Essays Tagged: "history teacher"

This is a reveiw on the novel "The Wave". It discusses the goods, the bads, and my thoughts on the novel.

led the Wave because the book is all about the Wave. The Wave is an experiment of Ben Ross, he is a history teacher. He wants to give them a taste of what life in Nazi Germany might have been like.Set ... f of the Grapevine. She is a very popular girl at Gordon High. She was against the Wave.Ben Ross: A history teacher who wants to give the students a taste of what life in Nazi Germany might have been ...

(3 pages) 63 0 3.0 Jul/2002

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Genre Study

Book Critique of Catcher in the Rye

xpelled, but he is not scheduled to return home to Manhattan until Wednesday. He visits his elderly history teacher, to say goodbye, but when Spencer tries to reprimand him for his poor academic perfo ... schoolmates tighten her skate, and the girl tells him that Phoebe might be in the Museum of Natural History. Though he knows that Phoebe's class wouldn't be at the museum on a Sunday, he goes there an ...

(7 pages) 51 0 4.6 Mar/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

This essay is about "The Wave", a movie based on an actual story involving the psychological transformation of students of a Californian high school from beliefs of democracy to fascism.

Palo Alto's Cubberly High.The psychological and behavioral changes initially began to evolve when a history teacher, Mr. Ross, encouraged students to participate in an experiment on forming a movement ... Ross without hesitation. Soon, they were practicing the rules and drills of 'The Wave' outside the history classroom by assimilated them into their regular everyday life. Soon, the students buried th ...

(2 pages) 121 2 2.8 Apr/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Interviewing two teachers,then comparing and contrasting them.

Victoria Rivera, a sixth grade teacher from Brooklyn, New York, and Marcus Williams, a high school history teacher that also lives in Brooklyn, New York. Mrs. Rivera was the first of the two intervie ... d at times I feel as if they look at me as an older friend, and counselor, rather then just another history teacher."Mrs. Rivera was then asked what major teaching strategies does she use. Inresponse ...

(3 pages) 178 1 5.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

"Jeremy Visick" by David Wiseman.

.5.Jeremy: the other 12-year-old kid that had died inside a mine.Minor character:1.George: Mathew's history teacher.Plot Summarize:1.Mathew had history homework; it was about going to the graveyard an ... mine by he's dad and when he woke up his mom brought him some tea.10.He was again in school taking history class more seriously.List and describe:Mathew was taking his history class when he had been ...

(4 pages) 16 0 1.0 Jun/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Expository Essay, how students can make you think.

ke us feel like we belonged in the classroom, her smile. Everyone was treated equal. Janet D. was a history teacher.We would sit in the middle of the class and imagine ourselves as George Washington c ... nation. She made learning fun and interesting.I went to volunteer for a friend of mine that teaches history at Harrison Morton in Allentown. Wow! What experiences! From the moment I stepped up to the ...

(2 pages) 60 0 1.0 Nov/2003

Subjects: Art Essays

The West and Unorganized Territory in America

This essay was assigned by my history teacher. The purpose of the essay was to give a personal experience as seen from the 1st per ...

(3 pages) 23 0 5.0 Feb/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Adolf Hitler

g that was in any was connected with war or, for that matter, with soldering." - Hitler There was a history teacher at school, Dr. Leopold Pötsch who touched Hitler's imagination with exciting ta ... red by events soon to come, laying the foundation for one of the greatest tragedies in all of human history.Selling paintings was the way to survive for Adolf since his parents were both dead and he d ...

(4 pages) 47 1 4.8 May/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War I

J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye. This essay is about the anti-conformity issue in Salinger's famous novel.

the person living it. As Holden tries to say goodbye to his school, he decides to visit his sickly history teacher, Mr. Spencer. After shooting the crap, Mr. Spencer tells Holden, "Life is a game, bo ...

(2 pages) 15 0 3.0 Dec/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

The catcher in the Rye.

xpelled, but he is not scheduled to return home to Manhattan until Wednesday. He visits his elderly history teacher, Spencer, to say goodbye, but when Spencer tries to reprimand him for his poor acade ...

(7 pages) 30 1 4.6 Feb/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

This is essay is entitled "Soda Ban". The assignment asked for a speech and thus the essay is in speech form. It is against the soda ban.

inally made impact with the deliciously sounding button, a voice was heard down the hall. It was my history teacher, Mr. Rose. He blurted out, "Trang, you know there's no more soda in the vending mach ...

(4 pages) 22 0 0.0 Apr/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

High School

My high school English literature teacher was usually hung over at our Monday class. My history teacher never changed his tie or socks, and my homeroom teacher slept her way through our ba ...

(2 pages) 24 0 4.5 Aug/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

Censorship at School; A teacher's warning to his students in Beijing.

association, of procession and of demonstration." That is certainly true for my students if I as an history teacher wish to teach them about how the Anglo-French forces burned down the summer palace i ... any foreign powers since Genghis Khan merits only a 30% deduction in a country's estimation. In the history taught here, the people's lives are not worthy enough to be remembered or commemorated (espe ...

(3 pages) 35 0 1.0 Oct/2005

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

"Catcher in the Rye": Holden Caulfield's dream job to be the Catcher in the Rye.

eone's inner self. Also later on in the early part of the book, Holden talks about Old Spencer, his history teacher. Even though Mr. Spencer was very old, sickly, smelled of nose drops and had un-hair ...

(3 pages) 54 1 2.0 Dec/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

"The Catcher in The Rye" by J.D. Salinger: The Tendency to Judge Others and its Detrimental Effects.

e to think about their true intentions. An example of this is seen when Holden bids farewell to his history teacher, Mr. Spencer, before leaving Pencey. Mr. Spencer is obviously trying to help Holden, ...

(2 pages) 42 1 0.0 Feb/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

"The Cather in the Rye": Summary Chapters 1-8

xpelled, but he is not scheduled to return home to Manhattan until Wednesday. He visits his elderly history teacher, Spencer, to say goodbye, but when Spencer tries to reprimand him for his poor acade ...

(2 pages) 4372 0 0.0 Feb/2007

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

The Wave

Nazism The wave is about a history teacher whose name is Ben Ross. His class was starting to study the time that Hitler began m ... esson untill it got out of hand. This book was based on a true story that happened in a High School History class in Palo Alto, California.

(3 pages) 7 0 0.0 Feb/2001

Subjects: Humanities Essays

American History X

and strive for a brighter future for all.The story begins with a white teenage boy who has a black history teacher. The teacher is encouraging the boy (Derrick) to read books about multi-racial peopl ... en to his teacher, if he was going to make him read, he should be reading books about "White" history he says. The father then gave the family a lesson on "White power", and how "White mak ...

(4 pages) 1055 0 0.0 Apr/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Entry Description

res via corbis and viewimages. Most of the pictures that we found came from corbis. Our U.S. History teacher provided us with several excellent videos. We looked in our school and collage libra ...

(1 pages) 991 0 5.0 May/2001

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

The Wave

Nazism The wave is about a history teacher whose name is Ben Ross. His class was starting to study the time that Hitler began m ... lesson until it got out of hand. This book was based on a true story that happened in a High School History class in Palo Alto, California.

(3 pages) 1028 0 0.0 Oct/2001

Subjects: Humanities Essays