Research Writing 109:2 Mrs. Linda Clary 6 October 2010 Analysis of Elizabeth Keckley’s Behind the Scenes The American Presidents have a distinct aura that surrounds them and covers their true identity with a faulty exterior‚ only portraying stoic‚ standup men. Elizabeth Keckley in her memoir Behind the Scenes gives us an inside look at President Lincoln and his wife Mary Todd Lincoln‚ as well as a look into her own life. Elizabeth Keckley was a black slave who bought her freedom‚ and worked
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From the Teaching column of the December 2011 issue of Perspectives on History Instilling Civic Responsibility in the Classroom By Rebecca Bates Since the early 1990s‚ there have been calls inside and outside the academy for a reform of higher education. Reformers advocate teaching methods that include engaged learning and ethical training for citizenship‚ rather than mere knowledge acquisition and abstract speculation. In response‚ many teachers of American history have experimented widely
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The French language is a member of the Romance group of the Italic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages. It is known as the language of lovers. French is spoken as a first language by more than 70‚000‚000 people‚ mainly in France‚ then Belgium‚ Switzerland‚ in former French and Belgium colonies in Africa and Canada. It is now spoken by 265 million people. The French language is descended from Latin and first appeared in writing in 842 AD when it was used in the Strasbourg Oaths. Before
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1920’s French Avant-Garde Film The avant-garde cinema defies custom of the Hollywood narrative. It is called “the art‚ experimental‚ independent film”. This avant-garde films challenge to the main current in commercial films. Especially‚ 1920’s movements of the avant-garde film emerged as a strong part of the art culture in Europe. For instance‚ the Dadaism and the abstract film seek extremely abstract and emotional images. Also‚ the impression and the surrealism express subjective conscious
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Elizabeth Catlett‚ born in 1919‚ American sculptor and printmaker‚ whose figures of African Americans in wood‚ marble‚ and bronze convey dignity and pride. Throughout her career‚ Catlett has focused on themes relating to the black woman’s experience‚ and mother and child form the subject of many of her works. Her lithographs and other prints also celebrate the contributions of black women‚ such as Underground Railroad leader Harriet Tubman‚ to African American history. Catlett’s style has remained
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At this point you should ask for her email address so you can send more valuable information in the future. This is crucial to your success - you must obtain the email address on the first visit. You may not get a second chance. Once you have the email address‚ point your visitor toward helpful resources. A restaurant could offer recipes or discount coupons. A plumbing business might offer tips for avoiding costly repairs. A small business site could offer a collection of articles. Whatever the
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I’ll write about a place to travel. That is Vung Tau Sea in Vung Tau city. It is one of the interesting places to visit for a holiday. It is about 100 kilometers from HCMC and can be reached by car or motorbike. It is crowded every day with domestic and foreign visitors. There are a lot of hotels near the beach‚ so you can rent a room and enjoy the beautiful sea views. The beach is very nice with smooth sand and the sea is very clean with small waves striking the shore. This is really fantastic with
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A Visit to Cherating During the school holidays‚ we were in high spirits when our parents informed us that we would be going to Cherating‚ a beautiful island on the East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia. We went there by a chartered air-conditioned bus. We painted the town red at there. Cherating was situated in the East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia. It had a breathtaking‚ scenic and clean beach. There were many chalets and hotels which dotted the coast and they were surrounded by lush greenery
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girls who are well cared for and receive good private school education‚ food‚ clothing‚ shelter‚ and integration into a loving‚ Christian family. Interns and other volunteers may come and expect to do anything from cleaning‚ cooking‚ construction‚ and visits with hurting peoples in the
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VISIT TO A HOSPITAL INTRODUCTION: A visit to a hospital in a whole lot of experience in itself. During this summer‚ one of my Grandfathers was admitted to a hospital due to his illness. When I went to see him‚ I went to the hospital for the very first time in my life. My Grandfather was admitted in Billroth hospital. ENQUIRY: As I entered the hospital‚ I saw people going here and there. First I saw a temple on the right side of the entrance‚ on the left side a outpatient pharmacy.
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