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- 27461: I-search
- ... examples of I-Search papers and models for teaching it. I did locate a site, a type of bulletin board, where teachers posted their comments regarding their experiences. Unfortunately, I did not record that site's location and I have since been unable to find it again. I am glad I researched this topic. I have learned much about the benefits of teaching the I-Search. Also, researching the internet for ... learning about this type of writing. My partner found, by accident, the site that offered the most useful information of I-Search papers, which include several finished examples. This site is the department of English's English 1 homepage at Golden Gate University. Instructors J. Browning and A. Dietrich have posted their course syllabi which includes the timelines and requirements for the I-Search paper. This site assisted me the most ...
- 27462: 12 Angery Men Essay
- ... a successful emergent leader at some points in the case.These three points made Mr. Davis a very effective communicator. Using task messages made Davis effective because he kept the group moving along towards it s goal. Not allowing physical factors into his decisions allowed him to make better choices. Being an emergent leader made Mr. Davis effective because he showed leadership when it was needed. Mr. Davis is an effective ... have, no one else would have and the case would have been over.Another time when Mr. Davis was a leader was when the group was discussing evidence, like the knife and the old man s testimony. Because he used several task messages, did not allow physical factors into his judgment, and became an effective leader at times, Mr. Davis was an effective communicator. Mr. Davis used task messages such as ...
- 27463: Galileo Galilei
- ... the course of their revolution exhibit phases like those of the moon, and, these being invisible to the naked eye, Copernicus had to change the false explanation that these planets were transparent and the sun's rays passed through them. But with his telescope Galileo found that Venus did actually exhibit the desired phases, and the objection was thus turned into an argument for Copernicanism. Galileo was tried by the Inquisition ... by the Inquisition 1. For writings 2. Charged with Heresy B. Sentenced to house arrest 1. lived in luxury 2. never in a prison cell C. Writings Prohibited D. Died in 1642 Bibliography 1. Drake, S. ,Galileo at Work: His Scientific Biography. Greensborough Press, 1995. 2. Finnochiara, Maurice A. ,The Galileo Affair. The University of California Press, 1989. 3. Redondi, P. ,Galileo Heretic. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1987. 4 ...
- 27464: Nadine Gordimer
- Nadine Gordimer was born on 20 November 1923 in Springs, a small mining town near Johannesburg in South Africa, which turned out to be the setting for Gordimer's first novel, The Lying Days (1953). Her father was a Jewish jeweler originally from Latvia and her mother of British descent. She was educated in a convent school and she spent a year at Witwaterstrand ... International P E.N. She was also a founding member of Congress of South African Writers. She has through much local and international work become known as part of the conscience of South Africa. Gordimer's main themes are exile, loneliness and strong political opposition towards racial segregation. She reveals the effects of alienation of races on society in an unsentimental manner and unique narrative style. In her first novels she ...
- 27465: Spanish Influence
- ... mixed Spanish and Indian marriages; mulattoes, people of black and Spanish ancestry; and zambos, those born from black and Indian marriages. Viceroys were another political establishment in the New World. The viceroys were the king's assistants. They helped manage the government in the colonies, and carried out orders from the king. This method did not work too well since orders from the king took months and even years before reaching ... message may be outdated and irrelevant. New social institutions changed the way people lived. The Church was the first and most important social institution because Spanish life in the colonies revolved around Catholicism. The Church's goal was to convert everyone presently living in the New World to Christianity. This topic brings us to the Missions. Missions were large estates on which were set up schools and other facilities to teach ...
- 27466: The Year 2050
- ... scientists were able to produce a cure for the skin cancer which was killing people as if it was the Bubonic Plague. Although skin cancer was being cured, the pollution and the ozone depletion weren't. Now we leap to the current year, 2050, where President J.J. Brown has taken office and has become the first black president. Although some improvement has been made, there is no chance that the ... it, muskrats are the only living species besides humans left on the planet Earth. Now, the most I can hope for is the day I find a bride, but no kids for me, I don't want my children to have to live through the nightmare I have been living for the past 17 years.
- 27467: The Republic of Pakistan
- ... it holds the world largest foreign debt of $130 (Yes, one hundred and thirty), BILLION dollars! Ladies and gentlemen, there are numerous upon numerous examples which we can share with you to clarify how Brazil's economy is, to put it bluntly, IN THE PITS! But, you and I have already heard enough examples we need from The Dominion Republic themselves. It is no doubt that the government of Brazil is ... society. One may ask, why is Pakistan interested in such a resolution? Well, we know how governments are. They are interested PURELY IN THEMSELVES! The Brazilian government is just like the Kashmir government (but that's another speech). They do what he want, and do NOT give a 2 cents about the public. We know where The Dominion Republic is coming from, and we express our concern as such. So, please ...
- 27468: Upton Sinclair
- ... a view from the inside, public uproar was his among lesser expectation. The details regarding the unsanitary and disgusting conditions in meat packing factories appear to be background details of a much larger picture. Sinclair's main fight in his "Conditions at the Slaughterhouse" was to bring about the ideology of Socialism and how government needed to step in and take control. The grotesque ways in which the meat was being ... little or no chance of promotion or pay increase. So leaving the plants meant no money and homelessness rather than low money and a residence. In "Conditions at the Slaughterhouse," Sinclair shows how despite people's best efforts, most found themselves leashed to the grinding poverty of the city slums. The evils of capitalism were brought to the surface and hopefully Socialism would take its place. Workers in the slaughterhouses had ...
- 27469: Vincent Van Gogh
- ... he is doing, they believe that his behavior and religious belief is extreme. His position in the mining district is discontinued and he suffers great depression. In 1880 comes the turning point of Van Gogh’s Life. He once again becomes interested in art and takes up further education at the academy of Brussels. He spends time with another painter Anton Mauve who introduces him to water colors. He soon moves ... with him and they have very productive year. During this period of time Van Gogh paints some of his best works. However, the longer they live to together the worse off Gauguin and Van Gogh’s friendship becomes. In December of 1888, Van Gogh supposedly attacked Gauguin with a razor. He fails, and then takes the razor and cuts off his own earlobe. After this he had many mental breakdowns and ...
- 27470: Frederick Douglass
- ... Nantucket Island, Douglass became a lecturer for the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society and a colleague of William Lloyd Garrison. He published his own newspaper called The North Star. Douglass also participated in the first women's rights convention at Seneca Falls, in 1848, and wrote three autobiographies: An American Slave, My Bondage and My Freedom , and Life and Times of Frederick Douglass. He was internationally recognized as an uncompromising abolitionist, indefatigable worker for justice and equal opportunity, and an unyielding defender of women's rights. Douglass served as an adviser to President Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War and fought for the adoption of constitutional amendments that guaranteed voting rights and other civil liberties for blacks. Douglass provided a ...
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