Transphobia from transliberators
Thesis - 9 pages - Social, moral & civic education
After beginning a course devoted to sexual identities, and seeing the breakdown of each on the syllabus, I noticed one omission from the standard group of letters I'd been accustomed to seeing. There was the ‘L' for lesbian, ‘G' for gay, ‘B' for bisexual, and even a ‘Q' for...
Capital punishment: Is it morally justified?
Thesis - 5 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Capital Punishment is defined as “The penalty of death for the commission of a crime.” The history of the first death penalty laws dates all the way back to the Eighteenth Century B.C. King Hammurabi of Babylon was among the first rulers to implement the death penalty with his Code of...
Education and the disabled
Case study - 18 pages - Social, moral & civic education
From everything I have been exposed to this semester I feel that I have a good understanding of what is necessary to achieve excellence in teaching. The teacher must be attentive to the needs of the students, be able to relate to them in some way, be willing to dedicate extra time and energy to...
Social security in America
Thesis - 7 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Social Security is one of America's most important and successful programs. It has, since 1935, helped to reduce the poverty rate of those 65 and older drastically, having a greater impact than any other anti-poverty measure. Increasing Social Security expenditures since 1960 have reduced it...
An analysis of the policy on AIDS related material
Thesis - 4 pages - Social, moral & civic education
The AIDS epidemic has been a fact of life in the United States for over 20 years, yet there is still debate about the origin of this disease and the best ways to combat its spread. Information obtained using the scientific method points to details about the nature of HIV, the virus that causes...
Rx: The affects of drug abuse
Thesis - 4 pages - Social, moral & civic education
At the beginning of the twentieth century, a man named Dr. Knock quoted, “Every well person is a sick person who doesn't know it”, and started luring the people of Saint Maurice into unneeded medical treatment. Ever since then, prescription medications have continued to become...
Poignant prejudice
Thesis - 4 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Arthur Schopenhauer, a German philosopher of the late 18th century once said, ?The discovery of truth is prevented more effectively, not by the false appearance things present and which mislead into error, not directly by weakness of the reasoning powers, but by preconceived opinion, by...
The millennium of peace
Thesis - 5 pages - Social, moral & civic education
The word millennium comes from the Latin words mille (1000) and annus (year), and means a thousand-year period of time. The word millennium, or its Greek equivalent, does not appear anywhere in the bible, but The Revelation to John mentions a period of time lasting 1,000 years six times in...
Manipulation of surveys: Plasticity and priming responses
Thesis - 4 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Philip K. Dick, American science fiction writer, once said, ?The basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words. If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use the words.? Although Dick wasn?t talking specifically about surveys, this idea...
Playing into the expectations
Thesis - 3 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Björk Guðmundsdóttir, Icelandic singer-songwriter, once explained, ?There is this stereotype of Icelanders all believing in spirits, and I?ve played up that a bit in interviews? (Bjork Quotes). Although Bjork has recognized that she does this, what about the individuals that subconsciously...
Conk- The fake equalizer
Thesis - 4 pages - Social, moral & civic education
African Americans from the 1920's through the 1960's wore a style of hair known as a conk. The conk was is most notable for making the normally kinky hair of the wearer become as straight and smooth as white people's hair. By being black and by logically having black features unique to African...
The history of Vampires
Thesis - 5 pages - Social, moral & civic education
The vampire sprang into popularity with the 1897 publications of Bram Stoker's novel, Dracula. The popular imagination was captured by this suave and deadly count, and Dracula eventually became the star of many movies. Reportedly Sherlock Holmes is the only fictional character who has starred in...
Social security and health care in the United States
Essay - 2 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Even though Franklin Delano Roosevelt would have wanted a comprehensive Social Security system that would have covered every individual "from the cradle to the grave?, the system that was finally adopted by the United States in 1935 consisted only in unemployment and old-age insurance. Frances...
Religious and personal development in freemasonry
Thesis - 6 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Freemasonry started in the 16th century as an organization for spiritual and personal development for free thinkers. At a time when whole new conceptions of the world were opening up, some people wanted to explore new realms of personal evolution. Freemasonry provided a place for such people to...
The history of freemasonry in Europe and America
Thesis - 7 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Organizational rules, called Old Charges, from groups or guilds of European stonemasons date back to the thirteenth or fourteenth centuries according to some historians, while others date these guilds as far back as 1057 in Scotland and 1220 in England. The first records of the speculative...
Economic parallels and self-fulfilling prophecies
Thesis - 4 pages - Social, moral & civic education
The American culture has always been utterly and completely obsessed with the economy. It envelops us and constantly pushes itself to the forefront of our thoughts. Unfortunately, we can?t always be perfectly in tune with our economy. When we mess up, the economy falls to its knees and can, with...
How do you account for the rising income inequalities in the US and in GB?
Worksheets - 1 pages - Social, moral & civic education
There is an obvious concentration of income in the hands of narrow elite today. The richest people always earn always and the poorest always earn less. What then is the reason for this phenomenon? At first it seemed that globalization gradually erases the safety nets that social programs used to...
Oppression, as directed toward immigrant and migrant youth
Thesis - 6 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Youth develop an understanding of themselves based mainly on their heritage and the cultural circumstances in which they are raised. For immigrant and street youth, this sense of self-understanding is greatly impacted by how others treat them and how society views the community of which they are...
A review of George Washington's presidency
Thesis - 5 pages - Social, moral & civic education
George Washington, born in 1732 into a Virginia planter family, inherited his famous Mt. Vernon estate at the age of 20, and until the outbreak of the American Revolution managed this estate and associated himself with the Virginia House of Burgesses. He was married to a widow, Martha Dandridge...
Symbols in European myth
Thesis - 5 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Pentagrams, or five-pointed stars, are ancient symbols and have been found on broken fragments of pottery in Palestine from around 4000 BCE and in Sumerian excavations from around 2700 BCE. A vase, spindle whorl, and clay tablet with the pentagram dated around 4500?3100 BCE have been found in...
Mother Teresa: Controversy and criticism
Thesis - 7 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Mother Teresa was a very conservative Catholic for the post-Vatican II twentieth century Church. Though she bowed publicly in obedience to the decisions of the Second Vatican Council, she privately disapproved of priests who did not wear vestments at Mass or nuns and priests who did not wear...
Customary law and gender renegotiation in Africa
Thesis - 5 pages - Social, moral & civic education
The Colonial Period brought various and drastic measures of control to African communities which had previously been autonomous and self-regulated. The creation of colonial governments, institutions and courts brought radical and lasting change to individual lives and African societies as a...
Predicting future life expectancy using life tables
Case study - 4 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Life tables are extremely important. They are not only used to find things like mortality rates, but to also find such rates at different intervals during the individual's life. Agencies, governments, and researchers are expectedly attracted to this knowledge. The four different groups we...
Social, cultural, and political issues facing modern Israel
Thesis - 5 pages - Social, moral & civic education
The 1967 war resulted in a decisive victory for Israel over the combined forces of Egypt, Syria and Jordan. By launching a preemptive air strike, the Israeli Air Force was able to wipe out virtually all of Egypt's air force in one swift, massive attack. This guaranteed Israel air superiority...
Students and Inflation in France
Essay - 5 pages - Social, moral & civic education
These times are not only a tumultuous phase for systems and companies. It is also a difficult period for people and particularly for the precarious branch of the population of students. They are very sensitive to the evolution of the economy because their purchasing power is solely dependent on...
Socio-economic status: An independent risk factor
Thesis - 12 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Social inequality on health is well known. The measure of socioeconomic status remains difficult because it is a multidimensional concept that requires the use of multiple indicators. The indicators used to measure social status are education, occupation and income. They each have their...
The versatility of Islam
Case study - 5 pages - Social, moral & civic education
The technique of reproduction detaches the reproduced object from the domain of tradition. By making many reproductions it substitutes a plurality of copies for a unique existence. And in permitting the reproduction to meet the beholder or listener in his own particular situation, it reactivates...
Women in religion
Case study - 28 pages - Social, moral & civic education
The presentation revolves around the roles and positions that women occupy when it comes to religion. Women were not permitted to contribute their unique gifts, skills and talents, even in the midst of the family. The presentation will highlight points like Jesus and how he treated women along...
The power over and of the media
Thesis - 4 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Today we live in an “Age of Information”. The emergence of the internet and the development of media technologies has not only increased the availability of information, but also the speed at which it is distributed. The combination of high-speed and widespread access to information has...
Manufacturing knowledge: From print to web
Thesis - 8 pages - Social, moral & civic education
The Internet has arguably been the most significant aspect of technological, economic and social evolution in the past century. What was limited to being a beneficial component of American national security, has blossomed into the worldwide information super highway and focal point for...
