How do the relatively less powerful and the truly disenfranchised (as variously defined, depending on the era and region in question) fit into history? To what degree are they merely victims or puppets of the elite? To what extent are they active shapers of history?...
Based on Maya’s Chapter 3 incident and Staples’ incidences of racism, you are to compare and/or contrast the two readings. Brainstorming ideas for the prompt: What is the context for both readings? Who is involved? Were the reasons for acting the way they...
How have people, individuals, or groups who have not had formal institutional power (i.e. because of their religion, gender, class, or economic or social status) shaped events in two major periods of European history (defined above)? How significant is their informal...