Through the years, and probably through the centuries, teachers have struggled to make math meaningful by providing students with problems and examples demonstrating its applications in everyday life. ... Now, however, technology makes it possible for students to experience the value of math in daily life, instead of just reading about it. ... The site contains formulas and quizzes and provides opportunities for students to create their own quizzes using the math and real life data they've learned. ... Your students may not be ready for the stock market, but it's never too early fo...

• Word Count: 6364
• Approx Pages: 25
• Grade Level: High School

February is Black History Month A full appreciation of the celebration of Black History Month requires a review and a reassessment of the social and academic climate that prevailed in the Western world, and especially in North America before 1926 when Black History Month was established. ... Woodson dropped out of mainstream academia to devote his life to the scientific study of the African experience in America, Africa and throughout the world. ... The month of February is significant and recognized in African American history for the birthdays of great African American pioneers and inst...

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• Grade Level: High School

Gun Control The basic premise of the constitution is to allow people to the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Someone else cannot take one's right to life. ... Don't you have the right to defend your own life? ... It is also argued that by making it difficult for guns to be bought and registered for the American public there is a threat to the personal safety of American families everywhere. ... In 1988 there were 9000 handgun-related murders in America. ...

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Review of Literature This review of the literature will first introduce basic knowledge and incidences of conspiracy theories globally and in the United States. The second part of this review will discuss conspiracy theories among the African American culture. The third part of this review will discuss beliefs of conspiracy theories about HIV/AIDS among African Americans, how/why such accusations exists, the impact that it holds, and prevalence of the disease. The fourth part of this review will discuss the scope of the problem of HIV/AIDS in South Africans. ... Moreover, they are prese...

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• Grade Level: High School

Understanding the symptoms and diagnosis of this cancer could give information that everyday people could use to check for signs of gastric cancers. ... The lack of symptoms in early stages of stomach cancer makes it hard to detect. ... Diagnosis and Symptoms In the early stages of gastric cancer the symptoms are not very prevalent. ... Only about one in five cases of gastric cancer are found in its early stages (American Cancer Society, 2013). ... After reviewing different sources the first result had more consistency in the results. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The increase in online access by all kinds of Americans highlights the fact that the Internet population looks more and more like the overall population of the United States (Pew Internet 2001). ... The Pew Internet and American Life Project states "the Internet is not only one of the most rapidly disseminating technologies in history, it is also "to a degree different from other mass communications technologies "rapidly evolving as it disseminates- (2000). ... I assert that since the Internet is still in its early stages of existence, the audience is not yet using this new technolo...

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• Grade Level: High School

Understanding the basics of Islam has become essential for Americans. ... Islam began in the early seventh century near the western edge of the Arabian Peninsula in Mecca. ... Muslims derive much of their life's meaning from this book. ... The Qur'an, God spoken word, and the Hadith, tradition, are two critical sacred texts used by Muslims to live their everyday life. ... Created things will pass away and return to Allah for his review. ...

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Humanities also deals with the emotional side of our consciousness, rather than mathematics and the scientific aspects of life. ... You are able to find these beautiful structures in Egypt, Mexico, Central and South America, Cyprus, Greece, Western Asia, Ethiopia, Italy, India, Thailand and some Islands of the Pacific Ocean. However, the pyramids of Central and South America and Egypt are the most commonly known. ... However, the work may be for everyday use at the same time beautiful, or he may create works that have no purpose whatever beyond being admired. An ideal example of ...

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• Grade Level: High School

After reviewing all this research I will come to an informed decision on why I believe this violence has and does occur. ... This being the first of many shootings it sent America into panic. ... One of Woodham's friends, Justin Sledge said "He was simply pushed to a pivotal point in his life in which the world has spit on him for the last time, and he was fixing to spit back (Morgan 3)." ... As the years went on I was sent home early from school because of bomb threats, and forced to stay home on the anniversary of Columbine. ... In the large cafeteria of my school all the kids would g...

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National Review Inc. 22 Feb. 1999: 51.14. ... This is a problem that no one realizes, but happens everyday. ... People began to see, in detail, the life-shaping events that in the past, they had only heard about. By the late 1950's to the early 1960's, a lot of families in America had television sets; it was a decade that created a milestone in television broadcasting. As in the past, entertainment was still an important aspect of television, but for the first time, television began to reflect the turmoil that marked American life. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The Walden book review praises Kozol on his style and storytelling. ... Although residents say they know the asthma epidemic's likely cause is the recently built incinerator nearby, Kozol explains that the assertion is both plausible and difficult to pin down (Walden Web Book reviews). ... The Elliot Bay book company wrote a review dealing with Kozol and his choice of setting. ... That review is a summary of his genius. ... Kozol said in the discussion with the Children's Express New York Bureau, "Most black kids in America grow up and don't know any white peop...

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The periodic reviews of consumer psychology that have appeared in Annual Review of Psychology have made little or no specific mention of personality research. ... McAdams (1996, 2001) suggests that personality psychology should study the person in terms of a three-tiered framework involving three separate but overlapping levels of analysis: personality traits, personal concerns, and life stories. ... Following Little (1996), this level is here defined more narrowly in terms of personal action constructs such as personal strivings (Emmons 1989), personal projects (Little 1989), and life ...

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All of my life I've wanted to be an officer of the law, more specifically an R.C.M.P. ... This system is best evidenced in early England. ... The new nation of Canada was taking shape and now was responsible for a vast portion of the North American continent. ... The force was modeled after the Royal Irish Constabulary and it seemed that the Americans would respond much easier than to a military force in the west. ... Some of the problems that the early police officers had to dea...

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However, it wasn't until the early nineteen eighties that Dr. ... A milder, sub-clinical condition is known as "The Winter Blues" or "Cabin Fever" This disorder wasn't accepted or classified as a disorder by the American Psychiatric Association until 1987. ... During the winter the sun rises later and set earlier causing our biological clock to shift. ... If your score is 12 or above, your seasonality is interfering with your everyday life enough to warrant a visit to a physician, psychiatrist, or psychologist for diagnosis of treatment options. ... Usual...

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One thing people remember about the sixties was the years of the "American Camelot". ... By early 1965 a new black leader had arose, whose name was Malcolm X. ... Sadly his life came to an end by a bullet from his assign, James Earl Ray, on April 4, 1968 Important events in the movement involved the many sit-ins, riots, and the Civil Rights Acts of 1964 and 1968 passed. ... americans became aware of the dangers they encountered everyday and would perhaps hand down to their children. ... she envisioned beautification all over america. ...

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It was selected to appear in "The Best American Short Stories, 1982," and became the title story in the 1983 collection, Cathedral. ... The wife has earlier tried to commit suicide because of loneliness. ... At an early age, Carver moved with his family to the working-class town of Yakima, Washington. ... was chosen for The Best American Short Stories, 1967. ... The book marked a shift in Carver's fiction away from the bare minimalist prose of his earlier work toward a fuller, more detailed style. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

In the early part of the twentieth century women were seen as being the ones who stayed at home while the men went out to work and earned the money. ... But some of this research is to do with poor households and Vogler ("94), who is a studier of this, says that its hard to say that this actually states that there has been an increase in female power according to a review he did on the literature available that deals with organisation of money in marriage. ... Evidence from America shows that since 1977 men married to employed females spend much more time doing housewor...

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Unfortunately only one in twenty-five negotiations between North Americans and Japanese are successful. ... I will discuss the first business meeting between an American executive and a Japanese executive in depth. ... Americans are more individualized and focus on themselves before the group. ... The higher the University that you attended, the higher importance you will carry the rest of your life. ... Confucianism can be summarized as: . . .a practical code of conduct to follow in everyday life [and] a manual for managing human relationships harmoniously. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Some believe these "new wave" rituals are a reflection of rebellion in the angry youth of America. ... With all this said, peoples till have mixed reviews on the subject. ... Western Culture In terms of the world Western society is a conservative one, especially America. Nudity, sexual freedom, and yes even body alterations are highly conservative issues in America. ... She states, " I love my tattoos, and I wish I could get more, but I have to look responsible for my job and everyday life." ...

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Folkways are things that occur in everyday life and mores are serious issues such as abortion, cannibalism, incest, and other topics of critical interest. ... "Tatiana, an office manager in her late 40s who doesn't want her family name used, says abortions have been a regular, if deeply unpleasant, feature of her adult life. ... Traditions connected with cuisine are an important part in the life of the Russian people. ...

• Word Count: 4632
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• Grade Level: High School