Teaching Huck Finn: The Controversy and the Challenge Resources on this Site: 1. The Struggle for Tolerance by Peaches Henry. 2. Racism and Huckleberry Finn by Allen Webb (includes list of works for teaching about slavery). Additional Internet Resources: 1. A site created for teachers by WGBH television to compliment the PBS special‚ "Born to Trouble‚" that focuses on the innovative Huck Finn curriculum developed in Cherry Hill‚ New Jersey. 2. The Huck Finn and Censorship Teacher Cyberguide
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Dance‚ movements orchestrated with music‚ to express the way you feel. The first forms of dance came around in 6000 B.C‚ originating from India. The Hindu dance Gods Krishnu Shiva is the most common God portrayed through dance‚ especially found in Bharata Natyam and Nyark Sharky‚ also known as Belly Dance. In Southeast India‚ it is normal as a young female to learn the ways of Bharata Natyam. Bharata Natyam is widely known for its sculpturesque poses and art of story telling‚ mostly performed only
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Blue Order: Wallace Stevens’s Jazz Experiments Corey M. Taylor Journal of Modern Literature‚ Volume 32‚ Number 2‚ Winter 2009‚ pp. 100-117 (Article) Published by Indiana University Press DOI: 10.1353/jml.0.0048 For additional information about this article http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/jml/summary/v032/32.2.taylor.html Access Provided by Purdue University at 08/22/12 4:11PM GMT Blue Order: Wallace Stevens’s Jazz Experiments Corey M. Taylor Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
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Beyoncé Knowles From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Beyoncé Knowles Knowles in 2007 Background information Birth name Beyoncé Giselle Knowles Born September 4‚ 1981 (age 29)[1] Origin Houston‚ Texas‚ United States Genres R&B‚ soul‚ pop Occupations Singer‚ songwriter‚ record producer‚ actress‚ dancer‚ entertainer‚ choreographer‚ model‚ video director Years active 1997–present Labels Columbia Associated acts Destiny’s Child‚ Jay-Z‚ Solange Knowles Website beyonceonline.com
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Quarterly Journal of Speech Vol. 90‚ No. 1‚ February 2004‚ pp. 81–102 “Fearful of the Written Word”: White Fear‚ Black Writing‚ and Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun Screenplay Lisbeth Lipari In 1959‚ Lorraine Hansberry was hired by Columbia Pictures to write a screenplay for her award-winning Broadway play‚ A Raisin in the Sun. By the time the film was released in 1961‚ over one-third of the original screenplay had been cut. In this paper I undertake a rhetorical analysis of a particular
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Thirteenth Amendment * The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution outlaws slavery and involuntary servitude‚ except as punishment for a crime. It was passed by the Senate on April 8‚ 1864‚ by the House on January 31‚ 1865‚ and adopted on December 6‚ 1865. On December 18‚ Secretary of State William H. Seward proclaimed it to have been adopted. It was the first of the three Reconstruction Amendments adopted after the American Civil War. Fourteenth Amendment * adopted on July
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FTV 106A – Midterm Study Guide TA: Matthew Perkins 1A IDs – People to Know: • Eadweard Muybridge (1830 – 1904) o Born in Britain‚ emigrated to US early in life‚ by the 1870s had become a very prominent photographer‚ mostly photographed nature and animals; very well known o 1872 – Leland Stanford (one of the richest in the state) questions whether or not a horse has all its feet off the ground when it gallops‚ hired Muybridge to take pictures of racehorses and prove or disprove this o 1877 –
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Walt Disney Strange Facts & Trivia Walt Disney named Mickey Mouse after Mickey Rooney‚ whose mother he dated for some time Anthea Turner‚ Walt Disney‚ Tom Cruise‚ Susan Hampshire‚ Whoopi Goldberg‚ Thomas Edison‚ Henry Winkler‚ Cher‚ Brian Conley‚ and Leonardo DaVinci are‚ or were‚ dyslexic He admitted to being "scared to death" when he had to face the camera to introduce episodes of the "Disneyland" television series At the 1960 Winter Olympic Games‚ Walt Disney was head of the committee
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The Evolution of the Hispanic Stereotype in Films and Television (1909-1960s) November 18‚ 2012 “Lucy‚ I’m Home!” With these words first uttered on October 15‚ 1951‚ Americans were introduced to arguably the first Hispanic[1] actor who became both embraced and beloved by the public in what was to become the most watched series in all of television history. Cuban born Desi Arnaz portrayed the character of Ricky Ricardo‚ the bongo-playing husband from the I Love Lucy[2] show
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ENGLISH NOTES 2012-2013 Advising and Preregistration ONLY declared English majors (who have formally declared their major by Monday‚ April 30th) may preregister for English classes via the web on Monday‚ May 7th during their registration appointment times according to the following schedule: The last day to add a class for Fall Quarter is Friday‚ September 7th. The last day to drop a class for Fall Quarter is yet to be determined. PLEASE NOTE: The Registrar has indicated that students may preregister
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