Lifespan Development Analysis: Britney Spears
This paper examines the life of Britney Spears. If focuses on life stage development, as explained by Piaget and Erikson. It concludes that Spears appears stuck in an earlier life stage, but that whether that is due to Spears actually being stuck in that stage or manipulation by the people around her who need the ability to manipulate her, remains unclear.
Creation Myths Around the World: Social Studies Course Design
One very interesting aspect of the human experience is the manner in which certain themes appear again and again over time, in literature, religion, mythology, and culture – regardless of the geographic location, the economic status, and the time period. Perhaps it is the innate human need to explain and explore the known and unknown, but to have disparate cultures in time and location find ways of explaining certain principles in such similar manner leads one to believe that there is perhaps more to myth and ritual than simple repetition of archetypal themes. In a sense, then, to acculturate the future, we must re-craft the past, and the way that seems to happen is in the synergism of myth and ritual as expressed in a variety of forms. Myths and folktales are the world's oldest stories.
Professional Development Plan for Differentiated Instruction
This paper provides a teaching development plan based on differentiation. It explains the theory behind differentiated teaching. It highlights several factors that would be part of a teaching development plan for a teacher wishing to incorporate differentiation. It breaks these down to the time of year they would occur- before school starts, during the first few weeks, during the changing semesters, or sometime during the second semester.