(Producers)‚ & Daniels‚ L. (Director). (2009). Precious: Based on the novel Push by Sapphire [Motion picture]. United States: Lionsgate. Gabelko‚ N. H.‚ & Michaelis‚ J. U. (1981). Reducing adolescent prejudice: A handbook. Gollnick‚ D. M. and Chinn‚ P. C. (1998). Multicultural education in a pluralistic society (fifth edition). Upper Saddle River‚ NJ: Prentice Hall. Lynch‚ J. (1987). Prejudice reduction and the schools. New York‚ NY: Nichols. Sleeter‚ C. E.‚ & Grant‚ C. (2006). Making choices
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childhood seems to be uncertain‚ with disagreeing dates‚ contradictions and omissions‚ I found a majority of the information about her childhood in Maria Montessori: A Biography by Rita Kramer (1976). Her father was Alessandro Montessori who was "an old fashioned gentleman of conservative temper and military habits." (Kramer‚ 1976‚ p. 22). He was a soldier in his youth and a civil servant later in life. Her mother was a woman named Renilde Stoppani. She was eight years younger than her husband. For the
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avoid universal monarchy. States would often form an alliance with the weaker states if “one state seemed to dictate too much” (Palmer‚ Colton‚ & Kramer 2014). Often times the state that did not like what the other state was doing they would build up alliance with the weaker ones instead of the stronger states to “restore the balance” (Palmer‚ Colton‚ & Kramer 2014). The alliances were usually formed during emerging situations and they were not politically or religiously inclined‚ they were formed freely
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Acculturation‚ Pluralism and Cross-Cultural Awareness in the Classroom First‚ acculturation is the process of adopting the dominant group’s cultural patterns; some groups prefer to keep‚ or maintain the original culture. Consequently that group will not have become highly cultured to American culture. Second‚ Pluralism ideology believes that they should keep their identity and culture. Such ideas have advantages and disadvantages‚ because most of the case the dominant groups are not willing to
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Top 10 Characteristics of schools that are Multicultural 1. The school curriculum incorporates the contributions of many cultural groups and integrates multiple perspectives throughout it. 2. Teachers and administrators are able to deal with questions of race‚ inter- group relations‚ and controversial realities on an objective‚ frank‚ and professional basis. 3. Differences in academic achievement levels disappear between males and females‚ dominant and oppressed group members‚ and upper-middle-class
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* The Influence of Essentialst Attitudes Portrayed in the Modern Day Sitcom on the Views and Beliefs of Modern Society. Throughout its long history‚ the sitcom has been commonly understood to define the cultural norms of modern society through such comedy techniques as satire and irony. Like modern society‚ certain characteristics of the sitcom have evolved over time‚ while others have remained consistent. The evolution of the sitcom coincides with the generational shift in attitudes of society
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CHEMUNG COUNTY (WENY) - After working in the community for nearly 20 years‚ a non-profit dog rehabilitation program has announced it’s closing down. Since 1999‚ 936 dogs have single handedly been welcomed into the founder of the Kramer Foundation‚ Juli Lathrop’s home. However‚ Juli says without proper housing for the dogs‚ she no longer can keep the program going. She’s no longer taking in new dogs and over teh next years will be phasing out theO foundation as current dogs get placed in new homes
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Psychological Impact Gaga Psych/535 May 13‚ 2013 Psychological Impact Racism and sexism along with related things‚ like ageism and discrimination against religions are just specific sorts of stereotyping. Both racism and sexism have been around for ages and both continue to appear in our society‚ although as some may argue‚ not nearly as often and widespread as in times past. Both of these things cause great harm to those who are victims of them. Stereotyping A stereotype is a fixed
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Witches have been around for many centuries. Premodern texts primarily claimed that witches were female who work with the devil to bring about harm. Although there are some modern texts that argue against the stereotype‚ many follow the same reasoning of female witches. The show Supernatural is a modern example of this ideology. Two brothers‚ Sam and Dean Winchester travel all around the country to fight evil spirits. During one of their trips‚ they come across some witchcraft. This leads them to
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seem a simple concept‚ as do works of art seem simple to the untrained eye‚ but in reality they are both complex forms of communication. “Art expresses what words usually fail to express and brings a sense of wholeness to the human consciousness.” (Chinn & Waston‚ 1994‚ p.20) Nursing strives to do just this; it strives to communicate where doctors’ jargon and complex medical treatments fail. As the beauty of art lies in its attention to detail‚ the art form of nursing caters to the minute details
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