The Last Half Of America Summary

Over the past few weeks of class, we have covered the first five chapters of our textbook, written by George Brown Tindell and David Emory Shi called, “America, A Narrative History.” Each chapter told the reader a narration of the history of America, as opposed to an expository version of America’s history. Each chapter had its own main idea over a portion of history, along with many details that cover the importance of the main idea. As a reader, one may obtain a deeper appreciation for the country 's history, prior to entering the class on the first day. The most important aspect of history, besides the battles that are fought, is the different cultures that make up today’s modern America.

Stylistically, he also provides too many subsections with rough transitions that can leave the audience to be temporarily confused on where he is going with his argument. Stephen Prothero’s Religious Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know – and Doesn’t, can be a difficult read, as there are several passages which require numerous rereads in order to understand. However, there is an occasional sentence or two that provides an interesting insight.

The Divided States of America is a documentary by PBS Frontline, in which they analyze the stalemated America that Obama took over in 2009 and issues he faced, and later divided America that Trump took over in January. The documentary purpose was to show the effect of the division within the United States and encourage listeners to consider the future effects of Trump’s presidency, It elaborates on what actions Obama took which led to such a polarized nation, where some strongly supported him, while others strongly disagreed.

While Alexie states his voice by using metaphor, he emphasizes the meaning of reading repeatedly in his essay. He stresses how he strives to read variety of books, and he records that,” I read the books my father brought home from the pawnshops and secondhand. I read the books I borrowed from the library. I read the backs of cereal boxes… I read magazines. I read anything that had words and paragraphs” (18). Alexie lists out all the material he has read with the same sentence structure, yet he does not conclude all these things in one sentence. He exemplifies his passion to reading, for he tries to save his life. Due to his parallel repetition, Alexie impresses the audience by these

About 20 percent of elementary students nationwide have significant problems learning to read. At least 20 percent of elementary students do not read fluently enough to enjoy or engage in independent reading. The rate of reading failure for AfricanAmerican, Hispanic, limited-English speakers and poor children ranges from 60 percent to 70 percent. One-third of poor readers nationwide are from college-educated families. Twenty-five percent of adults in this country lack the basic literacy skills required in a typical job.

Our America by LeAlan Jones and LLoyd Newman makes readers feel bad about children deaths in Chicago which inspires people to help even though it makes readers feel bad.

1. Which of the following would have supported the actions shown in this cartoon during Reconstruction? (number 1)

To improve literary skills, lower class citizens should take the initiative outside of the education system to increase the likelihood of breaking through their class’ economic barrier. In the essay, “The Joy of Reading and Writing: Superman and Me”, Alexie says that he grew up as a part of the lower class on a Native American reservation. His parents often had to find different jobs that only paid minimum wage, which made it difficult for his family to live comfortably. Even though his family was part of the lower class, his father continuously read books. Alexie began reading to follow his father’s passion. He looked at novels and eventually understood their composition. Alexie’s firsthand experience allowed him to learn how to read in a much more efficient manner than if he learned through the reservation’s mediocre schooling system. Outside reading also motivated him to learn more. Alexie loved the feeling of gaining more information on how to have a positive impact on society. If he did not dedicate time for reading outside of his

By 1600, England’s feudal system was nearing extinction, as a new family (Tudor’s) came to power and wanted support from the middleclass and the establishment of new liberties for Englishman (i.e. trial by jury and no arrest without a warrant), which resulted in a large amount of local and self initiative to prosper in the community: yet many beggars now existed, culminating in an increased need for colonial expansion both for personal prosperity and more space for the existing population.

In Lost in America by Douglas McGray there were four sections - Introduction, The Hermit Classroom, An Incomplete Grade, and World Class - which explains how language can alter the world. In the first section, Introduction, McGray explains that America is lacking in foreign studies and showed facts supporting how uneducated Americans are regarding foreign policy. Following the Introduction, The Hermit Classroom, he shows how foreign language classes came to be and what caused them to begin. . The third section, Incomplete Grade, was mostly about how the US government was reforming foreign languages throughout the years and how it's important to start to learn a foreign language early. Finally in the section, World Class, McGray concludes the

This essay will examine the rise of “modern America”, there were economic, religious, and aspect of life changes took place and it was greatly changed the Americans society’s perceptions, specifically, the north and the south. The rise of “modern America” was greatly motivated immigrants to come to the United States for economic opportunity, industrialization in the North after the civil war created new businesses and job regulations, and the demand for social changes; all of these factors shaped America socially, politically, and economically.

The culture of gun violence has proved to be a deep malaise for superpower America and now comes a movie based on Guardian journalist Gary Younge’s book that highlights the misery and pain it inflicts on people’s soul.

William Edwards Deming is one of the most influential people known in today’s business environment. In the video called The Deming of America, it focuses on Deming’s approach to industry. After World War 2, Deming was tasked with helping Japan’s economy recover. Before Deming stepped in, Japan was making a slow effort to recovering. Other nations looked at Japan’s goods as inferior in quality. The term “Made in Japan” meant that the products were of lower quality and inferior. In a sense, Japan was being mocked and made fun of by major economic powers. Japan realized that if they wanted to make their country better along with the goods that they produced, they would have to make drastic changes.

For many years, written documents were the only way to discover what was going on in the world. In the current age of technology, everything is still written, but as texts, tweets, and emails, as well as in books. Mark Twain says, “A person who won’t read has no advantage over one who can’t read.” I agree with Twain’s statement but believe that it goes a little farther than saying they are equal. If someone cannot, then that means that they are unable to, which is much more respectable than a person who is too ignorant to use the skills they have and will not. A person who will not read is at a disadvantage to those who cannot read.

In the book The Post-American World, by Fareed Zakaria, he spoke of the three economical shifts in the world throughout history. Each one of these shifts has changed the world drastically, with political, culture, and of course, economical differences in every country in the world. What Zakaria had brought to my attention very early in the book was that we are currently living through the third economical shift right now. To be honest, I had never really thought about where the world was heading, and if I hadn’t read this book, I would’ve thought that the United States would remain the main superpower in the world and the rest of the world would sort of stay at their current status. Poor countries would remain poor, and every developed country