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South African Short Stories: Apartheid, Civil Rights, and You
How are short stories from South Africa connected to issues of civil rights in the United States? A unit plan uses South African short stories to discuss issues such as apartheid, colonization, and civil rights. Questions and activities...
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Scramble for Africa
In this fantastic simulation, your young historians take on the roles of imperialistic European countries in the nineteenth century and then "scramble" to carve up the continent of Africa! This is a very hands-on activity that will help...
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Boston University: Paideia Project: Gateway to Philosophy
Access to papers, proceedings, journals, and newsletters on philosophical topics.
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Bu: How Does a Satellite Stay in Orbit
This site contains a lesson on the ellipse. The lesson has students draw an ellipse with pencil and string, and discussions on orbits and theoretical orbiting situations.
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The Cautionary Ontological Approach to Technology of Gabriel Marcel
An advanced look into Marcel's ontology and ontological approach. Not for beginners, but excellent with some background information.
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Boston University: The Paideia Project: Kant, the Body, and Knowledge
Discusses the significance of Kant's interest in cosmology and Newtonian mechanics. Relates Kant's beliefs about how mind and body interacted to his more influential epistemology. Article has a historical perspective and is quite readable.
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Elite Sports Some Ethical Considerations
This site discusses some of the ethical implications and problems in elite sports as it relates to human performance. The site also provides information on elite sports and the idea of progress, the individual and the system, and common...
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Boston University: Leibniz's Theory of Space
This page offers a brief discussion of Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz's theory of space.
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Boston University: Project Lite: Motion
A large collection of online activities for exploring how our eyes perceive real and apparent motion.
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American Painting: Eakins the Gross/agnew Clinic
An in depth comparison and analysis of Eakins', "The Gross Clinic" and "The Agnew Clinic". Ray Carney goes into great detail in subject and meaning of these two paintings by Thomas Eakins.
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How to Conduct a Multi Ethnic Team Reporting Project
This site offers a phenomenal plan for assembling a culturally diverse journalism team to work on a story (or series of stories) of social significance. This extensive guideline provides step by step instructions. (Note: some links may...
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Boston University: John Stuart Mill and the Ends of Sport
This site is provided for by the Boston University. Author retrieves J.S. Mill's philosophy of higher and lower pleasures and applies it to contemporary sports education. An interesting look at philosophy of sport.
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Boston University: Sport, Education, and the Meaning of Victory
Author links ancient Greek philosophy to the place of sports in contemporary education. An interesting example of philosophy of sport.
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Representationalism and Antirepresentationalism: Kant, Davidson, and Rorty
Presents the anti-realist epistemological idea of "antirepresentationalism" as developed by Richard Rorty. Compares and contrasts this with Kant's "nonrepresentationalism" and sets in dialogue with another contemporary philosopher,...
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Fractal Geometry of the Mandelbrot Set Ii
This web site addresses counting and adding in fractal operations, as well as the role of the Fibonacci sequence in fractal geometry.
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Nato's Purpose: The Next Decade
An article explaining what NATO's purpose should be now that the Cold War has ended.
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Elementary Physics: Current and Resistance
A general summary of electrical resistance including a comparison of AC and DC current.
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Boston University: The Social Contract Tradition
This site presents an abstract of the social contract tradition. It also contains a very detailed overview of the ideas of Hobbes, Locke, and Rousseau.
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Boston University: Putting Value Into Art
Andrew Ward decides to get into the middle of an argument between David Hume and Hume's critic Malcolm Budd about the standard for assessing the value of works of art upon the feeling of pleasure or displeasure. This topic will be a...
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Lessons From Love Canal: History: The Start of a Movement
A look at how a group of residents who were affected by the leak of chemicals at Love Canal, banded together to force the New York government, and ultimately the federal governmnent, to take their complaints seriously.
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Boston University: The Velvet Revolution of 1989
A professor's lecture on the Velvet revolution of 1989 in Czechoslovakia and the intellectuals' part in it.
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Boston University: Inclined Plane
In this problem, a box is released from rest at the top of a 30-degree ramp. The box slides down the ramp, dropping a vertical distance of 1.5 m to the floor. How long does it take to reach the floor? Neglect friction. Includes...
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Boston University: Inductance and Transformers
A university-level discussion of what inductance land resistance does to electricity travelling long distances.
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Boston University: Belief Worlds and Epistemic Possibilities
This site from the Boston University argues that belief, and not only knowledge, can establish epistemic possibilities for an individual. Redescribes knowledge as an "ability to shift attention among our various belief worlds."