Pedagogy

Do you know that suicide is presently a tragedy that has often been causing death in the United States of America amongst other nations Suicide is said to be the third leading cause of death among teenagers in America currently. This is a compelling problem with the youth of the United States today. In addition, more teenagers are dying out of suicide than any other disease in some countries. Teenagers commit suicide because of family troubles, failures in school, lack of supportive network amongst...

The Cay is the story of a boy named Philip Enright, living on the island of Curacao from the island of Venezuela during World War II, as he and his mother tried to escape the harmful effects of war. They had a shipwrecked on their sail but Philip survived the accident and only to be trapped in an island, together with a blackman named Timothy and a cat called Stew. The aftermath of the ship put into shambles left Philip blind into a cay at the Devils Mouth of the Caribbean and forced him to adapt...

In a good literary piece, there always has to be the seamless interplay of linguistic devices that enable the work to transcend time and audience.  The process of linguistic language analysis uncovers the mechanics of this interplay and delves into how the author effectively (or ineffectively) sews the different elements of the piece to produce something from which interpretation can later emerge. To demonstrate the workings of linguistic language analysis is the aim of this paper. In line...

The Latino Americans form a large group of the minority population in the United States. This has attracted researchers to focus on the educational system and social economic dynamics of the Latino Americans with some studies providing conflicting demographic statistics. This paper critically describes and analyzes the history of Mexican Americans and Spaniard Americans. In addition, the paper examines the US educational system in relevance to the two Latino American groups.   Controversy...

Julie of the Wolves is a fictional novel written by Jean Craighead George in 1972, following a research on wolves with his son in Barrow, Alaska.  They saw a little girl walking by herself in the snow, to which Luke has remarked to be too little to be on her own.  With that, George had an inspiration for her novel. Characters The novel has two main characters, Miyax and Amaroq. Miyax is a girl who lost her mother and had lived with her father who taught her how to survive in the wild....

John Howard Griffins Black like Me is a book that talks about the racial discrimination against Black Americans wherein the author himself is the main character. Set in 1959, Griffin is a middle-aged white man from Mansfield, Texas who has vowed to learn about the causes of racism. With his wifes consent, he took the unusual step of undergoing medical treatment to alter his skins colour and appear like a black man. He also asked for the support of George Levitan who happens to be the editor of Sepia,...

S.E. Hintons Rumble Fish tells the story of Rusty James (or Russel-James), a fourteen-year old boy who is known to be a notorious and tough kid in his depressed neighbourhood. He talks and acts like an older person. He admits that he is not very smart and he has a bad temper. He smokes, drinks, curses, steals and gets into gang fights every week and has not been defeated in two years. He looks up to his older brother, Motorcycle Boy, and wants to grow up to become just like him. Rusty Boy does not...

Gary Paulsens book entitled Nightjohn is an epic tale about Sarny, a twelve-year old African-American slave girl in ante-bellum south. Sarny is described by the people as dumb because of her stuck tongue. She is a heroine who harbours rebellious thoughts against her masters. The storys setting is prior to the Emancipation Proclamation. Sarny is trying to cope up with slavery every single day of her life. She was set apart from her mother when she was sold. The story revolves around the lives of...

A very powerful sequel to the book Nightjohn, Gary Paulsens book entitled Sarny a Life Remembered follows the life of a brave woman who learned to read and write while being held captive by slavery and how she served as an inspiration to her fellowmen. The story is set during the Civil War and slavery was reaching its peak action. Therefore, the book was focused on the important themes related to war such as justice and freedom. Because the narrator was a female slave, the voice of the story is...

Brothers In Arms Brothers in Arms, a novel by Paul Langan and Ben Alirez, is a book about a boy who loses his brother in a drive-by shooting.  The characters include Martin, the adolescent whose little brother dies, also the main character Martins mother, whose main concern now is to save Martin since he is the only son she has left Frankie, Martins best friend and who also has gang ties Steve who is the school bully at Bluford High, and often antagonizes Martin, Vicky, Martins crush Eric,...

The Getty Museum Family Room is symbolic of the effort of museums to create access to art and realize its potential for art education and socialization. This requires the accommodation of different learning styles and modalities. Creating a learning environment that allows children to experience exhibits personally through sensory experience, interactivity, and other activities, reinforces the art education and learning objectives. These perspectives developed from extensive research and experience. Managers...