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    The first thing teachers should do to help these students learn English is to never have a negative opinion on their heritage language. Encourage the students to continue their first language while learning English or any other language, this will prevent subtractive bilingualism. Though English is typically easier to understand the younger it is taught to individuals it is not impossible later on (Woolfolk, Winne, & Perry. 177). Research also suggests that intense learning in students first…

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    described by his supervisor, as being too English and as a result he found it very difficult to adjust to his surroundings, always describing his environment negatively. In an attempt to evangelize and civilize the Aboriginals he created a day and night school. While he disdain his surrounding environment, he pitied the Indigenous people and stated, “‘I find them a simple hearted and obliging race, honest and sincere, ignorant and poor in the greatest extreme it is true, yet ripe for the…

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    Tan piece because the society we are residing in today, people are coming from many different culture and language throughout the world to live together. In order to take control over our circumstances through society today one must put aside their first language and pick up another language. In this case multilingual demonstrate how one language can easily mist judge, understood, or affect society. James Baldwin, author of “If Black English isn’t a language then tell me what us” demonstrate…

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    Non Aboriginal Women Essay

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    Recently, a huge stride was achieved for indigenous women across the world, as the first indigenous Mrs. Universe was crowned. Not only that, but the 25 year old Cree woman from Alberta is using her win as a platform to speak up against the injustices that aboriginal women face, focusing in on the staggering 1,181 missing and murdered females. (insert stat citation). Ashley Callingbull competed in beauty pageants at a very young age. She managed to win the Enoch crown before her 9th birthday.…

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    The Ojibwa Tribe

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    Oral storytelling is not as popular as it was when Native Americans first populated North America; however, one tribe is known for its legendary Windigo. A Windigo, a man-eating ice giant, who was once a human but his human form is trapped where his heart should be and the people of this tribe who committed sin were sent to him ("Legendary Native”). These northeastern Indians were known for their myths, maple sugar, wild rice, corn, Spearfishing, and squash. The second-largest tribe of Indians…

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    Since homelessness is a national problem, it’s our duty to solve this problem. There are so many problems associated with homelessness like high rate of severe crime, addictions and so forth. If we can solve this problem first we will be able to solve other problems. Illumination of this problem will help the homeless people to focus on important things, which is economically and socially beneficial. A study shows Canada spends about $7 billion a year on the homeless people…

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    This distrust stems from past and current laws. The government have treated the Indigenous communities unethically and unequal since the Europeans first encounter when the Europeans tried to civilize them by teaching them education and religion. Civilization then led to residential schools where they “Took the Indian out of the child (man?)”. Furthermore, Bill C-31 is still currently being used to eliminate Indigenous status. Bill C-31 states the two generation cut-off…

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    The authors go on to identify how poverty is ongoing regardless of economic increases and that “economic mobility appears blocked for many urban residents.” They state that “low-income individuals are being left out and overlooked with jobs and schools, thereby, limiting their opportunities for success and “leaving them stuck in poverty for years or even for generations.” This not only affects the individuals it also affects the economy and according to the author also “threatens the health,…

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    Crusades Dbq

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    their assertion that colonialism was in truth just a means of western exploitation. Long term politically, the crusades served to unify the Middle Eastern people and a greater sense of nationalism was seen throughout the people. “Generations of Arab school children have been taught that the crusades were a clear case of good versus evil… Arab leaders continue to evoke this recovered memory of Saladin… The great and heroic leader led the Muslims to victory capturing Jerusalem and defeating the…

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    Renaissance Man Dbq

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    researchers, we still know little to nothing about Shakespeare’s personal life. However, nearly all of his writings have been kept intact and luckily we have them to study and analyse. (Document 2) It is believed that he attended King Edward VI Grammar School, where he learned the Latin language and grammar. (Document 5) He wrote in all genres and they all portrayed his creativity and intelligence. Logically speaking, Shakespeare had to have been an extremely intelligent man to have produced…

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