...Hatchet Chapter 5 1. What overpowering craving did Brian have when he initially awoke? Brian was hungry and thirsty. Never ate any sort of food or water in a quite a time amount frame. 2. What happened too his face while he slept? Brain face was burnt by the sun and his lips and throat was dry and was in pain by the burns. 3. What happened too Brian’s determination to take only a small drink from the lake? Brian’s determination to take a small drink from the lake became something he didn’t realize was something he needed in order to survive. He enjoyed every bit of it. 4. Why was Brian so sure initially that the search planes would find him within a day or two? Brian was sure because he seen it on television that when lost planes got missing the next day or two they be found and that also pilots fill out their flight plans and where they are heading and what route they be taking. 5. Make a list of all the things that Brian has in his possession including his clothes? A quarter, three dimes, a nickel, and two pennies. A finger nail clipper. A billfold with a twenty-dollar bill, and some odd pieces of paper. Also the hatchet his mother have given him before he boarded the plane. He also had a good pair of tennis shoes almost dry. And socks. And Jeans and underwear and a thin leather belt and a T-shirt with a wind breaker so torn it hung on him in tatters. And a watch that was broken in the crash but still held on to it. 6. Make a second list placing...
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...and nationality – African American and American. One of the ways in which black children create their self-identity is through the illustrations they see in the literature they are exposed to. We look to African American children’s books to help promote self-esteem, cultural identity, and pride for African American children. As books are read to them, children concentrate on the images, and become subject to the impressions these images create. Children’s books that are authentic to African American culture, physicality and intelligence are few and far between. With consideration to our theme, “Black Literary Contemplations on Thomas Jefferson and Western Enlightenment Ideologies of Race and Humanity” and Thomas Jefferson’s Query XIV, it is my belief that the images in children’s literature are important to development of self- identity and esteem in African American children. In Query XIV, in his comparison of whites and blacks, Thomas Jefferson commented on the beauty of whites and blacks, and critiqued blacks because of their “immovable veil of black” and lack of flowing hair. He then stated that black men favored white women over black women as “uniformly as is the preference of Oran-ootans for the black women over those of their own species…. Comparing them by their faculties of memory, reason, and imagination, it appears to me, that in memory they are equal to the whites; in reason much inferior…. the improvement of the blacks in body and mind, in the first instance...
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...In the book, The Scorch Trials by James Dashner, there is an organization called WICKED. Which stands for, World in Catastrophe: Killzone Experiment Department. Their role in the book is to look over the Gladers, the kids that were rescued from the maze, making sure they are strong and healthy. The role of parents is to make sure that their children are strong and healthy as well. This shows that both the organization WICKED, and a mother and father share some similar traits. As well as, they have their own differences. For example, WICKED is a facility where they take away the children’s freedom and kill them if they have to. On the other hand, parents are supposed to love and care for their children, and they have to listen to what their children have to say. This is why the organization WICKED and parents are so closely related, while being so far apart....
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...The project approach Katz, Lilian G. Scholastic Early Childhood Today12.6 (Mar 1998): 43-44. Turn on hit highlighting for speaking browsers by selecting the Enter button Abstract (summary) TranslateAbstract Engaging children in active investigations of topics that have personal meaning for them can enhance a curriculum and a child's desire to learn. Projects are ways to help children answer their own questions and learn more about the world. Full Text * TranslateFull text * Headnote Enhance your curriculum by engaging children in active investigations of topics that have personal meaning for them. Projects are ways to help children answer their own questions and learn more about the world. A PROJECT IS an in-depth investigation of a topic worth learning more about. The study is undertaken by a small group of children within a class, by a whole class, or occasionally by an individual child. The key feature of a project is that it is a research effort focused on finding answers to questions about a topic posed by children, the teacher, or both. Rather than simply seeking right answers, the goal of a project is to learn more about a topic. The Place of Project Work The project approach should be seen as complementary to the more informal parts of the early childhood curriculum. Project work is not a separate subject; it provides contexts for applying specific skills learned in other parts of the curriculum. Nor is project work an "add on" to the basics; it is integral...
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...however, it was very hard for the minorities to fight back stereotypes because of white domination and prejudices of Asian American ethnicities, especially in area such as Asian American children’s and adolescent literature in the past where there were more white writers comparing to Asian American writers. Reviewers had found that most of the books contained stereotypes, prejudices, and discriminations of Asian Americans because those authors of Asian American books had manipulated tones such as imprudent, conclusive, derisive, condescending, and derogated to identify Asian American cultures. Reviewers found that some authors were using imprudent and conclusive tones to conclude what a group of Asian Americans and even one ethnicity of Asian Americans should be based on their own perceptions. For instance, Fire Dragon, a book by Barbara Benezra, was stated by the reviewers that it used misconceptions and outdated information to depict the social status of Chinese American women that readers might be confused with the conditions in the past with the present. (Interracial 9) Other stereotypes that occurred frequently in the stories were that Asian American ethnicities were pertained to certain jobs, physical traits, and characteristics. Examples could be found in Mr. Charley’s Chopsticks (a book written by Doris P. Evans) that depicted Chinese American with characteristics such as using chopsticks for various purposes, speaking in pidgin English, having slanted eyes, wearing...
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...that us Americans do not want a solid military, we just believe that our military is wasting billions of dollars at the expense of our children’s education and well being. 50 years ago our country, and the entire world was in disparate need of a strong U.S. military. We inflated our military budget, and gave the government and private businesses an enormous appetite. Without a major threat to the United States since the collapse of the Soviet Union, our government seems to be in competition with itself. 50 years ago we sent tons and tons of troops overseas to fight in a foreign land, while we pumped private businesses up with the manufacturing of military equipment. The need for such products and the need for an over-healthy military allowance is long gone. While we sunk billions after billions of taxpayer’s money on wars that we were boisterously proud to spend (it gave us all the prestige we could ever ask for), our Allies were investing in their children’s education and well being. The result now is that while we have the most elite military capabilities, our children’s educational level is extremely under developed. European and Japanese children significantly outperform American children in math and upper-level reading (NATIONAL CATHOLIC REPORTER [NCR], 1999). This should not be too surprising, our children are studying history books that are from a decade ago. This creates difficult obstacles for our children to keep up on current politics and other global events. Also...
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...COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF STUDENTS FROM MONOGAMOUS AND POLYGAMOUS FAMILIES IN OFFA, KWARA STATE. BY IGWESI, B. N. (MRS), Department of Educational Foundations, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria. Abstract This study compared the academic achievement of students from monogamous and polygamous families. It was a causal comparative study under the survey research approach. The sample consisted of 100 SSI students from monogamous families and 100 SSI students from polygamous families. Simple random sampling method was used In selecting four secondary schools in Offa, Kwara State. Stratified simple random sampling method was also used In seiecting the students. A proforma was used for collecting data on the academic achievement of the students. Analysis of the data, using t-test statistics showed that a significant difference exists between the academic achievement of students from monogamous homes and those from polygamous homes. One of the Implications bf this finding to teaching and learning is that a consideration of students' family background is Important because it will help teachers to find out the types of home the students come from. They will also be aware of the nature of social interactions in such homes and the psychological, social and emotional problems the students are facing at home. This knowledge will help teachers to counsel the students on how to overcome such problems and have positive attitude towards the situation so, that their academics...
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... In the past five years, children’s literature has had many common themes. Bullying has been a popular subject of interest at all levels of reading. This trend reflects a rising concern about cyberbullying and the sometimes dramatic effects it can have on a child’s life. Writers and parents are making an effort to show children that what they do to their peers has real consequences and to be mindful with their words and actions. Another popular subject is dystopian futures. This interest is in part due to the success of The Hunger Games trilogy, children have become interested in the future of their planet. Another interesting trend in children’s literature is mixing of genres, such as mixing cartoons and novels, which may be the influence of children’s television. Children are interested in seeing the story unfold as well as reading the text. This also is influenced by the prevalence of the internet and the multimedia presentations of information that is abundant there. Children are also very interested in serial literature, willing to follow their favorite characters through many books to find out all of their adventures. Here, again, televison may play a part in this interest. In the 1700s, the intent of many children’s books was to educate and instruct them morally while amusing children so that they would continue to read. Books that were made specifically for children were illustrated and often made in small sizes to fit into children’s hands. Today’s literature...
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...you could never work out the rules, even if you spent all your time thinking about them.” (p 12) Prime numbers are erratic, and sometimes you can find them always end with certain numbers so people may think that they find the pattern of prime numbers. However, there must have some exceptions of prime numbers that do not follow the pattern. Prime numbers are used for the chapter numbers of the book. Prime numbers may be like the story, the storyline and all the clues lead readers to an answer that they all agree, but suddenly everything changes and they lose track of the book and need to rethink what actually happened. “I sometimes pretend at night in the summer when I go and lie on the lawn and look up at the sky and I put my hands round the sides of my face so I can’t see the fence and the chimney and the washing line and I can pretend I’m in the space.” (p 51) Christopher’s imagination world is different from other children’s. Christopher imagines going to space, at the same time, other children imagine playing games and having toys. Christopher has different point of few comparing to others and he has more thoughtful ideas to help him find the murderer of the dog. Also it shows Christopher’s interests in science and math which scientifically means the person has more logical thoughts. Apparently, Christopher is smarter than normal children which helps him to find some little details that only he will notice. However, he imagines himself being alone without anyone which shows...
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...low-income Latino homes related to school readiness of preschoolers. Parent-child interactions are a huge part in the development of oral language and learning how to read. There have been many studies done in order to find effective ways of developing literacy in diverse areas around the United States (Schick, pg. 4, 2015). In recent research done with low-income Latino families they have found that they have fewer books in their homes and don’t visit libraries as often (4). However, in these past research studies they compared the results to European and American families. Therefore, for this study they just took a look at different Latino families and their child’s reading readiness....
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...Record: 1 Full Text Database: Book Review Digest Plus (H.W. Wilson) Title:|The Nurture Assumption (Book Review). | Authors:|Smith, Peter K.| Source:|Politics & the Life Sciences. Mar2000, Vol. 19 Issue 1, p12. 3p. | Document Type:|Book Review| Subjects:|NURTURE Assumption, The (Book)BOOKS -- ReviewsHARRIS, JudithCHILDRENNONFICTION| Abstract:|Reviews the book 'The Nurture Assumption: Why Children Turn Out the Way They Do,' by Judith Rich Harris.| ISSN:|0730-9384| Accession Number:|4986086| || Persistent link to this record (Permalink):|http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=pbh&AN=4986086&site=ehost-live| || Cut and Paste:|The Nurture Assumption (Book Review).| || Database: |Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection| AUTHOR: |Peter K. Smith| TITLE: |The Nurture Assumption| SOURCE: |Politics and the Life Sciences 19 no1 112-14 Mr 2000| The magazine publisher is the copyright holder of this article and it is reproduced with permission. Further reproduction of this article in violation of the copyright is prohibited. The Nurture Assumption: Why Children Turn Out the Way They Do Judith Rich Harris New York: The Free Press, 1998, 462 pp. US$25.50 cloth. ISBN 0-684-84409-5. US$15.00 paper. ISBN 0-684-85707-3. Simon and Schuster, 1230 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020, USA. Judith Rich Harris's book has generated very considerable controversy and publicity. The bottom line of her argument is that, when we think...
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...Project Planning-Technical Paper BACKGROUND The emphasis of Children's Hospital charitable event and the work combined herein is on the skill to control children's miracle progress and center on an overall developed and highly disciplined advance to the relief of information reserves and media products and services without the necessity to function and maintain the medical infrastructure. Statement of Work ( SOW) This basic contract SOW defines the scope of a full range of environmental, minor construction, operations and services activities necessary to meet the charitable event and other children needs requirements. This basic contract SOW will be tailored to identify specific requirements at the task order level. This SOW includes the full range of routines, technologies, and supporting behavior essential to perform charitable event for Children's Hospital restoration/remediation, operations and services efforts to address medical sites and/or conditions at Charitable Event installations and in agreement with technical and regulatory obligations, and a limited choice of construction and further services as entailed in maintain of those and other attempts as addressed herein. Conditions under this contract will mostly support medical restoration/remediation, operations and services efforts; but conditions may also comprise conventional minor construction, and repair. Requirements include efficient management including, but not limited to, the compliance...
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...found in the children’s book Heartland written by Diane Siebert. This piece was created in 1988, and uses acrylic paints. Heartland is placed in the Ohio History section of the museum and caught my eye because it reminded me of my childhood. I really appreciated the way this painting depicted a typical American farming property because I grew up on a farm, and it will always be a huge part of my life. The first element of art that I found to be relevant in this painting is the artist’s use of color. Minor uses color to show us the time of day in the painting through the different colors in the sky, showing a beautiful sunset full with shades of orange, yellow, red, and purple. The artist also shows the viewer that the painting takes place during the summer time by the full colored green trees, and the dried out green color of grass that has been kissed by the...
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...family traditions for Latinos should be seen as strengths and be used to better encourage the Latino student. White parents have increased their involvement in their child’s schooling, but low-income minority parents have decreased involvement (Floyd, 1998). In this context, I will be referring to parent involvement as a means of initiating learning activities at home to improve their child’s performance in school. This can come in a variety of forms such as reading to them, helping with homework, encouraging extra academic activities, discussing current events, supporting them in their extracurriculars, or other similar activities. However, Latino parents do not usually initiate these learning activities because of cultural norms. When comparing parental involvement, one must also look at the perceptions of parent involvement and roles of teachers and parents. Based on an analysis of a report of Latino parent involvement, Latino parents currently understand that the role of parents is to provide nurturance and to teach morals, respect, and good behavior. The role of the school is to instill knowledge. In the United States, Latino parents are unsure of the role they are asked to play. They feel that they are encroaching on the school’s territory. In traditional Latino culture, teachers and school administrators are highly revered and respected. Any interference of the child’s schooling from parents can be seen as insulting to the school or teacher. (Tinkler, 2002). Therefore, the...
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...Article A Novel Approach: The Sociology of Literature, Children’s Books, and Social Inequality Amy E. Singer, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Sociology Knox College, USA © 2011 Singer. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract This article discusses the complexity of literary analysis and the implications of using fiction as a source of sociological data. This project infuses literary analysis with sociological imagination. Using a random sample of children’s novels published between 1930 and 1980, this article describes both a methodological approach to the analysis of children’s books and the subsequent development of two analytical categories of novels. The first category captures books whose narratives describe and support unequal social arrangements; the second category captures those whose narratives work instead to identify inequality and disrupt it. Building on Griswold’s methodological approach to literary fiction, this project examines how children’s novels describe, challenge, or even subvert systems of inequality. Through a sociological reading of three sampled texts – Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, A Wrinkle in Time, and Hitty: Her First Hundred Years – readers learn how these analytical categories work and how the sociology...
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