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Creating library maps: a fifth-grade geography and comparison lesson

In this activity, students will learn about maps, and how libraries are like maps. Students will fill in fun facts on a world map, and may utilized the library atlas' and other geographic resources to fill in the maps.

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Whistleblowing, organizational ethics, and Jewish law in corporate dilemmas

Personal Can Ethics Get?-Corporate and Communal Ethics in the Present Climate. The words corporate and ethics seem to be contradictions in terms, especially in today's recessionary climate where competition is fierce and moral and legal considerations at best take a back seat to profits and…

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How a car accident transformed my basketball dreams

Life in high school was never a breeze, but I did have it easier than most others. Although I was always more into the sports and activities side of school life I still maintained a 3.0 GPA.

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Learning journals in higher education: traditional versus non-traditional students

The study conducted by Langer (2002) provides consideration of a progressive approach to observing learning outcomes.

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Masculinity and spirituality in John Eldredge's Wild at Heart

"Wild at heart" is a book aimed at exploring genuine male feelings and the discovering the enigmatic sufferings that they have to encounter. It was written by John Eldredge and went on to become a bestseller.

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Human resource management in an evolving global business environment

The world of business today has a dramatically different face than as little as 50 years ago. Technology and ethics have changed along with trends such as globalization, increased diversity and e-business.

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William Carlos Williams' "The Red Wheelbarrow" and American identity

That William Carlos Williams' "The Red Wheelbarrow" is an Imagism benchmark poem in the annals American poetry is evidenced by its constant pedagogical repetition in scholarly circles, almost to the point of becoming trite (Easterbrook, 1994).

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The effects of childhood neglect and abuse on adult relationships

"Our children are our future." This phrase was used by U.S. Senator Blanche Lincoln addressing the importance of child care and welfare. And yet while we may value our future, we see many cases in which this phrase is overlooked and children are put in harm's way.

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Buddhism: origins, teachings, and major traditions

Buddhism is a religion which originated in Northeast India and follows the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama. He became famous as "the Buddha," a term which means "the enlightened one." Buddhism has two major divisions -- the Theravada and the Mahayana.

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Women's status and rights in Iraq from ancient Mesopotamia through Saddam Hussein

The area known as Iraq is referred to as the "cradle of civilization" dating back 5,000 years to the civilization of Mesopotamia. It was Mesopotamia that left ancient artifacts and the first known written laws called the Code of Hammurabi (Iraq History).

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