Essays about: "Historical documents"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 142 essays containing the words Historical documents.

  1. 1. A Nation's History as Part of its History Education : A current comparative study of Scottish and Swedish secondary school teachers' perception of history, and curricula

    University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för lärarutbildning

    Author : Robin Nordlund MacDougall; [2024]
    Keywords : Scotland; Sweden; Curricula; Teachers perceptions; Historical identity;

    Abstract : This master's thesis explores the perceptions of the Short 20th Century history among high school teachers in Sweden and Scotland, focusing on how their perceptions fit within their own country's curricula's view on the same historic period. The study comprises two parts: an analysis of national history curricula and a survey of history teachers in both countries. READ MORE

  3. 2. The Discursive Construction of "Welsh" in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle : Thematic Roles and Mental Models

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Johanna Åberg; [2023]
    Keywords : Discourse Analysis; Mental models; Predication; Briton; Welsh; Anglo-Saxon; Colonialism; Thematic roles.;

    Abstract : With the recent rise in interest in critical readings of our history, scholars have begun noticing that historical documents such as the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle may have functioned as propaganda (e.g., Yorke, 2006; Konshuh, 2020). The present study examines how Britons (i. READ MORE

  4. 3. Western Influence in Africa and the Perception of the NPP Youth Wing of Ghana and JMPLA of Angola : A Comparative Study

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Antónia Gomes Fagergren; [2023]
    Keywords : International Relations; globalisation; constructivism; neo-colonialism; post-colonialism; Ghana; Angola;

    Abstract : This thesis explores how the post-colonial structures in Ghana and Angola are affecting the mentality of the youth members in the political parties of NPP Youth Wing and JMPLA. The purpose is to discover whether the Political Youth Parties are able to provide ideas that challenge the current western influence in their politics. READ MORE

  5. 4. The Challenges of legalizing Abortion in the European Union

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Freya Vacek; [2023]
    Keywords : European Studies; European Union; Abortion; Poland; Malta; Gender;

    Abstract : The paper uncovers the challenges of legalizing abortion within the European Union (EU). Abortion is a highly debated topic. However, many scholars believe it to be a human right. Yet, certain EU member states still have highly restrictive abortion legislations, which creates inequalities based on gender, class and mobility. READ MORE

  6. 5. Semi-automatic Segmentation & Alignment of Handwritten Historical Text Images with the use of Bayesian Optimisation

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Avdelningen Vi3

    Author : Philip MacCormack; [2023]
    Keywords : handwritten text recognition; machine learning; bayesian optimisation; image analysis; segmentation; alignment;

    Abstract : To effortlessly digitise historical documents has risen to be of great interest for some time. Part of the digitisation is what is called annotating of the data. Such data annotations are obtained in a process called alignment which links words in an image to the transcript. READ MORE