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Salvation

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Langston Hughes
“Salvation”
Explain how the incident at the church altered Hughes’ perception of religion and possibly life itself.
When Hughes describes the church atmosphere in this story, do you feel like you could relate in any of your own experiences in church if you’ve ever gone? Explain.
After reading about the narrator’s experience at church, do you think what the church did was successful in getting its point across and saving these children, or were the methods used more counterproductive? Explain your answer.

 

 

 

Last Will and Testament

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Mary McLeod Bethune
“Last Will and Testament”

In Bethune’s “Last Will and Testament” she briefly mentions the obstacles she has had to face to get to get and education. Based on your personal experience or even those you have witnessed, do you think there are still obstacles people have to face to gain an education?
Using her letter and “Last Will and Testament,” what is Bethune’s educational philosophy?
What main principles did Mary McLeod Bethune believe in and wanted to pass to future generations of African Americans from her “Will and Testament”?
Letter
Mary McLeod Bethune mentions a few of the many mottoes she lived by, one of them was, “Not to be ministered unto but to minister.” What is the meaning behind this motto and why does the Bethune use it in this letter?
Bethune discusses education and equality. Do you think Mary Mcleod Bethune would be proud of the world today? Why or why not?

 

 

 

John and William Bartram

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In the journal entry of January 4th, 1766, John and William Bartram write about Florida’s biodiversity and beautiful waters. Do you think their descriptions still apply today? Is Florida still just as beautiful as it was in 1766?
Using the video Cultivating the Wild as well as ideas from John Bartram’s journal, answer the following question. Do you think that William Bartram’s engrossment in the natural world and the environment through art is still relevant/ seen today?

Fathers and Mothers

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Fathers and Mothers: We get a lot of interesting depictions of fathers and mothers and sons in these two Books. In Book 2, we have Priam, King of Troy, watch his son Polites get murdered (525-530). We also have a lot of interesting interactions between Aeneas and his father (he saves his father but not his wife Creusa). Venus, who is Aeneas’s mother, appears to him and leads him out of Troy. Also, in Book 3, the Trojan’s are supposed to find their “mother land” or their “primeval mother”, which Anchises seems to think is in Crete, though he gets it wrong because he forgets to listen to the female prophetess Cassandra (170-185). There is also the grief of Andromache, who remembers her slaughterd son Astyanax when looking at Aenaes’s son Ascansius in Book 3 (339). Choose one passage dealing with either father-son, mother-son, relationships, and explain how these relationships shapes the narrative of the poem.

 

 

 

Violence

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Violence: In Book 1, Jupiter prophesies from heaven that Aeneas will found Rome and “wars will cease and cruel history will grow gentle” (line 291). Yet, even though The Aeneid is supposedly about the “peace” that Rome will eventually bring the world (Pax Romana – Wikipedia ) by subduing the world to Roman law and government. This is parallelled in a description in Book 1 of Dido’s African Kingdom of Carthage: Jove let you found a city and bring justice – / To lawless tribes” (524). The book is frought with violence everwhere. How does The Aeneid in Books 2-3, depict violence? Does the violence that it depicts seem like a glorified violence? Or can you detect Jupiter’s prophecy that there will be peace eventually? Does it matter that the violence in Book 2 is primarily done by Greeks? Who inspires the violence? What does it mean?

 

Fate

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Fate: The burning of Troy is symbolic of the destruction of an entire nation and culture. In Books 2, we see Troy fall to the Greeks, but there are numerous examples of omens that fortell that Aeneas and his son will eventually found Rome. Of course, Aeneas is reluctant to leave the burning city, and his father, Anchises, is reluctant to leave with him. Find an example in Books 2-3 where there is a tension between leaving the old behind and embracing what is new. How do the characters struggle with their own will, what they desire, and fate or the will of the gods.

EPIGENETICS AND THE MICROBIOME

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Explain how microbiome research provides a new perspective on the nature versus nurture debate. Discuss how the infant microbiome is related to future development of a child, including cognition and health. In addition, explain the broader social implications of this type of research. Finally, share your prediction of and rationale for what future microbiome research may discover.

Applied learning theory

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In a well written essay (page and a half) discuss the importance of the information in Chapters 1-4 (Santrock text) to you as a pre-service teacher. How important is this knowledge to you as a future teacher?. Well written, please.