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Magic, economics, and trauma in Elizabethan drama

Cartwright, Kent. "Language, Magic, the Dromios, and the Comedy of Errors." Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900 47.2 (2007): 331-2A. Platinum Periodicals. ProQuest.

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British restrictions and colonial resistance before the American Revolution

The Proclamation of George III, issued in October, 1763, is according David Brion Davis and Steven Mintz among the original most disturbing reasons for the English subjects living on the American continent to start feeling less Englishmen and more American.

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Immigration and assimilation in contemporary America

In America today there are nearly 23 million foreign born residents which is about 8.4% of the total population. There are about 32 million residents who do not speak English as their primary language. This modern day influx of immigrants is very different from immigration in the past.

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Adult literacy levels and barriers in African-American communities

The modern definition of literacy extends beyond reading and writing. The Workforce Investment Act of 1998 defines it as "an individual's ability to read, write, speak in English, compute and solve problems at levels of proficiency necessary to function on the job, in the family...

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Beauty, truth, and realism in educational philosophy and art

What do you think is real, true, good, beautiful and logical? The English poet John Keats wrote in his poem entitled "Ode to a Grecian Urn": "Beauty is truth, truth beauty, -- that is all / Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know." Keats meant that beauty was synonymous with the kind of logical…

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Fleming's VARK learning styles theory and classroom application

Fleming, Neil. VARK: A Guide to Learning Style. (2007). Retrieved December 9, 2008, at http://www.vark-learn.com/english/page.asp?p=categories.

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John Stuart Mill's harm principle and individual liberty

In what is perhaps his most famous work, the book-length essay on Liberty, nineteenth-century English philosopher John Stuart Mill attempts to define both the extent of human liberty and the ways in which society can ensure its survival.

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Henry Hudson's four voyages and search for a northwest passage

Henry Hudson and His Travels: The Explorer's Life, Routes, Destinations, And Intended Destinations Little is known of the early life of Henry Hudson, the English navigator and explorer during the great, Elizabethan age of exploration.

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Setting and character in Bram Stoker's Dracula

Bram Stoker's Dracula opens in mysterious, romantic, and spooky Transylvania in Eastern Europe, where English lawyer Jonathan Harked finds himself a long way from modern, rational, and busy city life of his native London.

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Professional dress of teachers affecting student behavior in middle school

Middle school teachers in the United States today are faced with a daunting task. Overcrowded classrooms, federal and state mandates, and an increasing number of English as second language learners frequently contribute to less-than-ideal learning environments.

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