Essay Undergraduate 1,742 words

Women in World War II England: Roles, Work, and Change

Explores how English women in WWII took on factory work, military service, and volunteer roles—and how the war permanently shifted their social position.

History

~9 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 1,401 words

Social Status and Inequality in Shakespeare and Blake

Explores how Shakespeare's Othello and Blake's Chimney Sweeper poems reveal the lasting damage of social stratification on individuals in English literature.

Literature

~8 min read

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Other Undergraduate 1,744 words

Lesson Plan: Denotation and Connotation via Raymond Carver

An 11th–12th grade English lesson plan using Raymond Carver's "Popular Mechanics" to teach denotative and connotative meaning through literature and discussion.

Education

~9 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 2,409 words

Abortion Rights and the Constitutional Right to Privacy

Traces the legal history of abortion rights in the U.S. from English common law and quickening to Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey.

Law

~13 min read

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Research Paper Undergraduate 1,042 words

Common Core ELA Standards: History, Policy, and Middle School

Traces the history of English language arts education in the U.S., reviews Common Core ELA standards, and analyzes New Jersey's implementation for middle school.

Education

~6 min read

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2,165 words

Hamlet's tragic flaw of indecisiveness and its consequences

In the English language, William Shakespeare is one of the greatest playwrights having produced up to 37 plays during his life time with classifications under comedy, tragedy or history.

~11 min read

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1,108 words

The Simpsons' enduring impact on popular culture and satire

When the Oxford English Dictionary opted to include "d'oh" as a new entry in 2001, it was clear: The Simpsons had made their mark on history.

~6 min read

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1,167 words

Program planning for integrating K-12 and higher education online

From high school English teacher, to stay at home mom and day care provider, to an expert in program planning and adult education with a doctorate, this program planner not only ended up working in adult education, but also used it to advance her own career.

~6 min read

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1,149 words

Satyajit Ray's "The World of Apu": idealism and disappointment in Calcutta

APU - Bengali with English Subtitles talented, intelligent, educated and creative person with no practical job skills is probably going to struggle to find work and happiness whether it is in Tokyo, Boston, Amsterdam or, in the case of the film "The World of Apu," in Calcutta, India.

~6 min read

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1,492 words

The Birmingham pub bombing and wrongful convictions in "In the name of the father"

Irish and the English have been in conflict for decades ever since the British defeated the Irish and made them subjects for almost 700 years until the 1916 Irish revolt.

~8 min read

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