Multiculturalism Paper Children’s Literature Due: 11/23/10 PART 1: The need for multicultural literature in the classroom… There is a definite need for multicultural literature in the classroom. Good literature can help reflect many aspects of a culture--its values‚ beliefs‚ ways of life‚ and patterns of thinking. Good literature can also help readers to learn about an individual or a group of people whose stories take place in a specific historical and physical setting. In
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Reality TV: Unveiling the Curtain The concept of reality TV is not new. In fact‚ the first reality TV show aired in 1948‚ ’Candid Camera’. Reality TV provides its viewers with variety‚ which in turn gives the channel what it wants- revenue. Shows such as "Survivor"‚ "American Idol" and "Keeping Up With The Kardashians" are perfect representatives of reality TV. The younger generations look up to the people in these shows and their number of followers keeps increasing. The stars in these shows gain
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Five Milestones in Children’s Literature Five Milestones in Children’s Literature Imagine a world with no books. Imagine gathered around a camp fire listening to stories of hero’s‚ witches‚ dragon slayers‚ ghost‚ and even biblical blood baths. Well‚ this is how children were first told stories not from pages in a book but from images and memories of ones mind. Stories were told to children and adults alike. The art of storytelling slowly progress over the years from story telling orally to finally
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Universal Children’s Day The United Nations’ (UN) Universal Children’s Day‚ which was established in 1954‚ is celebrated on November 20 each year to promote international togetherness and awareness among children worldwide. UNICEF‚ the United Nations Children’s Fund‚ promotes and coordinates this special day‚ which also works towards improving children’s welfare. What do people do? Many schools and other educational institutions make a special effort to inform children of their rights according
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Agree or disagree? If child want to do well in school‚ parents should limit the hours of watching TV programs or movies. There has long been an intense discussion over whether or not parents‚ in order to improve their children’s performance at school‚ should limit the hours of watching TV programs or movies. Now parents in ever increasing number are trying to reduce children’s recreational time and even to forbid them to watch any TV programs‚ considering that things like this is a waste of time
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Animating Youth: The Disneyfication of Children’s Culture Henry A. Giroux Summary of Purpose Giroux points out how Disney affects society. Disney shapes how kids grow up as well as our society. Within Disney movies there are a lot of subliminal messages that influence the children that watch them. Theoretical Framework Giroux shows how within Disney movies there are certain roles that are portrayed over and over again. These roles then get ingrained in children’s minds and from there become societal
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com/idolchatter/2010/01/jersey-shore-bad-for-italian-a.html Camacho‚ M National Campaign. (2010‚ October). The national campaign. Retrieved from http://www.thenationalcampaign.org/resources/pdf/SS/SS45_16andPregnant.pdf Stepp‚ E.‚ & Welch‚ B Reality TV World Staff. (2003‚ Decemeber 28). ‘Extreme Makeover: Home Edition’ to return to ABC. Retrieved from http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/extreme-makeover-home-edition-return-abc-beginning-february-15-2118.php Blake‚ S Dr. Delvin‚ D. (2011‚ April 01)
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The role of a children’s nurse The Royal College of Nursing (2003‚ p.3)defines nursing as“the use of clinical judgment in the provision of care to enable people to improve‚ maintain‚ or recover health”. Nursing is a profession which is quite rewarding as it includes providing a range of care to patients and their families. There are four different pre-registration branches of nursing which allows them to work in different areaswith many different people. In this essay‚ it will primarily focus
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recently‚ which have caught the attentions of millions of audiences and critics. However‚ the government have taken some controls to them due to the values reflected.(Bergman2010) The general audiences have given different comments on the reality TV shows. According to Bergman(2010)‚ some Chinese teenagers reflected that the dating show‚ If You Are The One‚ cause angst to the problem of poverty gap and altered the traditional social attitude. In the show‚ a Beijing model Ma Nuo refused to get on
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to our feet by just a click of the button. We are now surrounded by virtual worlds and reality TV. The question is has this brought us to a place were our reality is now blurred? We live in a world were we are surrounded by the mass media portraying air brushed woman‚ attractive guys‚ perfect families etc this is in our faces so much that we start to think that this is who we should be and how we should act‚ the norm of life if you want. The distinction between real life and life represented by the
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