Edward Hopper originally trained as an illustrator but then focused on painting between 1901 to 1906 under the watch...
The author of “The Witch Continues tto Enchang as a Feminist Symbol” begins this article by discussing a recent...
Andrew Jackson was born in the backwoods of the Carolinas in 1767 where he received sparse education. At age...
Which Witch?
, , , History, Showcase, Spring 2019, 1
The article “Modern Witch Hunts” emphasizes how “witch hunts” have always been used to persecute already vulnerable and oppressed...
The Age of Jackson saw an almost fervent spread of democracy: widespread political engagement, shrinking power to the rich...
Andrew Jackson’s election in 1828 marked the first modern campaign in American history. After a bitter defeat in arguably...
Who’s Wendy Rivera?
, , , Bio, History, Showcase, Spring 2019, 1
There are a few things about me and one of them is that my name is Wendy Rivera and...
Witches: Fact or Fiction?
, , , History, Religion, Showcase, Spring 2019, Women, 5
“Commentary: Beyond Halloween – the real story behind witches, devils, trials and executions” from the Salt Lake Tribune is...
Andrew Jackson was a completely different type of presidential candidate from anything the young American nation had ever seen....
I Stand With Angela
, , , American Dream, Civic Engagement & Social Justice, History, Racism, Showcase, Spring 2019, 2
The Alabama Birmingham Civil Rights Institute (BCRI) rescinded the Fred Shuttlesworth Humans Rights Award from Angela Davis because she...
Cultural Celebrations In Oakland
, , , Art, Community, Fall 2018, Family, History, Showcase, Spring 2017, 8
Cultural Celebrations In Oakland All cities have celebrations, but what makes the celebrations in Oakland so joyful, special, and...
Why Does Marijuana Get Such A Bad Rep??
, , , Fall 2018, History, Homelessness, Inequality, Media, Showcase, Spring 2017, 6
Why Does Marijuana Get Such A Bad Rep?? Have you ever wondered why marijuana has such a big stigma?people...
Oakland is becoming unrecognizable
, , , Fall 2018, Gentrification, History, Homelessness, Housing, Inequality, Showcase, 5
Calvin Dao Humanities 9 Ms. Portugal 12/21/18 Oakland is becoming Unrecognizable because of Gentrification Recently Oakland has been...
Americans and Their Values
, , , American Creed, American Dream, Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Community, Education, Fall 2018, History, Politics, Religion, Rights, Showcase, 1
What does it mean to be an American? Americans live in America, but there is something deeper than just...
I believe the American Creed values are exercised in the educational system
, , , American Creed, Education, Fall 2018, Goals, History, Rights, Showcase, This I Believe, Women, 0
The American Creed consist of many values. These values are exercised in every aspect of our lives including the...
Some people think historic buildings stand in the way of progress. Historic buildings have been standing for years, and...
Language, Power, and Society
, , , Education, Getting Started, History, Language, Showcase, Summer 2018, 0
How were all these words created?(vocabulary, language, grammar, writing, spelling, term) power colonialism, How did people use to...
Why do many people look at Childish Gambino’s video, “This Is America” as a message to society?
, , , Education, History, Politics, Racism, Showcase, Spring 2018, This is America, 2
When the video starts the camera zooms in on Childish Gambino, he turns around and starts to dance ....
Black Success in Weeksville: Incline or Decline?
, , , American Dream, Black Lives Matter, Community, History, Showcase, Slavery, Spring 2018, Weeksville's Legacy, 6
Recently in Current Events, we´ve been studying Weeksville. At first I thought about the project buildings wondering why we learning...
New Animation Based on Aesop’s “The Farmer And His Sons”
, , , Art, History, Media, Scratch, Showcase, Spring 2018, Stories, 1
From the producer of “The Witch’s Dilemma” comes a brand-new animation… this time based on a fable! Presenting the...
What It Meant and Still Means To Be American; White
, , , American Creed, History, Inequality, Racism, Showcase, Spring 2018, 0
For the larger part of American History, to be an American meant to be white and to view those...
Is it ethical to use data from Nazi experiments?
, , , Education, History, Shakespeare, Showcase, Spring 2018, 1
Kaly guerrero period4 Is it ethical to use data from nazi medical experiments? I believe that it...
Othello Analysis
, , , Argument, Books, Happiness, History, Portraits, Shakespeare, Showcase, Spring 2018, Stories, Women, Writing, 0
1.3.208-218 Paraphrase: Desdemona: My dear father, I do face a difficult challenge: To you I am grateful for life...
Middle East: The Opression of its Women
, , , Gender, History, Inequality, Politics, Rape Culture, Religion, Showcase, Social Class, Spring 2018, Women, 0
The issue that is discussed in the video is the oppression of women residing in the Middle East. I’m...
“Polish Death Camps” Law
, , , History, Politics, Showcase, Spring 2018, 0
The topic of my video is the “Polish Death Camps” Law. It interested me because I’m from Poland, and...
Students S(it)tanding Together
, , , Community, Education, Guns, History, Inequality, Politics, Protest, Raise Your Voice, Showcase, Spring 2018, 0
On March 14, 2018, students all across the country walked out of their schools at 10:00 AM in order...
Henrietta Lacks’s Family
, , , Black Lives Matter, Drugs, Family, Health, History, Media, Showcase, Spring 2018, 3
Why should Henrietta Lacks’s family be compensated to use her mother cells? if they are getting consent and money...
Do you think the family is owed money for the sale of the HeLa cells? Well in...
Did you know that the Nazis performed experiments on thousands of twins? Josef Mengele was a handsome but cruel...
Tuskegee Syphilis Study
, , , History, Showcase, Spring 2017, 1
Back in the early 1930’s the U.S. Public Health Service teamed up with the Tuskegee University to study the...
Nazi Experimentation
, , , History, Rights, Showcase, Spring 2017, Violence, 7
To begin, have you ever heard about the Nazi research? Well if not let me tell you a little...
Where I’m From
, , , Creative Writing, Happiness, History, Memoir, Poetry, Read/Write Poems, Showcase, Spring 2018, Stories, Where I'm From, Writing, 1
I am from Nestle Crunch bars, from Airstream and Herman Miller. I am from the crystal-clear panels that let...
What Rights Should All People Living In The US Have?
, , , Black Lives Matter, History, Racism, Rights, Slavery, 0
What rights should all people living in the US have? I believe that people should be able to have...
How Multi Level Marketing Has Failed in the Past
, , , American Dream, Economy, History, Incarceration, Rights, Showcase, Social Class, Spring 2018, 1
This article by Stacie Bosley and Kim McKeage examines the diffusion of multilevel marketing and the risk of pyramid...
How did movies start?
, , , Art, Fall 2017, History, Showcase, Spring 2018, 1
When you watch a film, can you notice how produced and funded a film can be? It can have...
Oakland’s Police Department Untold Story
, , , Community, Crime, Education, Fall 2017, History, Inequality, Point of View, Police Brutality, Showcase, The Fifth Column, 1
Oakland’s Police Department Untold Side “Did you know that African-Americans are 2.5 times more likely to be...
Oakland’s Culture
, , , Community, Crime, Fall 2017, History, Showcase, The Fifth Column, Violence, 2
Oakland’s Culture Do you often confuse Oakland with San Francisco? We shouldn’t confuse San Francisco and...
Monuments and Their History
, , , Call to Action, Fall 2017, History, Politics, Showcase, The Fifth Column, 4
Proper education on the statues and names of confederates on buildings or monuments is needed to teach future generations...
How does society deal with tragedy?
, , , American Dream, Call to Action, Community, Fall 2017, Family, History, Psychology, Showcase, Social Class, Social Media, Terrorism, Violence, 0
In society, people often deal with tragedy in different ways. Many use prayer to cope with it, ” “It’s a...
Trump has ruined empathy for strangers. As a society we have become unable to listen and understand the other....
What it Means to be American?
, , , American Creed, American Dream, Argument, Black Lives Matter, Books, Bullying, Call to Action, Community, Crime, Decision Making, Drugs, Economy, History, Immigration, Point of View, Protest, Rights, Slavery, This I Believe, Violence, What do I stand for?, 0
I believe what it means to be American is not to be so ignorant. We’ve been ignorant our...
Is Monogamy Natural for Humans?
, , , Animal Protection, Community, Decision Making, Family, Gender, Goals, Happiness, History, Inequality, Love, Religion, Rights, Showcase, Social Class, 0
It seems strange to question this social norm we as human beings have conformed to for the majority of...
Geography and Political Opinions
, , , Biases, Community, Decision Making, Economy, History, Point of View, Politics, Showcase, 1
It seems that people tend to have similar beliefs as those who live in the same geographic area as...
My thoughts on In Dubious Battle
, , , American Creed, American Dream, Books, History, Point of View, Protest, Showcase, 0
In Dubious Battle. Summary: In the book, In Dubious Battle, the story takes place in the 1930s,...
So often, people say that homosexuality is a trend of the “modern-day kids”, but I’ve always wondered how far...
History passed, but discrimination hasn’t
, , , American Dream, Black Lives Matter, Call to Action, Education, Goals, History, Inequality, LGBTQA, Racism, Slavery, 0
Recently, I have noticed that certain parts of society still have a hesitancy to accept people that are “different”...
The National Anthem Is Racist
, , , Argument, Black Lives Matter, History, Police Brutality, Protest, Racism, Showcase, Slavery, Sports, Taking a Knee, 0
The National Anthem is racist, people shouldn’t stand for it. The National Anthem we sing today is edited. It...
Discrimination in History classes
, , , Education, Fall 2017, History, Racism, Showcase, Thesis Feedback, 4
Throughout the years Oakland schools have been teaching European history to students of color. Did you know that in...
Asian American Activism
, , , American Dream, Call to Action, Community, Crime, Education, Fall 2017, History, Inequality, Media, Politics, Protest, Racism, Raise Your Voice, Research Help, Rights, Showcase, Social Class, Student-Centered, Violence, What do I stand for?, 6
High School textbooks don’t have anything on Asian Americans during the civil rights era. There were a lot of...
Learning From the Past
, , , Biases, Call to Action, Charlottesville, Fall 2017, History, Inequality, Showcase, 1
As a society, we have failed to learn from our past mistakes. We are still repeating the past, in...
Neocolonialism in Africa
, , , Black Lives Matter, Crime, Debt, Economy, Education, Family, History, Housing, Inequality, Nature, Politics, Poverty, Racism, Rights, Showcase, Social Class, Spring 2017, 1
To Whomever Cares to Listen, “Without Africa, France will slide down into the rank of a third power,”...
NeoColonialism in Africa Video
, , , Black Lives Matter, Call to Action, Debt, Economy, History, Politics, Poverty, Protest, Raise Your Voice, Rights, Showcase, Social Class, Spring 2017, What do I stand for?, 0
https://youtu.be/B-HlbLzaL_I
Montana is a gorgeous place. Millions of years of Mother Nature’s harshest weather and catastrophic geothermal events have...
History of Pretzels
, , , Food, History, Spring 2017, 0
Pretzels are my favorite snack. They come in all types of sizes and shapes. Some say that...
A reason why Shakespeare is still studied in schools today is because he is realistic about the things, problems,...
Evolution of Early Christian Teaching and New Traditions
, , , History, Religion, Showcase, Spring 2017, 1
Abstract: Christianity has the biggest religious population of the Earth with nearly one in three people being a Christian. Within...
German and Japan Recovery
, , , History, Showcase, Spring 2017, War, 0
Abstract- Germany and Japan recovered from World War II because they both had help from other countries while recovering....
How Did Our Nation Become the Most Powerful?
, , , History, Point of View, Politics, Showcase, Spring 2017, 1
Today, the United States is arguably the top superpower in the world. For much of its history, including today, our nation...
The Fire Next Time: Baldwin is Making Generalizations
, , , Art, Books, Creative Writing, History, Showcase, Spring 2017, 0
“White Americans seem to feel that happy songs are happy and sad songs are sad, and that, God help...
The safety pin stand up to trump article made me look at people different cause people actually care about...
Safety Pins
, , , Black Lives Matter, Crime, Economy, History, Inequality, 1
There are lots of people around the world, who has started to wear safety pins. These safety pins represent...
The Mother of the Holocaust, a True Hero: Irena Sendler
, , , History, Showcase, Spring 2017, War, Women, 0
A nurse named Irena Sendler from Warsaw, Poland was living her normal life until the threat of the invasion...
The Zookeeper’s Wife
, , , History, Showcase, Spring 2017, Violence, War, 0
this podcast is about a brave polish couple who used their abandoned zoo to save 300 jews from the...
Legalizing medical marijuana also has its downsides. Some believe that the effects are far worse than if marijuana were...
Few projects have had such a profound and lasting effect on the world as the Manhattan Project. Today, after...
My research so far has brought many interesting revelations. The issue of the bombing on Japan is very complex,...
In my research on the Gale database to find information on a polarized and partisan media, I found one...
More on the Hope Diamond
, , , History, Showcase, Spring 2017, 1
After looking through some Gale resources I discovered that the curse of the Hope Diamond dates back to the beginning...
Hip Hop’s origins
, , , History, Music, Showcase, Spring 2017, 2
This is a summary of what I have learned through my research and use of the Gale Literature Resource...
For my research project on the Early Christian Church, I have obtained a few sources from the Gale Research...
Japan has had great success in the technology industry and is using that to have a +15 billion profits...
Effects of Incarceration
, , , Fall 2016, History, Inequality, Prison, Racism, Showcase, 2
After reading Dead Man Walking by Sister Helen Prejean, and picturing the inmates on death row in 1995, I...
The Manhattan Project
, , , Fall 2016, History, Showcase, Technology, War, 1
The Manhattan Project was a research and development undertaking during World War II that produced the first nuclear weapons....
The Fox and the Wolf (Remixed)
, , , Crime, Death Penalty, Education, Fall 2016, Friendship, Happiness, History, Inquiry, Love, Nature, Stories, Violence, 0
This project is based on a moral “The Fox and the Wolf” by the Brothers Grimm which was adapted...
I am from the scones my mom makes on cold, winter nights. I am my dad’s impossible ideas...
The Monstress
, , , Art, Call to Action, Fall 2016, History, Scratch, Stories, Technology, 1
This is an animation that was made by me on Scratch. THE DESIGN PROCESS: Story plot: Before I could move...
I feel _________ now that Donald Trump is President
, , , Fall 2016, History, Inquiry, Media, Point of View, Politics, Showcase, Social Media, 3
I’m not sure if this news has sunk in yet… I’m still in shock that Donald Trump is...
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