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    Learning journal #1 Chapters 1-5 As I was introduced to the history of art‚ I soon learned that there are three main ways in which art in the west was visible. Pictures are one of the three ways in which art was made back in the day. Personally I found very interesting the self-portraits that artists made. For instance‚ I was amazed by the creation of Leonardo da Vinci‚ Mona Lisa‚ the art work that has a high intrinsic value. This picture created by the Italian artist gives me an impression of smartness

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    The Media’s Representation of Disabilities The essays that Nancy Mairs and Rosie Anaya wrote discuss the media’s lack of proper representations for those with disabilities. Mairs speaks about how people with disabilities have the same sense of normality as those who do not. Anaya talks about how the media representation of physical disabilities eventually has improved but mental illnesses are portrayed on a much worse level creating fear. Mairs wrote her essay in 1987. She discusses how the

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    ENGLISH ASIGNMENT TOPIC:- WRITE ABOUT FIGURE OF SPEECH AND TYPES OF SPEECH AND WRITE EXAMPLES ON EACH. NAME:- MUNIS A.P CLASS:- 7 B4 ROLL NO:- 28 ABOUT FIGURE OF SPEECH A figure of speech is a rhetorical device that achieves a special effect by using words in distinctive ways. Though there are hundreds of figures of speech‚ here we’ll focus on just 20 of the most common figures. You will probably remember many of these terms

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    Romans took up the concept and applied it to the western half of their empire. Asia—or the East—was similarly a geographical innovation of the Greeks and Romans. Asia was that land that belonged to non-Greek cultures of Asia Minor‚ particularly the Persians. The Romans‚ too‚ regarded lands east of Greece as Asia. The name was retained and applied to other cultures beyond the Turkish peninsula such as China and India. Although what we refer to as “Western Civilization” began in the area that today we

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    two major mental map representations of space in non-human primates. In a route-based or topological spatial representation map‚ primates have ideal pathways that they make use of repeatedly. Route-based makes also consist of discrete chosen landmarks as reference points to arrive at numerous locations from distinct directions (Urbani‚ 2009). In comparison‚ euclidean (coordinate-based) spatial maps are more technical depictions of ecological features. The mental representation of these features are

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    SLIDE 3: REPRESENTATION: WHAT DOES IT MEAN? Representation is defined as “the description or portrayal of someone or something in a particular way” (“Representation‚” n.d.). Representations are generalisations or stereotypes about categories and how people or events belong to these categories (Stewart‚ & Kowaltzke‚ 2008)‚ Media representations are the ways that the media portray certain communities‚ experiences‚ groups‚ or ideas‚ from a particular valued perspective (Beach‚ 2015). Representations encourage

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    Hailey Doyle Dr. Eckert ECE Intro Historical Influence Timeline February 27‚ 2015 Educator and Time period 1. Describe their beliefs about children 2. Identify elements of their work with children‚ teachers‚ parents or society that influenced current ECE practice. 3. What elements are connected to your beliefs about teaching or your philosophy? Martin Luther 16th century Luther believed that children needed to be taught the lessons from God and it was the parent’s duty to make sure children got

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    personally. Which sparks the question‚ why do so many people show grief when a celebrity they don’t know dies? They are a number of reasons‚ f humans are very social creatures‚ people with social problems find it easier to cling to a celebrity‚ celebrities are role models to people‚ and a celebrity could have made history for that changed their life for the better. Humans are very social creatures simply because of the way we live life. First we develop and learn how to live through other people‚ from the

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    Art Appreciation Name: Chadwick West Instructor: xxxxxxxxxxxx Course: Art Appreciation‚ ART 137 School: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx December 19‚ 2012 Comparing Medieval Art to Renaissance Art Medieval art period Medieval art covers a large scope of time. The period covered over 1000 years of art in Europe‚ Middle East and North Africa. The period was characterized by major art movements based on national art and regional art. There was also

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    It is important for LGBTQ+ people that they are properly and positively represented in all forms of media‚ starting from a very young age. Proper representation would lead to less stereotypes and antagonism‚ lower death rates within the LGBTQ+ community‚ and help with identity and the mental health of the queer community. Representation can easily help LGBTQ+ persons of all ages—especially children—to form their identity. “[m]edia is a tool for interpreting our reality‚ but when our reality is absent

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