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Final Research Project: 1960s-1970s: May 2011
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Final Research Project: 1960s-1970s. Tuesday, May 10, 2011. The Good Old Days: The 1970's Experience According To My Mother. Photo of author's mother(right) and her sister(left). Source: Boice, Pamela. Photo of author's mother circa 1970. Source: Boice, Pamela. Photo of author's mother and husband on. Wedding day, circa 1975. Source: Boice, Pamela. One of her favorite songs of all was Piano Man by Billy Joel. Pamela’s favorite movie was Pretty Woman. Welcome to the 60's! And it was an era where everyone ...
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Final Research Project: 1930s-1940s: Help Wanted: Real Life Stories of the Great Depression and World War II
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Final Research Project: 1930s-1940s. Scholarly research done for English 1200: Writing II at Fitchburg State University. Tuesday, May 3, 2011. Help Wanted: Real Life Stories of the Great Depression and World War II. By Edwin Gay (1932) reads, ". Through personal interviews and other outside sources, this paper will explore fact and fiction of the Great Depression, in order to help readers better understand what really happened on a more personal level compared to what the history books and media tell us.
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Final Research Project: 1970s-1980s: Living Under Commonwealth: Puerto Rico in the 1950’s
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Final Research Project: 1970s-1980s. Tuesday, May 10, 2011. Living Under Commonwealth: Puerto Rico in the 1950’s. We are still granted the freedom to have a voice in society- to vote. In 1951, however, the United States passed the Public Law 600- allowing Puerto Rico (still a colony of America at the time) to draft its own Constitution (2000,History of Puerto Rico). Following this, in 1952, the island of Puerto Rico. Fig 1 photo of authors grandmother taken in Puerto Rico, 1958.Source: Orlando Lopez.
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Final Research Project: 1970s-1980s: Life of the 70s & 80s: Fitting the Military mold
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Final Research Project: 1970s-1980s. Tuesday, May 10, 2011. Life of the 70s and 80s: Fitting the Military mold. A different time period:. Life in a military family:. My uncle was born in Fort Bragg. North Carolina, and then moved Ayer Ma. Because my grandfather got stationed on Fort Devens. SpecialForces.net -. Web. 10 May 2011. Wallace, Joe L. "Personal Interview." Personal interview. 24 Apr. 2011. Special Forces Badge. Digital image. Web. 16 May 2011. SF Digital image. Web. 16 May 2011. All embedded im...
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Final Research Project: 1960s-1970s: Breakfast in America: The Emigration of the Soares Family in 1967
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Final Research Project: 1960s-1970s. Wednesday, May 4, 2011. Breakfast in America: The Emigration of the Soares Family in 1967. My Great Grandfather Gil, Great Grandmother Isabel, Father Paul, Grandmother Aurelia, Grandfather Norbert after my Father's graduation from Bristol-Plymouth Voc. Tech. H.S. in 1976. Source: Soares, Paul. On September 29th, 1967, Norbert, Aurelia, and Paulo Soares of a small island called Sao Miguel. For this, I interviewed him about life in Taunton while he was growing up. Perha...
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Final Research Project: 1940s-1950s: The (Seeming) Calm Before the Storm: South Vietnam and the U.S. in the Early 1960s
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Final Research Project: 1940s-1950s. Saturday, April 30, 2011. The (Seeming) Calm Before the Storm: South Vietnam and the U.S. in the Early 1960s. Popular media has given us iconic images of the Vietnam War and its aftermath. From the harrowing, nightmarish scenes in the film. To the famous picture of a crying, naked,. L running down a road, to news photos of ragged. Photograph of University of Mississippi students protesting racial integration. October 1962. ("State"). US Passport, provided by Lewis Gor...
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Final Research Project: 1960s-1970s: Movements, Movements, Movements: It's Time to Make A Change
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Final Research Project: 1960s-1970s. Wednesday, May 4, 2011. Movements, Movements, Movements: It's Time to Make A Change. Learning about the 60's my interview. With her added a much more. Personal touch to the information. Photo of author’s grandmother taken in Cleveland, Ohio. December 2010. Source: Felicia Weaver. Was a non-violent movement to fight for the equal rights of African American people, an influential leader in this movement was Martin Luther King Jr.,. Who was an African American minister.
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Final Research Project: 1970s-1980s: The 1980’s: A Transition into the Information Era
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Final Research Project: 1970s-1980s. Wednesday, May 4, 2011. The 1980’s: A Transition into the Information Era. The 1980’s; It was a period of transition for the United States. We have transformed from a country of agriculture, to a country of industry, to a country surrounded by technology, communication, and information. The 1980s was an essential period of becoming the country we are today, from industry to technology. Figure 1: Early model computer from the 1980s. In upstate New York from 1984 to 1988.
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Final Research Project: 1960s-1970s: The 1970's: A Journey Through the Memory of My Father
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Final Research Project: 1960s-1970s. Wednesday, May 4, 2011. The 1970's: A Journey Through the Memory of My Father. Some would say the 1970's were boring in comparison to the 1960's but my father, Ron Deschamps, has other opinions, he recalls a time rich with unique music, culture and public opinion. He clearly remembers the turmoil brought about by the Vietnam War and how it affected him and his friends. My Father, on a recent fishing trip,. He was not very into. T, but he. My father was said to resemble.
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Final Research Project: 1960s-1970s: For the Sake of Peace: One's Campaign Experience in 1968
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Final Research Project: 1960s-1970s. Tuesday, May 3, 2011. For the Sake of Peace: One's Campaign Experience in 1968. Is always considered as a significant era in American modern history. Since the Vietnam War. Was not only a combination of the American’s longest conflict and one of the most divisive Civil Wars, but also one of the largest mass protest movements in American history. Because of the continuance of the Vietnam War, the 1960s was destined to be a remarkable decade. Using a combination of prim...