Americans Course Works Samples For Students

Introduction

Cultural pluralism is used to refer to a situation where groups that are smaller in a society maintain the unique identities, and the practices and values of their culture are acceptable by the bigger society. A good example of this concept is in Lebanon, a country whose size is around 10 square kilometres yet eighteen different communities live together. A pluralist culture not only involves co-existence of several cultures, but also the integration other group traits into the dominant culture.

A Critical Review of Levingston’s Article

This article appeared in the Washington Post on March 9th, 2010 and its main theme is how the Native Americans have endured ...

Nation-State and Transnationalism

The nation-state is a sovereign entity governing a territory. The state is a political entity while the nation itself is a cultural entity. There are several characteristics which define a nation state and these include having a defined territory, some form of government which is organized, self rule in that they are sovereign against foreign interference and there exists a population of people who share a national identity and customs. These customs give a nation state a common identity. Thus, a nation state one that has a self identity and derives its legitimacy as a result of the sovereignty. The nation identifies people with common ancestry and culture such as the people ...

In Brumberg’s chapter “Tales Out of School,” he details how young Jewish immigrants learned and were integrated into the American school system. The biggest thing that stuck out to me was the passage about the growing Americanization of the students of these schools, regardless of heritage:

“Bleeding form and content, ritual and subject matter, the schools provided its immigrant students with a new “American” persona. The school clerk often changed the names of recent arrivals. Among these interviewed, we find Moses changed to Morris, and Nachum to Nathan. Last names became altered as well.”

This idea is extremely disconcerting ...

The origin of the term abortion is from the Latin abortio, meaning to abort, miscarry or deliver prematurely. An abortion can occur due to a problematic pregnancy, health issues or conditions of the mother or several other situational circumstances, but normally the word applies to simply medically terminating the pregnancy. There two types of abortions: therapeutic, to spare the health of the mother and elective which applies to the procedure when it is performed for any other reason.

Although Roe v. Ward legally affirmed the right for women to terminate their pregnancies in 1973, this medical procedure has been hotly ...

Subject

Briefly describe what you intend to write about. Provide a brief introduction or outline of the points and films in which you intend to cover, preferably a working thesis.

Topic: Modern world does not presuppose keeping traditions, does it?

Question: Should Asian American families still keep their traditions of filial piety and familism or should they follow a modern way of American life?
Answer: Asian Americans would be much happier if they disregard at least some of their traditions which, as a rule, limit a person greatly.
Elaboration: As soon as Asian Americans give up keeping traditions, they will start enjoying life in all its manifestations without being afraid of gossips and ...

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) commonly known as the Obamacare was enacted on the 23^rd of March, the year 2010 as a reform to the healthcare plan. The Obama administration was being true to its campaign pledges in formulation, enactment and implementation (Alliance Defending Freedom). The Obamacare has been marred by a lot of legal as well as technical issues that were laid to rest on 28^th of June, 2012 when the high court ruled that Obamacare was indeed constitutional. The scope of this thesis shall be limited to the role of ...