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From Saturnalia of Ancient Rome to Christmas of Today 

The Roman festival Saturnalia was a long-lasting pagan celebration of Saturn held during the winter solstice. Much of what occurred during these festivities have had a significant effect on winter holiday celebrations that carry on even in the modern day. I have chosen this topic as I believe it is highly important to know where traditions come from and why we continue to use them today. So what happened during Saturnalia? And what does this have to do with what […]

Pages: 2 Words: 717 Topics: Ancient Rome, Christianity, Christmas, Festival, Oral History

The Small City of Rome Became a Powerful Roman Empire

Rome, a great empire whose enemies feared its power, started off as a “pit-stop” for trading merchants. It didn’t take long for what is now known as a great and powerful civilization to build itself from the ground up. Its history is filled with both great and poor leaders and the hearts of passionate people who sought nothing but strength and excellence. History and Politics Legend has it the city of Rome was created by one of the offspring of […]

Pages: 6 Words: 1713 Topics: City, Oral History, Political, Roman Empire
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The Great City of Rome

Reading the very creative novel “Roma”, it shows how very important war, religion beliefs, and conquring others, even if its your own family, can have an impact on a common society. The author of this book is Steven Saylor, and Illustrated by an unknown individual. The year that the hardcover copy of the novel was published in the year of 2007. The novel’s publishing location is St. Martin’s Press, Inc. 175th Fifth Avenue, New York, New York. The novel discusses […]

Pages: 6 Words: 1826 Topics: Christianity, City, Novel, Oral History, Roman Empire

Immigration to the United States

The United States is a nation of immigrants. This makes it essential to review the experiences of immigrants as a way of understanding how these experiences shape the economy of the country. One of the core issues of immigration to the United States is the American dream which makes immigrants relocate to the nation in pursuit of new opportunities and improved life. The number of immigrants into the United States continues to grow with the majority coming from Africa and […]

Pages: 7 Words: 2058 Topics: Identity, Immigration, Nigeria, Oral History, Social Issues, United States

Stereotypes Toward Asian People – Really?

Survival bias is “the logical error of concentrating on the people or things that made it past some selection process and overlooking those that did not, typically because of their lack of visibility.” Similar to the myth of model minority we have discussed during class, such mistake is usually caused by overgeneralization and lack of examination. After interviewing with my mother, a first generation immigrant, I am surprised about how people still hold many biased stereotypes towards Asian. When I […]

Pages: 7 Words: 2087 Topics: Belief, Bias, China, Confucianism, Immigration, Oral History, Parenting, Stereotypes

Interview with my Grandmother

Hello, my name is Tyler Tietjen. For my ninth-grade oral history project I chose to interview my grandmother, Liliane Anita Tietjen. I decided to make Mrs. Tietjen the subject of this interview because of her experiences living in Cuba in the 1950’s and her first-hand knowledge of the rising of Cuba’s well-known dictator, Fidel Castro. Over the course of this podcast I will give you some background information on important dates and events during the 1950’s that led directly to […]

Pages: 4 Words: 1298 Topics: Cuba, Fidel Castro, Government, International Relations, Interview, Oral History

Interview with Anne Shapiro

On November 13, 2018 I was given the chance to interview a woman named Anne Shapiro. Anne is a retired accounted who taught my grandmother to speak English up until last year when my grandma past away. Together we discussed her life in detail, she held nothing back, and we examined her life through the lens of the broader context of the history of women in the U.S. Anne is the second of two children. She has a brother who […]

Pages: 7 Words: 1997 Topics: Birth Control, Family, Feminism, Gender, Interview, Oral History, Sex, Social Issues

Kat and her Life

The subject for my study was Kat. She is a unique woman who has survived and thrived through many life changing traumas. As she has aged, she has been getting assistance with her troubled past, while also advancing her education by getting her Bachelor’s then proceeding to get her Master’s. Kat has recently revealed publicly her past traumatic events, she was inspired by the “”Me too”” movement. Coming clean about her past has helped her come to terms with the […]

Pages: 4 Words: 1202 Topics: Clinical Psychology, Human Development, Mental Health, Neuroscience, Oral History, Positive Psychology
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