EIGHTY-ONE YEARS after it first appeared on the eve of World War I and with over ten million copies sold‚ Louis Hémon Maria Chapdelaine is among the all-time French-language best-sellers. 1 A grim tale of life and death in the rugged Lake Saint John country‚ the novel initially met with a mixed recep- tion in Quebec and‚ over the years‚ has given rise to much controversy. 2 it can- not be gainsaid‚ however‚ that Hémon‚ a Frenchman who worked for a year as a farm hand at Péribonka shortly
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philosophers in the history of education is Italian born Dr. Maria Montessori. Her innovative classroom conception and specialized‚ natural flowing educational design were unique for her time period. Maria Montessori’s background assisted in shaping her personal philosophy of education‚ which is still widely applicable in schools today. Maria Montessori was born in the town of Chiaravalle‚ Italy on August 31‚ 1870 (“A Biography of Dr. Maria Montessori”). Her father was Alessandro Montessori‚ an accountant;
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9/8/11 Marketing: Article Summary #1 “Sports” “Tennis Icon Maria Sharapova to Represent Canon” Maria Sharapova is one of the most popular tennis athletes and is a well-known celebrity around the world. She came on the scene is 2000 but it was not until summer 2004 when she captured the attention of business companies when she won Wimbledon defeating Serena Williams. Sharapova ’s tennis success and appearance have enabled her to secure commercial endorsements that greatly exceed the value of her
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Maria Martinez: Native American Pottery Maker of San Ildelfonso I really enjoyed watching the Maria Martinez short film. Prior to this movie‚ I never really thought about what the Natives and people back in history used to make pottery. After watching this film‚ I learned how creative the Native Americans actually were. I found the method that Maria used to make pottery very interesting. It was very cool to see her gather her own clay from nature and mix it with red and white sand. She then poured
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How does the newspaper review help us to understand the singing qualities of an operatic diva such as Callas? Maria Callas was probably the most famous opera star of the mid-twentieth century and from reading the review I get the impression that the writer was a fan of Maria Callas. The writing is very complimentary not only to her vocal abilities but also to her stage presence. But the writer also picks up very quickly on the weaknesses of her voice as it has a “tendency to wobble slightly in
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Marshall 1 English 106 31 January 2013 Ava Maria “Ava Maria” is a very popular song. It has been covered for generations. Most know this to be a song sung on Christmas‚ or sung at the church. But there is another song called “Ava Maria” which the difference is very apparent. Both these song are considered to be discourse. Keith Grant-Davie describes discourses as an activity an event‚ or a situation shaped by language or communication. These discourse are written by rhetors
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Maria Montessori Maria Montessori was born in Chiaravelle‚ Italy‚ on the 31st of August‚ 1870. In 1894 she was the first woman to graduate in Medicine from the University of Rome‚ and in 1899 she began a study of educational problems of handicapped children. Working on lines first laid down by the French physian E. Seguin‚ she achieved excellent results and the children under her guidance passed the state examination in reading and writing for normal children. Montessori’s involvement with the
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Maria Montessori Julianne Perry ECE101: Introduction to Early Childhood Education Monica Kelly June 13‚ 2011 Thesis: Maria Montessori ’s way of learning is very unique; her theory was for children learn in a natural and parent-supported environment. Outline I. Education of Montessori 1. First woman to receive a Medical Degree in Italy A. Studied psychiatry‚ education and anthropology. B. Worked‚ wrote and spoke for children with special needs 2. Many schools
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The Montessori Philosophy Maria Montessori (1870-1952) was truly a radical in terms of her philosophy regarding children and the fact that she was putting it forward at a time when children were most often thought of as extensions of their parent‚ their parents ’ beliefs and culture‚ and a creature to be shaped in ways that would create an "appropriate" and "successful" adult based on those beliefs. The collective consciousness regarding childrearing was that it was important to replicate
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lives. For example‚ there is a special kind of song birds who learns this skill when they are about 20 days old. If the young bird is prevented to listen‚ it will never be able to sing later. Many other species in nature show this trait too. Dr. Maria Montessori‚ with extensive observational studies with young children concluded that human beings too show the same characteristics. There are definite sensitive periods in children’s lives when they are extra sensitive to particular stimuli in their
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