The study of honor in Renaissance cities presents an intriguing paradox. On the one hand‚ honor seemed ‘more dear than life itself’‚ and provided one of the essential values that shaped the daily lives of urban elites and ordinary city folk. For wealthy merchants and aspiring artisans‚ honor established a code of accepted conduct against which an individual’s actions were measured by his or her peers‚ subordinates and social superiors. Possessing honor helped to locate a person in the social hierarchy
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Quotes From Maria Montessori Our aim is not only to make the child understand‚ and still less to force him to memorize‚ but so to touch his imagination as to enthuse him to his innermost core. The training of the teacher who is to help life is something far more than the learning of ideas. It includes the training of character; it is a preparation of the spirit. It is my belief that the thing which we should cultivate in our teachers is more the spirit than the mechanical skill of the scientist;
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The sensorial materials "The senses‚ being explorers of the world‚ open the way to knowledge. Our apparatus for educating the senses offers the child a key to guide his explorations of the world‚ they cast a light upon it which makes visible to him more things in greater detail than he could see in the dark‚ or uneducated state." The Absorbent Mind p 167‚ Chap 17 Montessori was very influenced by the work of Edouard Seguin. He specialised in working with mentally deficient children and had developed
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’The Arms Race was the main reason for the development of the Cold War from 1945-1972’. How far do you agree with this statement? Explain your answer using your subject knowledge. (16marks) I don’t believe that the arms race was the main reason for the development of the Cold War from 1945-1972. Although it clearly illustrated the intense rivalry between the USA and the USSR‚ it was simply one of many factors contributing to the war between communism and capitalism. When the USA ended World
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Report on Calculation of Inflation in India from 1993-94 to 2009-10 and its Analysis. Submitted By: Heena Vartak Mita Desai Rohan Sardessai Tina Choudhury Vinay Bhasin Vicky Khurana What is Inflation? Inflation is a rise in the general level of prices of goods and services in an economy over a period of time. When the general price level rises‚ each unit of currency buys fewer goods and services. Consequently‚ inflation also reflects erosion in the purchasing power of money –
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Using the UK as an example of a wealthy country‚ increases in wealth over the last 25 years and government interventions have not been able to reverse severe inequalities in income‚ prosperity and life chances. Those on the margins live in a society characterised by accelerating rates of change and new forms of poverty and deprivation. This unit will give invaluable insight into issues relating to some of these vulnerable groups in society and how and why their needs exist. You will examine topics
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Thesis: * Although the Chinese‚ Han and Roman Empires differed in their reasons for conquest‚ and response to crises and their religion; they were similar in their implemented common language‚ trade methods‚ and their central governments and bureaucracy’s. Outline for Compare and Contrast Essay I. Differences A. The empires differed in their militaristic importance and reasoning for conquest. 1. The Han Dynasty used Confucianism as a way to expand their empire; they spread
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unique system of writing known as the baybayin. When the Spanish arrived in Manila‚ they were surprised to find a population with a literacy rate higher than the literacy rate ofMadrid.[4] [edit]Spanish period Main article: Education in the Philippines during Spanish rule During the early Spanish period most education was carried out by the religious orders.[5] The friars‚ recognizing the value of a literate indigenous population‚ built printing presses to produce material in baybayin.[4] Many
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The Age of Jackson must have been an exciting time. There were electoral scandals‚ Indian removals‚ bank vetoes‚ and nullification. Jackson was the first president from the west‚ the first to be nominated at a formal political convention‚ and the first to hold office without a college education. Jackson owned slaves‚ many acres‚ and a mansion; he was a frontier aristocrat. He was a fierce military man who had headed the campaign to acquire Florida‚ and he was seen as a national hero. The Age of Common
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What are the 6 sensitive periods? Write 7 to 8 lines on each of them? The Sensitive Periods in a child’s life was Dr. Maria Montessori’s greatest discovery. Though it was first discovered by a Dutch Scientist‚ Hugo de Vries‚ it was on animals‚ but Dr. Maria Montessori found the existence of this period in children too. The term “Sensitive Period” is used for a specific period of a child’s mental growth‚ during which the different sensibilities enable him to choose from a complex environment what
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