Monday, November 14, 2011

Cultural Influence!

Culture has had a major influence on me since I drew breath. All my life I've been surrounded my heavy metal music and that has made me do things I never thought I'd be doing. Things such as playing guitar, piano, writing poetry, and being very intellectual. I am open to all other cultures and am very accepting of other people and their lifestyles. My culture influences me to be generous when I can. I guess it's a moral thing.

If I grew up in a different culture I do not know exactly who I'd be today. Maybe I'd be the complete opposite of me; hype, talkative, lazy, disrespectful, etc. Things I think I'd be had I grown up with my father. Not a pretty picture if you can imagine it. Maybe I wouldn't be as dedicated as I am now to school and other priorities. I don't always know why, but I believe I'd be a negative person had I grown up in a different culture.

Thursday, November 3, 2011

Primary source in history

The purpose for Primary sources in history is to give us first hand insights on the past. They are important tools for historians to develop an understanding of an event. By that, it helps us support those understandings with evidence as we answer questions about the past. Not only that, but arguments of the past as well.

The world of primary documents has evolved throughout the course of time itself. In the last two decades these documents have changes from newspapers/ magazines and radio to television and more electronic devices. Such as websites, blogs, social networks and social news.

Since technology is growing stronger by the day, we can all say this will have a major impact on the world. How? Well, we'll start to use our old resources less and begin to use podcasts and vodcasts more and more. This will make it easier for us to get information right there on the spot.