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Ming Lo Moves the Mountain
A good story is a great way to support skills that are necessary for encouraging strong reading skills. Here is a class I do, You do, We do style lesson plan that stars the tale, Ming Lo Moves the Mountain. Included are two fun...
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The Homeroom: British Columbia's History of Education
A 'gateway' to information about the history of education in British Columbia, this site covers people involved in delivering or championing education, legislation, curriculum development since the 1800s, life as a pioneer teacher, as...
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On the Genealogy of Morals: A Polemical Tract by Friedrich Nietzsche
Read this collection of three famous essays by Nietzsche on the development of morality in translation at this site.
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The Legend of the Trojan War
Brief account of several different older versions of the Trojan War story, arranged in chronological sequence.
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Malaspina College: Early Chinese Bronze Casting
Discusses early Chinese bronze in terms of historical and cultural significance. Includes several pictures and links.
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Malaspina University: Real Polar Wandering!
An article on the major shift in the Earth's poles. Discusses the theory and evidence behind this movement.
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Malaspina Univ.: Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
Online lecture from the Malaspina University concerning Stoppard's Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead. Includes a great discussion of the Theatre of the Absurd and the play's connections to other works of literature.
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Malaspina: Punctuating Between Main Clauses
Four printable exercises in which punctuation errors need to be corrected. 2.1 requires correction of compound sentences by putting in commas or semicolons where needed and getting rid of comma splices. 2.2 requires comma splice...
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Malaspina: Punctuating Quotations Exercise
Passage B - Rewrite this passage in order to improve the grammar, punctuation, parallelism, and format for titles. Passage C - Rewrite this passage in order to improve the style and correct quotation mark errors.
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Ironies of Happy Endings: Introduction to Twelfth Night
Text of a college lecture that introduces William Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night." It provides some background for the play, including information about Pastoral Romance, the characters Viola and Feste, the language of love, and the...
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Vancouver Island University: Domestic Causes of the First World War
Contains an essay on the "domestic tensions which may have affected diplomatic decision making in 1914."
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Malaspina University: Comparison of Sparta and Athens
Compare the oligarchy of Sparta and the democracy of Athens, and the residents of both city-states.
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Vancouver Island University: Literary Terms
Site contains a list of literary terms, including the word "characterization." Basic but accurate definitions are easy to understand.
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Malaspina University: Introductory Note on Classical Greece
A thorough description of topics in Classical Greece provided for by the Malaspina University.