Does anyone have any pre set examples for the writing sample that they want to share?
Here are some of mine that I have for different topics:
.Triangle Shirt Waist Fire (1911).
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.Crappy conditions in a New York City at a womens blouse factory on the top floor of a building. Over a hundred workers, many of them immigrant were killed. They either died from the fire or from jumping from the top floor. Many of the women could not escape because the owners of the factory locked the doors to the stairwells and exits to prevent the workers from taking cigarette breaks. This invigorated the International Ladies Garment Workers Union. They fought for better and safer working conditions. The floor was also so high that the ladders from the fire department could not reach..
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.Economic development, money vs. safety, lack of government restrictions.
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.Nelson Mandela .
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.Fought against apartheid (system of legal racial segregation enforced by the National party government in South Africa). Rights were withheld from non-white people. He led a violent uprising which led to his imprisonment. After his release, he went on to become to President of South Africa through the first fully representative democratic election and united the white and black South African population. He was famous for his beliefs on peaceful negotiations. .
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.Antiracism (replacement for MLK), achievement of political goals through peaceful means, reformation of ideology (multiracial democracy), one person vs. big government(the man).
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.Qin Shi HuangDi, First Chinese Emperor
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.United China through war and basically beating the crap out of everyone. .
.Developed standard system for language..- Chinese script was unified so that everyone in China can communicate. This improved trade .
.measures- ..he standardized the Chinese units of measurement .
.Money- ..standardized the money system..
.Developed dynastic system..- China as a whole was divided into administrative units. .
.Roads and Canals- ..He developed an extensive network of roads and canals connecting provinces to improve trade between them..
.Burned Books- ..He burned history books so as to avoid scholars compare him to rulers of the past..
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.His death caused revolts
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.Uses:.. Argument for possible big government (antithesis most likely). Safety over liberty. Greater good over personal freedom..
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.Joseph Stalin- Substitute for Hitler.
.He rose to become the leader of the Soviet Union. He integrated secret police and foreign espionage into different countries. Caused the Red Scare in America. Through self appointed awards and by naming cities after him, he elevated himself up to god status. .
.Public persecutions-..He devised a scheme that would brand someone as enemy of the people for the flimsiest pretext. This led to torture, deportation, and death. History books were rewritten to remove anyone that was killed that was thought to oppose Stalin. .
.Mass Deportation- ..Millions of people were deported for fear of resistance to Soviet rule. This was during and right after WWII. .
.Science ideology- ..Science was under strict guidelines made by Stalin. Many scientists were sent to labor camps where they died. .
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.Bombing of Coventry (did not actually happen but is still a good example)..
Brits crack Enigma and discover that Coventry is going to be bombed. Enigma was the secret cipher machine used by the Germans to relay information. Supposedly, it was cracked by British cryptanalysts. Churchill wrestles with the idea of whether to let Coventry be bombed or tell people to evacuate and reveal that they have cracked the code.
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.Uses:.. Greater good vs. the immediate gain, sacrifice, governmental control.
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.Piagets theory on Moral development and Moral education.
.He believed that schools should emphasize cooperative decision making and problem solving that would require students to work out common rules based on fairness. Individuals should define moralist individually through their struggles to arrive to fair solutions..
.Durkheims view of Moral education.
.He believed that moral development was a natural result of attachment to the group. Individuals simply learn and internalize the norms for the group, including their moral values. It manifests itself in a respect for the symbols, rules, and authority of that group. .
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.Uses: ..differences in education, and how schooling plays a part in your moral education. .
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.Other random things in the news
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.Obamas support for building a mosque on ground zero.
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.Giving pledge- Gates and Buffet created a philanthropic organization gathering billionaires to pledge half their fortune to charity..
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.Last American troops leaving Iraq. Rise in attacks. Suicide bombers attacking Iraq army recruitment centers to try and deter people from joining the army. .
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.Park 51 mosque at ground zero..
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.Jerry Brown- Democrat; fiscal conservative as governor of CA. He built a state surplus..
.Meg Whitman- Republican job creation, cut in state government spending, more funding for K-12.
.Schwarzenegger- was poor growing up. One of the highlights was when they bought a fridge..
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.Disney starts English schools in China..
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.Philippine President Corazon Aquino= 11th president of the Philippines and first woman to hold office. She toppled the reigning authoritarian regime implemented by Ferdinand Marcos and restored democracy. However before any of this, she was just a plain housewife that was pushed into the political scene by the assassination of her husband, Senator Benigno Aquino who was the leader of the opposition to Marcoss regime. .
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