High School, I have found Marching Band to have been truly instrumental in helping me develop from a shy freshman to being a leader in my own right. I have had the privilege of experiencing the trials of both being a leader behind the scenes as a Quartermaster and a leader in the spotlight as a Band Captain. In both these roles, I’ve had the greater honor of being given the chance to truly impact my fellow bandmates in ways not many students ever get to do. As a Band Captain, I was given the job of…
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Nate Parker, the director, writer, and producer of 2016’s The Birth of a Nation, had been determined to produce a biopic about the slave-turned-rebel leader Nat Turner since 2009, when he began penning the script. Parker had learned about Turner during his studies at the University of Oklahoma. He was so determined to have his project completed that, in 2013, he reportedly told his agents that he would be retiring from acting until he could portray Turner in a movie. "I was willing to stick to that…
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Source E, an image of the bust of King Leonidas I wearing a war helmet, captures the dual role he played as both a military leader and a religious figure. Leonidas, who famously led a small band of Greek allies at the Battle of Thermopylae in 480 BCE, epitomised the Spartan ideals of bravery and sacrifice. His war helmet commemorates his military prowess and his readiness to defend Sparta, reflecting his role…
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S G I R O U X Teachers’ Guide The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain by Peter Sís Introduction In The Wall, one man’s personal history reveals a larger story: the history of a country, the vagaries of culture, the power of world politics, and the universal human longing for personal freedom. Through the narrative, the journal entries, and the captions, and by examining and re-examining the pictures, readers see the second half of the twentieth century from Peter…
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government professionals who are veterans of President Clinton and President Obama's Administration, as well as offices of Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Governor Gray Davis, numerous Speakers of the California Legislature, and other prominent Democratic elected leaders. Imprenta has the talent, experience and know-how to get the job done right. Imprenta professionals have worked closely with a number of communications teams and departments of varying size and scope. Many of us have even served as communications…
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Notes from October 3 Neolithic Revolution 5,500 year old leather shoe discovered in Armenia (5,500 BP) Mesolithic (or middle stone age) Began is Europe, Asia and Africa about 14,000 years ago The end of the glacial period saw physical changes in human habitats. Sea levels rose, vegetation changed and herd animals disappeared from many areas. This period marked a shift to hunting smaller game and gathering a broad spectrum of plants and aquatic resources. It was a more sedentary period with increase…
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two parties involved seek to arrive at a mutually acceptable price or exchange for goods or services. band - a small group of related people, who are primarily organized through family bonds. Foraging typifies the subsistence technology. A respected and older person may be looked to for leadership, but the person has no formalized authority. big-man - a form of leadership in tribes where the leader achieves power and influence based on ability. bilineal - descent in which the individual figures kinship…
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are often simply labelled "physical theatre" without any reason other than because they are unusual in some way. It is also problematic that dance is of a theatrical nature. A dance piece will be called "physical theatre" because it includes elements of spoken word, character, or narrative; it is theatrical and physical but does not necessarily share anything in common with a potential (and nascent) physical theatre tradition. Modern physical theatre has grown from a variety of origins. Mime and theatrical clowning schools…
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from whatever materials were close at hand. Speeches, made up on the spot or carefully crafted for the world to read, told stories that placed blame and laid out strategies. Newspaper articles written overnight shaped fragments and reports into narratives of victory and loss. Memoirs, short stories, novels, and histories written months or years later wove new patterns of storytelling. Whatever their origins or timing, all these stories tell more than appears on the surface. They speak, often in…
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Speeches Abraham Lincoln: Government of the people, by the people, for the people’ 1863 Also known as the ‘Gettysburg Address’, this concise speech is simple in its language yet carries a complex message of freedom for all men including the abolition of Negroes in slavery during the period of the Civil War in America. Given at Gettysburg after a great battle and victory for the North, Lincoln praises the efforts of the dead and also calls upon the living to continue fighting for the cause of…
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