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Tripline - 7 views

tripline.net tripline maps history
shared by Meredith Stewart on 08 Aug 10 - Cached
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How many words did Shakespeare know? - 4 views

kottke.org/...any-words-did-shakespeare-know history shakespeare words literature education english
shared by Dana Huff on 17 Apr 10 - Cached
  • Dana Huff on 17 Apr 10
     
    Statistical techniques can give us a good estimate of how many words Shakespeare knew based on how many he used.
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Transcript: Obama's State Of The Union Address : NPR - 4 views

www.npr.org/...-obamas-state-of-union-address education history
shared by Adam Babcock on 26 Jan 11 - No Cached
  • What we can do — what America does better than anyone — is spark the creativity and imagination of our people. We are the nation that put cars in driveways and computers in offices; the nation of Edison and the Wright brothers; of Google and Facebook. In America, innovation doesn't just change our lives. It's how we make a living.
  • This is our generation's Sputnik moment.
  • That's what Americans have done for over two hundred years: reinvented ourselves
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  • asking Congress to eliminate the billions in taxpayer dollars we currently give to oil companies. I don't know if you've noticed, but they're doing just fine on their own.
  • the biggest impact on a child's success comes from the man or woman at the front of the classroom. In South Korea, teachers are known as "nation builders." Here in America, it's time we treated the people who educate our children with the same level of respect.
  • If you want to make a difference in the life of our nation; if you want to make a difference in the life of a child — become a teacher. Your country needs you.
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Dickens daren't tell the truth about the real Oliver Twist workhouses | Mail Online - 0 views

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shared by Dana Huff on 25 Mar 11 - No Cached
  • Dana Huff on 25 Mar 11
     
    This article describes conditions in workhouses for the poor in Victorian England. It would be great to pair with Oliver Twist or with Blake's two "Chimney Sweep" poems.
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Sistine Chapel - Cappella Sistina - Photosynth - 4 views

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shared by Adam Babcock on 05 Aug 11 - No Cached
  • Adam Babcock on 05 Aug 11
     
    Great tool that encourages users/students to explore the different stages of the Sistine Chapel. Could work well with a Genesis lesson.
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Truthdig - Why the United States Is Destroying Its Education System - 7 views

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shared by Mark Smith on 12 Apr 11 - No Cached
  • “For human beings, thinking of past matters means moving in the dimension of depth, striking roots and thus stabilizing themselves, so as not to be swept away by whatever may occur—the Zeitgeist or History or simple temptation. The greatest evil is not radical, it has no roots, and because it has no roots it has no limitations, it can go to unthinkable extremes and sweep over the whole world.”
    • Mark Smith
      Mark Smith on 12 Apr 11
       
      This is as profoundly true now as it ever was.
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ABC Television | Re-enchantment | Welcome - 4 views

www.abc.net.au/re-enchantment media history ABC English literature airy-tales
shared by Jenny Gilbert on 12 Apr 11 - No Cached
  • Jenny Gilbert on 12 Apr 11
     
    great for literature students or the gifted and talented. very interactive
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