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Meredith Stewart

Fairy tales have ancient origin - 1 views

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fairytales stories

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  • Meredith Stewart on 13 Sep 09
     
    Popular fairy tales and folk stories are more ancient than was previously thought, according research by biologists.
Dana Huff

Why fiction is good for you - Ideas - The Boston Globe - 9 views

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shared by Dana Huff on 05 May 12 - No Cached
  • Dana Huff on 05 May 12
     
    "Is fiction good for us? We spend huge chunks of our lives immersed in novels, films, TV shows, and other forms of fiction. Some see this as a positive thing, arguing that made-up stories cultivate our mental and moral development. But others have argued that fiction is mentally and ethically corrosive. It's an ancient question: Does fiction build the morality of individuals and societies, or does it break it down?"
Dana Huff

Odyssey Online: Greece - 0 views

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shared by Dana Huff on 26 Sep 09 - Cached
  • Dana Huff on 26 Sep 09
     
    Great site about ancient Greece and The Odyssey; would be good for classrooms with SMARTBoards.
Dana Huff

Unit Plan: Homer's Iliad- Ancient Greeks Invade the Classroom: A River of Discourse wit... - 1 views

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shared by Dana Huff on 02 Sep 09 - Cached
  • Dana Huff on 02 Sep 09
     
    Good unit plan on Homer's Iliad done by a student teacher for a portfolio. Some good handouts and questions.
Leslie Healey

Reading Literature, A Spiritual Practice - 0 views

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  •  Do you want to get closer to God?  Settle down with a good book. McEntyre notes that, in the ancient practice of lectio di
  • It can change the way we listen to the most ordinary conversation. It can become a habit of mind. It can help us locate what is nourishing and helpful in any words that come our way—especially in what poet Matthew Arnold called “the best that has been thought and said”—and it can equip us with a personal repertoire of sentences, phrases, and single words that serve us as touchstones or talismans when we ne
  • “equipment for living
  • Leslie Healey on 03 Apr 11
     
    AMEN--you do not have to be a religious person to get this. Too often, I understand this idea, but forget to share it with my students. Reading as "equipment for living"
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