In almost every culture throughout history, there has been dance. Prayer dances, celebratory dances, social dances. In many cases, we can see the cultural progression through the progression of dance. In the United States alone, we've seen the transitions from the European-grown ballet to...

American Indians were the first inhabitants of this land we call home. They were here way before the United States was created. The Native Americans did not even know the term America until the "white man" came. The "white man" influenced the natives; however, the Native Americans also did th...

Born in 1908, Louis L'Amour was to become on of the most prolific storyteller of the 20th century. His narrative style, easy to understand, as if actually telling the story, as well as his captivating stories of the west and the frontier days and ability to relate fiction with personal e...

San Diego, California; a Favorite Vacation Spot A favorite vacation spot for many is the beautiful Southern California city of San Diego. San Diego is a very large city, with a lot to offer to college students. San Diego is very popular because of the countless things to do at all times and...

California The Spaniards first founded California when they wanted to increase the Spanish land area. But not many Spanish wanted to live here because of Indians. Then later Mexico fought for California and controlled the land. Then California was officially made a part of America when The Mexi...

How would you like if someone were trying to take away something that was valuable to you? These things might not seem important to others, but are important to you in every way. You have some people who agree with you and others who disagree. Both sides have some really good arguments that were ...

There were many country-splitting issues that characterized the United States in the 1800s. A major one of these was Manifest Destiny, the belief that the United States was destined to extend its territory west to the Pacific Ocean. The country separated as many people supported the idea, and many o...

"Saving California Languages" By Katharine Whittmore Author Katharine Whittmore is a journalist whose work has been published in many of the country's leading magazines. While editing "American Retrospective Series", she became interested in the loss of Native America...

The movie, The Grapes of Wrath, was based on a book written by John Steinbeck. This movie was based on a true story, and took place in the 1930's. The story had to deal with a family's troubles as they were kicked off their land in Oklahoma, and driven to California in search of work and settlem...

As Americans, the knowledge of our history through media, books, and family stories is very important in understanding what happened to our ancestors before we were born. A lot of what happened in American history effects us today. Their victory's, defeats, struggles and hard work all make Am...

Purpose: To persuade against the idea of having curfew laws. Thesis: My main points of the speech are to show that curfew laws are too expensive to keep, are unconstitutional and should be dealt with by parents, and don't show a correlation with teenage violence. Introduction: A. Imagine you...

THE GRAPES OF WRATH The Grapes of Wrath is quite a compelling movie, filled with many universal truths and observations on human nature and society, especially where class is concerned. The movie is based on the John Steinbeck novel and takes place during the Great Depression in ...

Comparison/Contrast They are the bibles of teenage girls and housewives across our nation. In every issue, women's magazines constantly have the same three topics addressed: men, fashion, and beauty. However, these three subjects are not the only things women care to read about. With the...

In February 5, 1996 AT&T announced that its new systems and technology company has selected Lucent Technologies as its name. Lucent currently employees 153,000 people worldwide and have offices or distributors in more than 90 countries. Lucent now is a global company on the technology's cutting ...

America: The Land of Social Opportunity The popular phrase, "America is the land of opportunity," most definitely insinuates many possibilities which can range from any aspect of modern popular culture. In two articles, "Among Black Voters, a Fervor to Make Their Ballots Coun...