Sentences with phrase «historical events taking place»

I give my students a graphic organizer to help them track how the historical events taking place during the book's historical time period impact the characters and storyline.

Each role the actors played were strong and I felt like I was watching real historical events take place.

Using maps is powerful across all the curriculum areas, so once you see how easy these are to use, you'll want to explore the settings of novels you're reading as a class or places where historical events took place.

Much of the major historical events took place in Philadelphia.

Each tour creates the feel and flavour of Tudor times through visits to the actual places where the key historical events took place and the background information provided by our experience tour leaders, assisted by specialist tour guides.

Adopting a documentary style and a cinematic language, the video chronicles the conversations between the artist and cab drivers as they took him around Taipei to various locations that significant historical events took place, mapping the hidden contours of the geographical, historical, and ideological landscape of Taipei.

Not exact matches

At the beginning of the modern era, two events took place that were at the base of non-Western, Byzantine Europe: the break - up of ancient Byzantium and of its historical continuity with the Roman Empire; and the establishment of a second Europe, with a new capital in Moscow, whose borders extended eastward, and of a type of pre-colonial structure in Siberia.

During the same period, two events of major historical significance also took place in the West.

Like Sir Walter Scott's historical novels, it takes place amidst events events that changed the course of human affairs, in this case, World War I, but remains vividly focused on one character's fate.

That is, historical events such as Jesus praying to the Father or the Father abandoning the crucified Jesus to death constitute the very relations of the first two persons of the Trinity; they do not merely mirror in time some other relations taking place in a separated eternity.

For example, it for ever tries to turn our attention back to some supposedly historical event which took place at the tomb on Easter day instead of the present realty of the risen Christ.

The revelation of God is experienced in connection with significant historical events that take place in the life of the faith community.

It is an event that took place in history, that, like all historical events, took time: the time of Jesus» earthly life, and the three days of His burial.

This study of an important event that took place just before the Civil War started helps us in addressing two key historical questions: 1) At what point, if any, was Abraham Lincoln morally justified in fighting the Confederacy?

In this new and interesting development, hermeneutic has, in effect, taken the place of kerygma and a concern for an existentialist interpretation of the kerygma has been modified by a concern for the historical Jesus until it has become a concern for an existentialist interpretation of the New Testament — now seen not as a source book for knowledge of the historical Jesus, as in the older liberalism, but as a means whereby that faith which came to word or language in Jesus may come to be word - or language - event for us.

This event takes place 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, April 1, at Bennett Place State Historical Site in Duplace 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, April 1, at Bennett Place State Historical Site in DuPlace State Historical Site in Durham.

Or, as the great scientist Ernst Mayr patiently explained in these pages, «Evolutionary biology, in contrast with physics and chemistry, is a historical science — the evolutionist attempts to explain events and processes that have already taken place.

Evolutionary biology, in contrast with physics and chemistry, is a historical science — the evolutionist attempts to explain events and processes that have already taken place.

This film is a dramatic adaptation of a racially - charged historical event that took place in central Florida in 1923.

Another thing that was a bit off - putting (and I mean this in a strictly historical and filmcraft way), the film seemed to go out of its way to stamp our current morals, mores and politically - correct culture to events supposedly taking place in 18th - Century France (with minorities holding high positions in the Parisian Court and even an openly gay character introduced).

Interestingly, for such a popular historical figure, there is a dearth of biographical films about her life (the only notable film is the Norma Shearer / Tyrone Power classic from way back in 1938), except through incidental events depicting her as a supporting figure, such as tales of the French Revolution or other stories taking place in the late 18th Century.

Effective teachers assign writing and oral language tasks that require close reading of texts: for example, a letter or diary entry by a historical figure, a skit that takes place during a particular historical event, a travel brochure, or a matching game.

Sure, that's a fact: unless you're reading historical fiction, you're seldom reading about real characters or events that took place.

It is a thrilling historical narrative of the events that took place in Mecca over two weeks at the dawn of the Islamic 15th century, offering hitherto undisclosed details that provide an instructive introduction to Muslim fundamentalist terrorism while clearly connecting the dots between then and now.

«Year of the Hyenas» actually combines two historical events, which took place about fifty years apart.

Beyond that, BEA organizers understand that a lot of the business of a conference like this takes place off - site at sponsored dinners and events, and that attendees and exhibitors alike are more likely to participate if those venues are unique, intriguing, historical, and more.

Join Book Lights Radio Tuesday September 20th at 8:30 p.m. EST when host Debra Parmley chats with historical romance author Kristine Raymond about her Hidden Springs series and about the exciting events she has planned for Pages in the Caves, a reader author event which takes place Saturday, Sept 24th near near Mammoth Cave in Cave City, KY..

If you need further proof, the Bonfire of the Vanities is an actual historical event that took place in Florence during the year 1497.

Regardless, Reboot Develop is shaping up as the most unique, premier and high - end games industry event in Europe and there are plenty of reasons to attend the conference taking place in historical seaside city of Dubrovnik, aka «real world King's Landing».

Taking place in Egypt and Rome in 48BC, Assassin's Creed Origins offers a fictional history of real - world events using historical figures and landmarks in a breathtaking action - packed and beautifully visualized fantasy game.

The game takes place in Medieval times and its single player campaign is based on the actual historical events.

The artist drew from these historical images and doused them with some of his characteristic dark humour, to recount socio - political events that took place as recently as 60 years ago.

series took place on September 27, 2012 as the inaugural performance event after the historical re-opening of the museum and featured performances by VALIE EXPORT, Andrea Geyer, and MPA.

Permit yourself to drift from what you are reading at this very moment into another situation, another way of acting within the historical and psychic geographies in which the event of your own reading is here and now taking place; here, and now taking the place of other ways of making passionate and energetic connections between us.

Frieze Masters, the art fair that offers a contemporary lens on historical art — now in its 4th edition — , took place alongside the main event, showcasing works from before the year 2000.

The opening reception will take place on Saturday, March 21, 2009 from 6:30 - 8:30 pm, with a public event beginning at 7 pm featuring poets / artists George Quasha and Charles Stein, authors of An Art of Limina: Gary Hill's Works and Writing (Ediciones Poligrafa, 2009; with a foreword by Lynne Cooke), in conversation with the artist about their new publication, which contributes to the «further life» of the artist's work within a critical / historical context.

By overturning established notions of aesthetics and juxtaposing historical implications with the artifacts of politics as events are taking place, Waked constantly questions the absurd realities of conflict, often with sharply observed humor.

The time series has been normalized to current day exposure in order to suggest the likely losses if all events had taken place during the 2008/2009 fire season; in other words, as if each historical fire had impacted upon today's distribution of houses and population.

Under the title «Taking stock and inspiring the future» the event is taking place 17 - 18 November, 2015, at the «Palacio de Zurbano», an historical palace in the centre of MTaking stock and inspiring the future» the event is taking place 17 - 18 November, 2015, at the «Palacio de Zurbano», an historical palace in the centre of Mtaking place 17 - 18 November, 2015, at the «Palacio de Zurbano», an historical palace in the centre of Madrid.

Because good things can come in threes, I feel free to add another historical event that took place on July 4, though one having little to do with the laws of either humankind or nature: on this day in 1865 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland was published.

v) the danger in the historical snapshot of adventitious content revealing little or nothing of a process of adaptation and change taking place, and the importance of having regard to events over a long period if misconceptions about adaptation and change are to be avoided;