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    is learner centered approach of teaching social studies in which a learner is given an opportunity to explore their values‚ then consider and criticize them before evaluating‚ confirming and reconstructing them. An individual character‚ trait‚ irrationalities of human nature‚ instinctual behavior and individual self interest as well as sectional interest of elected public officials come into full play in decision making situations when role play is engaged. However‚ this strategy of teaching cannot

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    “I could tell she don’t understand why a colored woman can’t raise no white-skin baby in Mississippi. It be a hard lonely life‚ not belonging here nor there.” Skeeter is having trouble understanding why Constantine gave her daughter Lulabelle up for adoption. Lulabelle’s father was black‚ but she inherits Constantine’s father’s light skin. As a result‚ she just won’t fit into the closed-minded Jackson society. The Help shows us the inner workings of a segregated society against the backdrop of the

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    Matt Taylor AS Lord Byron George Gordon Byron (later adding "Noel" to his name)‚ more commonly know as Lord Byron‚ born January 22‚ 1788 in London and died on 19 April 1824 in Missolonghi‚ Greece‚ was known as the man who was “Mad bad and dangerous to know” with many men and women finding themselves attracted to him (even his own half sister).. He was a top poet in England. Born with a clubbed foot‚ he was very sensitive of his lameness and strived to pursue a charming character. As a boy Byron

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    [Perhaps]…horror movies provide psychic relief on this level because this invitation to lapse into simplicity‚ irrationality‚ and even outright madness is extended so rarely (King 5th paragraph).” For sane reasons as we put aside our civil and adult minded persona for understanding and turn on the imagination of seeing things from another perspective‚ which one might

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    In the Oedipus Cycle Sophocles conveys a powerful message through his characters—that with experience comes wisdom‚ and with wisdom comes the ability to see the truth. Oedipus is the man of unyielding pride and arrogance‚ Creon‚ his brother‚ is the crafty politician‚ and Antigone‚ the daughter of Oedipus‚ is perceptive and righteous. These three characters ’ personae play a major role in making the idea of truth tangible. In the beginning of Oedipus Rex‚ Oedipus is still riding on the power

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    Joshua Wohlgemuth A Tale of Two Cities: The Victorian Era and the Abandonment of Spirituality Throughout the early to mid 19th Century‚ a new and cultural age took hold of Europe‚ specifically Great Britain with the commencing of the Victorian Era. Marked by impressive achievements such as the Industrial Revolution‚ La Belle Epoque‚ and the beginnings of an urban middle class‚ this era was also plagued with child labor‚ poor hygiene‚ prostitution‚ the constant class distinctions‚ and a bloody revolution

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    Anthony Vottima K. Hewitt ENG IV: Pd. 4 9 November 2008 The similarities that bind together Marc Antony’s Friends‚ Romans‚ and Countrymen speech and Martin Luther King’s Letter from Birmingham Jail are unreal; seemingly orchestrated. King’s letter is written upon a structure of a strong pathological appeal combined with a powerful use of repetition and moving language. Likewise‚ Antony’s speech demonstrates an emotion appeal with a firm directing address to his audience and a sinewy

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    Destructive nature of time * Feeling of solitude in a hostile world * Sense of isolation from other human beings Methods: 1. Drama consciously does away with traditional plot structure 2. Shows human beings struggling with the irrationality of experience‚ in a state that has been described as ‘metaphysical anguish’ 3. Leads the spectator into a complicated

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    In his rise to power after the death of Vladimir Lenin‚ Joseph Stalin sought to grow his vast control over the Soviet Union. Stalin recognized that his country possessed a greatly inferior military‚ industry‚ and economy to the other world powers; he wanted to change that. Stalin authorized a series of initiatives designed to rapidly industrialize the country into a world superpower. In terms of output‚ Stalin’s “five-year plan” was a complete success. Industrial production rose 250 percent and heavy

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    The attitudes in Greek philosophy towards Athens and Sparta‚ as well as sympathies and actions comparable to those of Plato‚ can also be seen in the Twentieth Century. Henry Kissinger‚ President Nixon’s foreign policy adviser and later Secretary of State‚ is supposed to have remarked once‚ privately‚ that the United States was liable to lose the Cold War to the Soviet Union in the same way and for the same reasons that Athens lost the Peloponnesian War to Sparta. While America‚ presumably‚ was enervated

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