Grandfather was from Romania, now part of Ukraine. Found this among many photos. Looks like "Home" to me, but another suggested "Josef."
I don't recognize the man or cattle. Can anyone suggest a thread for helping with the location?
Without going into the details, my father is mostly immobile and on a strict diet. Has a hard time grasping things and doesn't have much physical space in his room. Nowhere really to display much of anything.
I was thinking of a tablet with downloaded movies, but his grip is too weak.
Thankfully, mentally, he's all there. Maybe a photo album or some photo gift thing-a-ma-bob? He could probably keep those in a drawer, but it feels kinda half-hearted. I really want something he can have or look at to remember that I care when I'm not there.
I will see him on Sunday, but he doesn't know that, so at least there's that (I'm halfway across the country).
I haven't studied this case in a while, but I know that across the many states that stopped redistricting after the census, there were citizens of those states demanding the practice be reinstated. "One person, one vote," and all that.
The history of this case I've found so far is mostly court precedent (not unfairly), but what about the social history? Does it have any formal connections to the Civil Rights Movement, per se, a la Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott? Or was this more grassroots? Or a bit of both?
Any reading would be appreciated.
Hi all,
I want to preface my comment by saying overall, this year's grading has gone fairly smoothly, and there have been many great answers. I've been impressed by the depth of your knowledge and writing skills on many occasions.
But for future test takers of the AP US Government exam, please re-familiarize yourself with the basic timeline of US history. Yes, it's not a history exam, but these things are general knowledge by the end of high school and early college.
Particularly, and I don't have an exact count, but the number of students who claim some variation of MLK being responsible for the 15th Amendment (1870) is... well... yeah.
I am an IR scholar by trade with a love of theory to boot, so my familiarity with American political literature is rusty, to say the least. But I get to teach a lot of American Government, so yay.
What authors, papers, or books do you recommend to get information on how often voter fraud occurs, why it occurs, and the narrative surrounding it?
One of my favorite studies to pull out is from 2012, where about the same number of people said they were abducted by aliens was about the same as those who commit voter fraud.
I always felt I lacked some basic knowledge of some "canon" literature, and haven't read enough lately since grad school sucked up most of my time. For the past several years, I've worked to rectify that.
Now I'm stuck on how to proceed to the next genre or interest. I'm open to all except contemporary romance.
I teach politics, so books related to the social sciences are always appreciated.
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Anywho, in the last several years, I've really enjoyed:
Fiction
The Forever War by Joe Haldeman
1984 (not sure how high school missed that)
The Broken Earth trilogy by NK Jeminsin
Crime and Punishment
War & Peace and Anna Karenina, especially
Stranger in a Strange Land by Heinlein (Starship Troopers was also pretty good)
The Handmaid's Tale (school missed this one, too)
Farennheit 451 (and this one)
He Who Fights with Monsters by Shirtaloon (fun and good character development LitRPG). I also like DCC, but others have been meh so far. I don't understand the hype over Primal Hunter.
At Night All Blood is Black, David Diop
The Hierarchy series by James Islington
(Not to mention The Hobbit & The Lord of the Rings, Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles, Harry Potter, and Game of Thrones {Damn you, GRR Martin})
Nonfiction
History (anything from early modern to now, any region), Anthropology, Biographies (usually interesting celebrities like Tool's lead singer and Mike Tyson).
A Game without Rules is a great text on modern Afghanistan!
Students are complaining that I take too long to grade their exams, which consist only of short-answer questions and an essay. It’s been 4 and 2 days respectively. I’m tempted to post this as a response.
(Normally, I hate Chat GPT, but for the right cause, it's okay)