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The I Ching: history and methods of Chinese divination

I Ching is a form of divination used in China for the prediction of many affairs, both personal and affairs of the state. "I" or yi means change. "Ching" or ying means book. Therefore it is known in English as the Book of Changes.

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Malala Yousafzai's activism and fight for education in Pakistan

Essential Ideas BOOK #1: Context: Society & Community (part I) Yousafzai, M. & Lamb, C. (2013). I am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and was Shot. Background: Yousafzai’s father was educated: he was an imam and teacher and had a Master’s degree in English.

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Hugh Hefner's Playboy magazine and American sexual revolution

Playboy Magazine persists to be the best American adult magazine selling over one million copies monthly in the U.S., fifty-three years subsequent to its initial copy.

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Mass media and thin-is-in culture's pressure on women

Mass media affects the people who watch it. In the beginnings of mass media, there was no public research about how it affects people. In the late 20th and 21st centuries, there is now substantial research that shows that mass media affects consumers and that there are a variety of affects.

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Race and regionalism in Snow Falling on Cedars

Literature is an art form, which can convey love, hate, beauty, and ugliness. Literature, in the form of novels, has the capacity to challenge and reflect upon cultural and societal dilemmas.

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Background knowledge and reading comprehension in second language learning

Shirley Adams established in her research that "Along with vocabulary, a reader's background knowledge has been shown to be an important component of reading comprehension. The background experiences children bring to a reading selection affect how well they can understand it" (155).

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How pornography promotes sexual violence against women

Pornography, like rape, is a male invention, designed to dehumanize women, to reduce the female to an object of sexual access, not to free sensuality from moralistic or parental inhibition.... Pornography is the undiluted essence of anti-female propaganda.

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Teaching Writing Skills to ESL High School Students

A review of 10 studies on ESL writing instruction methods, comparing immersion, technology, journaling, and reading programs for second-language learners.

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Steroid use in sports: societal pressure and athlete performance

I specific details topic Steroid Use Sports. steroid ? famous types steroid sport function type. good bad effective steroid athletes steroid ? steroid affect short-term long-term.

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Overcoming student resistance to revision in composition instruction

A favorite teacher's well-intentioned message, a parent's unskilled assessment, or the student's own perceptions can stymie the editorial and revision process.

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