Stories by Valorie Tucker
Analyzing Juvenal's Satire 6 by Valorie Tucker Rated: M [Reviews - 0]
Summary: This essay takes a few sections and snippets from Juvenal's Satire 6 Book II about women and analyzing what it might, in some cases incorrectly, say about Rome.

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Categories: Roman History
Characters: None
Series: Essays
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 770 Read Count: 4065
[Report This] Published: 12/06/09 Updated: 12/06/09
Art vs. Craft by Valorie Tucker Rated: K [Reviews - 0]
Summary: Using a The Qing (Ch’ing) dynasty cup to make a distinction between what is art and what is craft.
Categories: Asian History
Characters: None
Series: Essays
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 693 Read Count: 1631
[Report This] Published: 12/06/09 Updated: 12/06/09
Christianity vs. Islam by Valorie Tucker Rated: T [Reviews - 0]
Summary: For an assignment I had to take the Sermon on the Mount and selections from the Koran to compare and contrast the conduct expected of followers, as well as list the people considered sacred to the religions.
Categories: Essays, Medieval History, Religious History
Characters: None
Series: Essays
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 321 Read Count: 4684
[Report This] Published: 14/06/09 Updated: 14/06/09
Economy and Politics of The Cod Wars by Valorie Tucker Rated: K [Reviews - 0]
Summary: An economic and political study of The Cod Wars between Iceland and the United Kingdom.

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Tables and graphs not included. For this assignment, professor asked us to look at Wikipedia information.
Categories: Essays, Modern European History
Characters: None
Series: Essays
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 1275 Read Count: 2248
[Report This] Published: 11/12/09 Updated: 11/12/09
Federalism by Valorie Tucker Rated: K [Reviews - 0]
Summary: What is Federalism and how does it work?
Categories: Essays, Early American / Colonial History
Characters: None
Series: Essays
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 1508 Read Count: 3128
[Report This] Published: 14/06/09 Updated: 14/06/09
Grain Depedency in the Ancient World by Valorie Tucker Rated: K+ [Reviews - 0]
Summary: Grain dependency strategies in ancient Greece, Rome, and Medieval Europe.
Categories: Essays, Roman History, Greek History, Medieval History
Characters: None
Series: Essays
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 870 Read Count: 3648
[Report This] Published: 14/06/09 Updated: 14/06/09
Hardin’s The Tragedy of the Commons Summary by Valorie Tucker Rated: K+ starstarstar [Reviews - 0]
Summary: A summary of the Hardin article, The Tragedy of the Commons.
Categories: Essays, Misc. History
Characters: None
Series: Essays
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 1007 Read Count: 5477
[Report This] Published: 14/06/09 Updated: 14/06/09
History in Film- Gladiator by Valorie Tucker Rated: T [Reviews - 0]
Summary: A look at how the film Gladiator tells history and entertains at the same time.
Categories: Essays, Roman History
Characters: None
Series: Essays
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 1014 Read Count: 2823
[Report This] Published: 14/06/09 Updated: 14/06/09
Iceland, Greenland, and America in WWII by Valorie Tucker Rated: K [Reviews - 0]
Summary: This essay analyzes the US-Iceland and US-Greenland agreements in the context of WWII. Emphasis is placed on the importance of the Monroe Doctrine and Act of Havana.
Categories: Essays, Modern European History, WWI & WWII
Characters: None
Series: Essays
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 2693 Read Count: 2808
[Report This] Published: 11/11/09 Updated: 11/11/09
John Brown: Savior or Terrorist? by Valorie Tucker Rated: T [Reviews - 0]
Summary: A look at the pre-Civil War abolitionists acts of John Brown.
Categories: Civil War History, Essays
Characters: None
Series: Essays
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 698 Read Count: 1156
[Report This] Published: 14/06/09 Updated: 14/06/09
Journal Review: The Journal of Medieval History by Valorie Tucker Rated: K [Reviews - 0]
Summary: A critical review of the Journal of Medieval History and its usability to historians.
Categories: Medieval History, Historiography
Characters: None
Series: Essays
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 3859 Read Count: 2291
[Report This] Published: 11/11/09 Updated: 11/11/09
Journal Review: The Journal of the History of Sexuality by Valorie Tucker Rated: M [Reviews - 0]
Summary: The state of history in the Journal of the History of Sexuality.
Categories: Historiography
Characters: None
Series: Essays
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: No Word count: 4145 Read Count: 3453
[Report This] Published: 14/06/09 Updated: 14/06/09
Kosher and Halal: Comparison and Analysis of Origin by Valorie Tucker Rated: T [Reviews - 0]
Summary: The culture behind food laws between the Hebrew and Islamic communities.
Categories: Religious History, Essays, Medieval History
Characters: None
Series: Essays
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 954 Read Count: 2784
[Report This] Published: 14/06/09 Updated: 14/06/09
Media Coverage of the 1960s: Freedom Rides and Birmingham Church Bombing by Valorie Tucker Rated: K [Reviews - 0]
Summary: Media Coverage of the 1960s: Freedom Rides and Birmingham Church Bombing.

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Categories: Essays, Modern American History
Characters: None
Series: Essays
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 690 Read Count: 2559
[Report This] Published: 07/09/09 Updated: 07/09/09
Motives of Soldiers Fighting the Civil War by Valorie Tucker Rated: T starstarstarstarstar [Reviews - 2]
Summary: The different reasons different soldiers joined the war and fought for the Union or the South.
Categories: Essays, Civil War History
Characters: None
Series: Essays
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 889 Read Count: 4346
[Report This] Published: 14/06/09 Updated: 14/06/09
Notes on World Resources by Valorie Tucker Rated: T [Reviews - 0]
Summary: A few notes and essays on various topics that have to do with world resources.
Categories: Misc. History, Essays
Characters: None
Series: Essays
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 3195 Read Count: 2425
[Report This] Published: 14/06/09 Updated: 14/06/09
Plato- Phaedo by Valorie Tucker Rated: T [Reviews - 0]
Summary: An interpretation of a scene of Plato's Phaedo.
Categories: Essays, Greek History
Characters: None
Series: Essays
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 960 Read Count: 3381
[Report This] Published: 14/06/09 Updated: 14/06/09
Pontiac's Uprising by Valorie Tucker Rated: T [Reviews - 0]
Summary: A look at Pontiac's Rising and how history telling has changed it.
Categories: Essays, Early American / Colonial History
Characters: None
Series: Essays
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 1269 Read Count: 2613
[Report This] Published: 14/06/09 Updated: 14/06/09
Religions of Asia by Valorie Tucker Rated: T [Reviews - 0]
Summary: A comparison and contrasting of the religions of Asia, how they influenced development, and how they are significant to the history of Asia.
Categories: Asian History, Essays
Characters: None
Series: Essays
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 672 Read Count: 2589
[Report This] Published: 14/06/09 Updated: 14/06/09
Roman Urban Amenities by Valorie Tucker Rated: T [Reviews - 1]
Summary: A discussion of Roman urban amenities, how those compare with similar services today, and what constraints the Romans experienced that we are not limited by.
Categories: Roman History, Essays
Characters: None
Series: Essays
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 952 Read Count: 4289
[Report This] Published: 14/06/09 Updated: 14/06/09
Rome and the "Struggle of the Orders" by Valorie Tucker Rated: T [Reviews - 0]
Summary: Highlights of some of the most important events in the "Struggle of the Orders" in Roman Republic history.
Categories: Essays, Roman History
Characters: None
Series: Essays
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 1267 Read Count: 2711
[Report This] Published: 14/06/09 Updated: 14/06/09
Rome's Early Expansion by Valorie Tucker Rated: T [Reviews - 1]
Summary: A brief discussion on some of the ways Rome was able to gain and maintain a large territorial state during the centuries of the Republic.
Categories: Roman History, Essays
Characters: None
Series: Essays
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 1063 Read Count: 4505
[Report This] Published: 14/06/09 Updated: 14/06/09
Secession Views in the South by Valorie Tucker Rated: T [Reviews - 0]
Summary: Not all Southerners fought the Civil War for the same reasons.
Categories: Essays, Civil War History
Characters: None
Series: Essays
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 756 Read Count: 3297
[Report This] Published: 14/06/09 Updated: 14/06/09
Self-Emancipation Before the Proclamation by Valorie Tucker Rated: T [Reviews - 0]
Summary: Before Lincoln announced the Emancipation Proclamation, slaves were already emancipating themselves.
Categories: Essays, Civil War History
Characters: None
Series: Essays
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 766 Read Count: 5118
[Report This] Published: 14/06/09 Updated: 14/06/09
The Four Phases of the Gay Rights Movement by Valorie Tucker Rated: M [Reviews - 0]
Summary: A short and concise history of the four stages of the Gay Rights Movement from the 1940s to the present.

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Categories: Essays, Modern American History
Characters: None
Series: Essays
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 817 Read Count: 5910
[Report This] Published: 14/06/09 Updated: 14/06/09