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Vygotsky’s theories focus on the importance of culture, language and speech in a child’s development and the extent of stimuli s/he receives through the heard words and sentences of the people in his immediate environment.

Documents on the slave era, in the antebellum south, are awash with stories of the brutal treatment of slaves, particularly women; enslaved black women, endured enormous abuse and violations.

Historical instances of people joining their leaders in death have occurred periodically; there is little to connect these incidents apart from defeat, dishonour and avoidance of rape.

The English school incorporates two theories, realism and liberalism. Realism focuses upon security and power; liberalism is based on the assumption of the goodness of humans.

The dramatic changes that have occurred in the global business and economic environment in recent times have not just created great growth opportunities for western businesses, but also provided them with new avenues for improvement of efficiency, productivity and profitability.

History very clearly affects learning and the course of events (Butterfield, 1965). Historical research has, however, been constantly exposed to external bias on account of its role in the development of social and political consensus through the definition of collective identities, loyalties and exclusions, ever since the 19th century, when it was incorporated as an essential element of school curricula in European countries, aimed at raising soldiers and patriots.