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    English 102 4 May 2013 Graphic Novels in Education Graphic novels and comic books have been some of the most debated topics recently in many different areas. Many people think that they could be helpful in education‚ while some others completely disagree. Some people think they are childish‚ and some think they require just as much comprehension as long‚ fictional novels. However‚ despite all the criticism graphic novels often get‚ the genre is growing recently. Many things have led to this rise

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    The lives of women during colonial times were drastically different than from today. Women were expected to be married at a young age‚ have children‚ operate a household‚ and obey their husbands. Despite encountering restrictions put on them‚ women played an important role in the growth and survival of the American colonies. In many ways‚ it was the strenuous work of women that the United States was built upon. If I had to take one thing from colonial history and apply it to my own life‚ I would

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    They were to perform traditional roles including preparing and serving the food‚ weaving clothing‚ and raising and educating the children. When settlers came to the New World they were appalled to see how the Native American women did all of the traditional and manual labor‚ according to European standards. They worked in and around the house‚ reared the children‚ prepared the food and created pottery. They also worked in the fields tilling the land and farming. What the early explorers noted

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    Colonial African Americans What were the uses of slaves in colonial times? Black slaves were used throughout colonial times. The one we associate with slaves the most is probably field working. The truth is Black people were used for much more than that; their responsibilities included many jobs‚ from farming‚ to being cooks and housekeepers. In the south‚ some people would train their slaves to have trade skills‚ such as cooper (barrel maker)‚ wigmaker‚ and carpenter. This could be helpful to

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    example of how you fulfil your duty of care responsibilities. - Awareness of your responsibilities and obligations that you have towards the children in your care Eg: 1. Give them food on time 2. Give medication 3. Provide safe environment 5. How does the service protect the confidentiality of the children and family it cars for? - Files should be kept in a lockable locked cupboard - If computerised‚ computer is password

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    A Tale of Two Cities (1859) is a novel by Charles Dickens‚ set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution. With well over 200 million copies sold‚ it ranks among the most famous works in the history of fictional literature.[2] The novel depicts the plight of the French peasantry demoralized by the French aristocracy in the years leading up to the revolution‚ the corresponding brutality demonstrated by the revolutionaries toward the former aristocrats in the early years of the revolution

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    friendly and caring environment. Currently I am working voluntary two days per week in Year 1.My main duty is to work with teacher to establish an appropriate learning environment. I am there to help some pupils to understand and to follow teacher`s instructions; to encourage pupils to interact and work co-operatively with others and engage small groups in activities; to support pupils consistently whilst recognising and responding to their individual needs: to establish productive working relationships

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    eighteenth century spent their days performing many strenuous tasks in and around their homes. Pregnant women were at really high risk for bearing childrencolonial women would give birth to about five and eight offsprings. Many of the pregnancies would often end in miscarriages and about one in eight could expect to lose their lives in childbirth. In addition‚ colonial women were always consumed by household chores and always had work to tend to‚ an example of this is an 18th century woman‚ Mary Cooper.

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    The novel ‘Trash’ is unquestionably a pessimistic novel as it deals with poverty and loneliness and corruption. On the other hand there is some optimism in the compassion appeared by a few characters. The novel Trash is set in a third world country that the author doesn’t specify. One of the fundamental settings in the novel is the Behala dump site. It is the dumpsite where all the three main characters (Raphael‚ Gardo and Rat) live and work. This book contains some exceptionally intriguing characters

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    During the Colonial period there was a lot of different outlooks on how the women were treated‚ how the men thought‚ how the children were raised. Colonization is dominating land‚ and its components. What I learned about the colonial period is that how they did things back then‚ is not how we do them now‚ they were more strict‚ powerful‚ demeaning. The first thing I realized about the colonial period had a difficult time seeing women‚ and men as equal. In one of the speeches we read in “The letter

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