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Virginia's American Revolution : from dominion to republic, 1776-1840
No full textTable of Contents: Establishing a Republic, Implementing the Revolution, 1776-1788, The Virginia Ratification Convention of 1788, Defending Virginia's Revolution against the Federalists, "May all your dreams come true," "Like dust and ashes," Conclusion: The Road from Southampton
Oral History Interview with Billy Vu
No full textBilly Vu tells the story of his family's decision to leave Communist Vietnam, live temporarily in a Hong Kong refugee camp, and finally to make a new life in the Danbury area. He describes the difficult conditions in the refugee camp and the birth of his younger sister there. The Vu family arrived in the United States with the help of church sponsorship and family members in the area. He had difficulties in school early on because of limited English proficiency, but went on to become completely fluent. He is now studying economics at Western Connecticut State University. He describes how he and his family adjusted to life and work here, and how the family managed well financially. He shares his views regarding perceptions and treatment of immigrants in the greater Danbury area.President's Initiatives Fun
Oral history interview with Basil Wasiczko
No full textMr. Wasciczko tells of growing up in Nazi occupied Poland and its transformation to a Soviet satellite after the defeat of Hitler. Upon his arrival in America, the subject was employed by some important U.S. firms and speaks with pride of his American citizenship.President's Initiative fun
Oral History Interview with Vinceza Borgesano
No full textVincenza immigrated to the United States in the 1970's from Italy. She describes her early life in Italy an
Hunting Dragons
No full textShort novella in a fantasy setting.This project is a short novella about a young apprentice blacksmith, Charles, who
is thrown a completely different life than he imagined in the imaginary world of Pern. As
an apprentice to his incredibly successful father, he imagines his life behind a forge, but
one night this quickly changes, and he must find a new calling in his life, but not
everything is as Charles has been told when he discovers the truth about his friends, old
and new
Oral History Interview with Luciano Bedini
No full textLuciano immigrated with his family as a young age in search of a better life. He describes their seven year wait to obtain a Visa and the scrutinization that accompanied it
The Children Left Behind
No full textThe following paper is a collection of researched data and personal stories from teaching professionals about the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) of 2001 and the stress that accommodates standardized testing. As well as reviewing the Act's goals and assumptions, the paper looks at nationwide test results of the NCLB, in particular the idea of schools cheating or "fudging" test scores. A response to a non-biased questionnaire composed by data from the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) is also discussed. It was submitted to principals and teachers within the Danbury, Bethel and Brookfield Elementary Public Schools district in the state of Connecticut
Oral History Interview with Ravneet Kaur
No full textRavneet Kaur was born in India, then immigrated as a child with her family to the United States. She describes the immigration process and some of the challenges facing many new immigrants today
Oral History Interview with Lore McCarthy
No full textLore McCarthy describes life before Hitler came to power and when the tides turned and life became very difficult for the half-Christian half-Jewish girl. She discusses the conditions during the war, and her meeting with an American from Hollywood who would change her life
Live or die? Effects of anonymity on moral decisions
No full textDo morals change due to a specific situation? Thirty undergraduate students solved a series of moral dilemmas under one of two conditions. Participants were lead to believe they were going to discuss their answers in
public or believed that their answers would be kept private. Each participant was also given both nonemotional and emotional dilemmas. Results indicated that neither the different conditions (public versus private) nor the type of dilemma (emotionally versus non-emotionally engaged) produced significant
differences. However, significant differences were found for many of the individual questions. Future research is discussed