Thus, it can be related to everything but, here, it will be precisely about the memory of World War II in America. Besides, the...
Opinion: the process of plea bargaining should be reformed in the American Justice System
Essay - 5 pages - Criminal law
According to the Department of Justice, more than 90% of Criminal Justice cases end in plea bargains (Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2005). This statistic shows how important the process of plea bargaining is in the American Justice System. Clark Neily (2021) describes plea bargaining as "a...
Human Resources - Comparison Between Two Countries, Japan and United States of America
Case study - 6 pages - Human resources
In this paper, I will be comparing two countries, which are the United States and Japan. I will be discussing all forms of similarities and differences. I chose those two countries because the large geographical distance and strong language barrier between them also plays a role in the extent of...
The growth, development, and changes in American society after the Civil War
Essay - 3 pages - Modern history
Theodore Geisel wrote children's books for adults. Eric Foner wrote a text designed to challenge student ideas about America's progression toward a more inclusive society. Professor Jamieson picked books and movies designed to encourage you to consider the theme of the class--what...
History of African-Americans (1600-1877)
Essay - 3 pages - Modern history
Slavery in America started sometime back and during this period, there was the capture of the first Africans and they were brought to North America. In North America, there was a British colony in Jamestown, Virginia, where tobacco farming was widely practiced across North...
U.S. history: America before and after 9/11
Essay - 2 pages - Modern history
In 2001 after a controversial election, the U.S. had a new President, George W. Bush. Bush had lost the popular vote to Al Gore but had won the election due to the electoral college. But even in the case of the electoral college, he only won because of Florida, which he had only narrowly won by...
American police history
Essay - 1 pages - Criminal law
In the foggy streets of London in 1829 a ruling made by British Parliament would change the system of policing around the world drastically and forever. This ruling was based upon the ideas of a man named Robert Peel, and these ideas are still the major basis for police in America today.
The American Revolution: who was more to blame; the British or the American agitators
Essay - 2 pages - Modern history
In wars, individuals, groups or communities are involved. Their actions and words are key contributing factors that eventually end up into a war. In the American Revolution, there were two major groups involved, the American agitators, and the British. There is therefore need to look at who...
Nickel and dimed: on (not) getting by in America - Barbara Ehrenreich, 2001
Book review - 1 pages - Sociology & social sciences
In Nickel-And-Dimed, Barbara Ehrenreich attempts to live in poverty voluntarily. She decides that in order to really understand the plight of the poor and actually analyze how difficult it is to get by, she must try it out herself. Her experience was very interesting, very disappointing, but I...
Slavery in colonial America
Essay - 2 pages - Modern history
During the centuries that slavery was practiced in colonial America, the threat of rebellion was a constant cause of concern for slave owners. In order to avoid rebellion and uprising, white slave-owners in colonial America would engage in various methods of inhumane treatment, and...
The Tenement Saga: the Lower East Side and early Jewish American writers - Sanford Sternlicht
Book review - 1 pages - Literature
The book "The Tenement Saga: The Lower East Side and Early Jewish American Writers" by Sanford Sternlicht explores the life of Jewish immigrants living in tenements on the Lower East Side of Manhattan during the early 20th century. The Jewish immigrants who migrated from Europe to find a better...
The Equal Pay for Equal Work Act and its impact on the American economy
Course material - 3 pages - Economy general
The nineteen sixties were a time of change in the world and especially in America, where Vietnam protests and demands for civil rights had taken off. In this time of change the sixties saw women in greater numbers demanding the same rights as men and one of those rights was the ability to...
Ford Motor Company versus Subaru of America
Case study - 7 pages - Business strategy
When asked the question, "Who are the most profitable corporations in the world?" Ideas that come to mind may be pharmaceutical companies, banks, oil manufacturers, airlines, software companies, real estate corporations, but what about automobile manufacturers? The automobile sector for the US is...
Civil rights movement in America
Case study - 4 pages - Sociology & social sciences
Despite the stop of slavery in the United States at the end of the 19th century, African Americans were still subjected to regular discrimination, were forced to use separate schools and public utilities from the better-quality ones of the whites, and they could not fully exercise their voting...
Comparison between continents: America and Africa
Essay - 1 pages - Geography
Diversity is the product of nature. Humans come in an array of shapes, sizes, and colors. Nevertheless, geographical location combines a wide assortment of humans of different shapes, sizes, and colors. Despite the combination of differences, there remains a divide. Something still distinguishes...
Nineteenth-Century American Literature: Louisa May Alcott, Hospital Notes (1863); Mary Chesnut, A Diary From Dixie (1861-65)
Book review - 8 pages - Literature
The Civil War is just the most important thing in American cultural and social history—as well as political and military history, of course—since the War of Independence from Great Britain. It is, quite simply, fundamental to America's identity and sensibility, and it remains so...
Europe vs America - different approaches to privacy
Essay - 5 pages - Civil law
Everything that people do within the internet leaves behind some digital fingerprints. This means that it is logical that most users of the internet worry a lot about the matter of privacy. Because laws of privacy are different from one country to another, a company may not be obligated legally...
