Entries by Sarah Kaelo

Explain the Montgomery Bus Boycott and its impact

Analyze the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s. What progress did the movement make in the U.S. Supreme Court? How did southern segregationists react to the Court’s decisions? Who was Emmett Till, and what happened to him? Explain the Montgomery Bus Boycott and its impact. What style of protest did Martin Luther King, […]

 The Textbook Clayborne Carson’s et al. The Struggle for Freedom

Students should cite: ·  The Textbook Clayborne Carson’s et al. The Struggle for Freedom ·  Any documents, documentaries, or weblinks ·  And, any notes that you take during the class lectures or via Powerpoints. In general, source citations for this class should be formatted according to MLA format (for a good website that covers MLA style, […]

First Analytical Essay

First Analytical Essay To express how well you are retaining and analyzing the information and ideas that are presented in the assigned readings and class lectures, you will be completing two Analytical Essays (3-5 full pages each).  To garner the highest possible score on each of these Analytical Essays, you must draft a clear thesis statement in […]

Business/Labor/Professional Interest Groups: organizations that want to affect economic public policy that benefits their members.

Political Campaigns, News Media, and Interest Groups “When I took the oath of office, I pledged loyalty to only one special interest group – ‘we the people’.” – Ronald Reagan No doubt about it, news media and interest groups greatly influence American politics. Today’s modern media has many components including the news media, which includes […]

Education policy – for example, the implementation of charter schools.

Federal Budget Speech “Do you want to know who you are? Don’t ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.” – Thomas Jefferson The federal budget spends close to four trillion dollars a year and is split between mandatory spending (what the federal government has to spend due to congressional legislation) and discretionary spending (what […]

Why do historians rely on the work of archaeologists?  

) How did the Mexican empire amass power and riches? ) How did the Mexican empire amass power and riches?   1 a) Why do historians rely on the work of archaeologists? 1b) When and how did humans migrate into North America? 1c) When and why did Archaic hunter-gatherers inhabit ancient America? 1d) How did […]