Textbooks

Board of Education reaches its conclusions. With the different perspectives and variety of interviews it helps us understand how they decide what children will be learning throughout the school year with their textbooks. It also demonstrates the importance of their meetings and decisions; textbook publishers and other experts are part of the documentary and they explain why it is so…

reader that social workers need to intervene and help develop programs across the country that are effective in preventing truancy. The textbook explains many roles for a social worker. One of many roles that a social worker must obtain is to be an advocate. “The advocate role often entails stepping forward and speaking on behalf of the client system” (Textbook, 54) meaning that social workers are to stand up for individuals, like children and adolescents who are being treated unfairly. Schools…

expand my writing ability, I found that the process can be very difficult, as well as, frustrating. When the writing is done properly it can change the views of millions. I benefited a lot from The Bedford Guide for College Writers 10th edition textbook. I learnt how to reach out to certain audiences. For instance, when I wrote my cause and effect essay…

unrealistic view of history. For some children history is “a boring subject, full of old stories about old people” (my 5th grader cousin’s opinion); Views like this are the result of the ambiguous and confusing information found on text book. On textbooks, the image of American historical figures, have been objectified to a point that they lost authenticity; the people written about on those pages have become nothing more, than fictional characters. In other words, they undergo the process that…

different. For the Spanish, it was gold and riches. For the French, it was furs and land. The British were motivated by land. Each countries interest in commercial gain greatly influenced their relations with the Native Americans. As stated in our textbook, “the Spanish forced tens of thousands of Indians to work in gold and silver mines that supplied the empires wealth.” (Foner p. 23) The Spanish desire for gold required many workers, and instead of transporting slaves from Africa the Spanish…

Shala shuler Blog 5 In the chapters 8,9, 11 in Davidson textbook and The Eugenics website displayed many events that happened during the 19th and 20th century. There were a lot of photographs and documentation of past events. In chapter 8, “ The view from the bottom of the rail” describes how blacks treated unfair by whites but eventually things started to change. In Davidson text it said, “ Freedom had come to a nation of four million slaves, and it changed their lives in deep and…

The argument started in 1859 when Charles Darwin published a book, named The Origin of Species. This book gave birth to the idea of Evolution. Evolution is defined by Webster as “a theory that the difference between modern plants and animals are because of changes that happened by a natural process over a very long time” (“Evolution”). Before Darwin had published his book most people believed in Creationism. Webster Dictionary defines Creationism as “the belief that God created all things out of…

Overview  Working title: “Readers of the Holocaust”  Tagline: This brief documentary follows a graduate student’s exploration of an unusual choice of textbooks in a high school classroom: graphic novels.  Estimated length: 15-20 minutes  Proposed date of completion: April 21st, 2016 Introduction: Goals and Voice of the Documentary  The overarching question I ask in this film is how graphic novels about Holocaust and other events of genocide are enabling experiential learning in high school…

The University of Texas at Dallas has many great qualities. Some of these include a small campus for easy walking distance, 24/5 library, Activity center, and the usual college amenities. I have been at UTD for 2 years and ongoing in my 5th semester as a junior. Up till this point I’ve never noticed anything that was wrong with the campus, besides the constant construction, making every path blocked off and having to detour five minutes to get across campus. Though in my junior year I’ve noticed…

The article entitled, “To Know Suicide: Depression Can Be Treated, But it Takes Competence” is about the components of suicidal depression. The article introduces an American artist, Ralph Barton, who leaves a suicide note behind explaining that his difficulties have brought him a life of deep sadness and depression. The article explains how stress is an important factor for suicide, but one of the most prominent risk factors are mental illnesses. Suicidal depression is described as involving…