The school of Athens, Rafael
Thesis - 1 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Rafael's painting The School of Athens is a representation of the bridge between classical and the contemporary thought of the renaissance. The connection is shown by placing the great artists and thinkers of the renaissance in the place of the great philosophers of ancient Greece. This coincides...
Myspace, Walmart and Barthes's reading of myth and history
Thesis - 3 pages - Social, moral & civic education
How does myth function? What does myth do? How can we understand myth through a new lens and perhaps become aware of its influence and messages? Since myth can function through a kind of subliminal presentation Barthes's “Myth Today” provides a system of analysis that allows us to read...
Africanisms in America
Thesis - 2 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Joseph E. Holloway describes Africanisms as “those elements of culture found in the New World that are traceable to an African origin” (Holloway 2). In my opinion, Africanisms are the traditions and cultural behaviors of African Americans that resemble the traditions and cultures of...
Adult education program
Thesis - 3 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Many companies recognize the need for continuous adult education also known as learning and development for employee development. Human capital is one of the key assets in an organization. Development of human capital brings out the best in its people for better business results and attainment of...
Astral projection via dreams: Physical body connected to astral body by silver cord
Thesis - 1 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Astral projection most often occurs during sleep. Some people consciously perform astral projection. Sometimes information is brought back from the astral trip and then verified. The physical body is connected to the etheric body (or astral body) by a cord. This cord connection is referred to as...
Why do ghosts wear clothes?
Thesis - 2 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Why do ghosts wear clothes? Why are they seen the way they are? Are they discarnate spirits of the dead? When the human body ceases to function, are they merely bundles of energy let loose in the air? Or are they simply residual images that are left behind on the atmosphere of somewhere like an...
Analysis of work-related conflict and negotiation scenario responses
Thesis - 2 pages - Social, moral & civic education
The following document will outline a specific instance of work-related conflict, as well as personal responses to the conflict. Through the analysis, I will identify the multiple components of the conflict, as well as the possible strategies for diffusing it. The conflict involves my employment...
War on terrorism
Thesis - 6 pages - Social, moral & civic education
The wars in Afghanistan and Iraq are different in many ways, however they both are based upon a “war on terrorism”. Following the attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon on September 11th, 2001, the United States declared a war upon terrorism. Following this declaration,...
Marriage and family in America
Thesis - 2 pages - Social, moral & civic education
In general, blacks and Hispanics are more likely to date or cohabit than they are to marry, although their expectations for marriage tend to be the same. Minorities tend to view cohabitation as more of a replacement for marriage than a precursor to it. This is largely due to the tendency of...
Maintaining the feminine image while shedding the feminine role
Thesis - 2 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Body image is an ongoing issue that is increasing women's awareness about their body and looks in society's culture today. According to our “Beauty is the Beast” article, Ambrose Bierce is quoted as saying, “To men a man is but a mind. Who cares what face he carries or what he...
Technological court
Thesis - 2 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Technological evidence that is allowed into court to be used against someone should be evidence that is concrete and guaranteed to be accurate. The evidence should have been gotten following proper procedures, such as acquiring a search warrant prior to gaining the evidence. The form of...
Poverty and immorality
Thesis - 2 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Poverty exists, but the people are not most of the time deserving of it. It is true that some people put themselves into poverty, be it from crime, drugs, or attitude, but others were born into poverty or fell into it via situations that they could not prevent. Those whom fall into poverty have a...
Conflict resolution and peacemaking
Thesis - 2 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Conflicts arise from many different sources. There are certain issues that bring about spirited debates whether or not either side is right or wrong. One such debate that has endless sides to be argued is the subject of religion. Due to the volatile nature that can be brought out of people...
The underground railroad: Midwestern routes
Thesis - 2 pages - Social, moral & civic education
The Underground Railroad was not named as such at its inception. The routes were not marked nor were they traveled the same way each time. Many factors played a part in this; the most important being that it was a secret and undercover operation. The routes were not set in place, mostly...
Native Americans in modern America
Thesis - 3 pages - Social, moral & civic education
According to The Dictionary of Anthropology, the definition of genocide is acknowledged as “acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial, or religious group as such” (Barfield, 221). History throughout the world has involved much genocide....
Africa's situation
Thesis - 2 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Africa is one of the biggest continents in the world, approximately three Americas equaling the square mileage of Africa. There are parts of Africa that are largely isolated and uninhabited by people due to lack of resources or areas such as the African deserts Kalahari, Sahara and the Nabib. On...
Visual analysis of an Assyrian winged deity
Thesis - 2 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Walking slowly through the cool, dark room of Ancient Near Eastern art at the Museum of Fine Arts, visitors come across the superhuman-size, alabaster relief of an Assyrian winged deity. It is this striking deity that catches viewers' eyes easily with its intricacy and precision of pattern as...
Contract and physics of race: A personal encounter
Thesis - 3 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Children learn so much more in school beyond the printed curriculum. Lessons about race, gender, age, appearance, nationality, et cetera, are being effortlessly related. In fact, scholars have been studying this ‘hidden curriculum' for years (Anyon, 1980). While the scope of this curriculum...
La present day Belle Epoque
Thesis - 3 pages - Social, moral & civic education
In Bel Ami, Guy De Maupassant tells the story of Georges Duroy, a handsome ex-soldier who exploits his prowess, cunning, and manipulation to ascend the proverbial social ladder for a life of wealth and power. From experiencing countless love affairs with influential women to artfully convincing...
Organizational change in an HIV prevention program
Thesis - 4 pages - Social, moral & civic education
The persons interviewed were selected to represent Management, fiscal/support staff, and historical line staff knowledge of this program. The author considered interviewing the Region 3 AIDSnet Coordinator, but was asked not to by the Program Manager due to the precarious political environment...
Being educated
Thesis - 2 pages - Social, moral & civic education
The great French writer Victor Hugo once said, “There is nothing more powerful than an idea whose time has come.” His statement reflects the power of the abstract to influence the physical world. Whilst the rest of the animal kingdom has to adhere to the rule of “survival of the...
Considerations of Coca Cola
Thesis - 3 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Between the Civil Rights movements, war on poverty, peace protests, assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert Kennedy, the rise of counterculture, exploration of space, and Nixon's resignation due to involvement with Watergate, the 1960's were packed full of significant events. The...
Historical significance of 1950 soda ads
Thesis - 3 pages - Social, moral & civic education
With a passing glance and little consideration, advertisements may be considered simplistic and irrelevant. However, an astonishing amount of thought and effort is put into ads, producing finished products which significant implicit messages. These messages go beyond the product that is trying to...
Advertising influence: Let's drink to sophistication
Thesis - 2 pages - Social, moral & civic education
W.C. Fields, American vaudeville and motion picture comedian, one time joked, “Once, during Prohibition, I was forced to live for days on nothing but food and water” (W.C. Fields Quotes). To the dismay of many, the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution banned the sale,...
How the busy bee bustles: Learning flights in honeybees
Thesis - 2 pages - Social, moral & civic education
While it may take you days to learn your way around a new town, it only takes a few seconds for a honeybee to learn the details of a new landscape. In “Investing in learning: why do honeybees, Apis mellifera, vary the durations of learning flights?” by Cynthia A. Wei and Fred C. Dyer,...
Persuaded by living pictures
Thesis - 3 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Marchand starts off by discussing women in advertising tableaux. It was undeniable that women made the most consumer purchases, so advertisers gave them a lot of attention. This resulted in new stereotypes of women, as well as a frequently shifting concept of the ideal woman. It also caused a new...
Ease up professor! I'm paying your salary
Thesis - 3 pages - Social, moral & civic education
In today's society, the consumer mindset has been embraced by a majority of the population and is reshaping society's norms and values. This mindset can be thought of as how individuals put material possessions above love and happiness, as well as an expectation of power and control. What's more,...
How young is too young?
Thesis - 2 pages - Social, moral & civic education
England has recently unveiled a new sexual education program focused on beginning such programs early in a child's development. The curriculum would introduce topics pertaining to a sexual nature starting as early as five or six years of age and would continue through middle adolescence in an...
Oil is the lifeblood of America
Thesis - 2 pages - Social, moral & civic education
In modern America, most activities of common life revolve around oil. All over the nightly news, every newspaper, and in everyday conversation there is talk about rising gas prices and the control oil has over people. In the painting above, the anonymous artist conveys the problem he sees in...
The ethics of child sexuality
Thesis - 2 pages - Social, moral & civic education
The ethical status of children and sexuality has come to the forefront of our society's attention. There has been a strong attempt over the years to reduce sexual behavior in children. In the United States, the legal age of consent in most states is age sixteen, but some states have it set as...
