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Rebellious Lass: From Robin Hood to Juliet,Katniss Everdeen at Play in The Hunger Games
Get PDFBy tracing Katniss Everdeen\u27s character development from gender-bending ersatz Robin Hood to revisionist historian to star-crossed lover playing the role of Juliet, we can see how she reveals conflict and history as essential elements of this saga of adolescent rebellion
Creative Triage
Get PDFSirens clear a path to this trauma center Warning others that help is on the wayArmed with only knowledge and good intention
Promoting Literacy with Teacher Knowledge in Analyzing and Using Student Data: A Review of Literature
Get PDFThe concept of data based decision making has been in the forefront of educational reform for decades. Despite the fact that data could better inform the educational decisions teachers make, some educators lack understanding of data and assessment. This could lead to misinterpretation and poor use of the scores. The purpose of this literature review is to learn more about English language arts (ELA) and literacy teachers\u27 current practices and experiences in using assessment data to shape their literacy instruction and to learn more about their perceptions of how this assessment data should be used to shape classroom instruction. This literature review will describe five themes: (a) school leaders and teachers\u27 level of understanding related to interpreting assessment results, (b) use of data types having different applications for school, (c) data collection methods schools employ, (d) the process of utilizing the data, and (e) creating a data culture within school. Finally, possible ideas about the future areas of research are shared
From the Editor
Get PDFWelcome to the first issue of Kansas English published fully and exclusively online! I hope you enjoy this new format and the increased accessibility of the journal
Mirroring Atticus: A Text-Complexity Circle Highlights Unconventional Heroes
Get PDFThis article outlines the arrangement of a text circle in an eighth-grade English language arts class around the novel To Kill a Mockingbird. The author first provides rationale for examining Atticus Finch as a non-traditional hero for his going against the status quo despite consequence to do what\u27s right. The author then establishes that mirror neurons allow student readers to experience literature and emotionally put themselves into situations they might not otherwise experience; and therefore, Atticus is worthy of direct character study. Ancillary texts to support Atticus\u27 heroic example are shared, including the films Gandhi, High Noon, and 12 Angry Men as well as the song "I Won\u27t Back Down. Finally, excerpts from student responses comparing and contrasting characters in the various texts demonstrate a deeper understanding of the fulcrum text (To Kill a Mockingbird) as well as personal thematic connection by students
Invention and Reinvention in Modern South Korean Shamanism
Get PDFThe historical records of Korean spiritual life establishes an essential trinity of faiths that have built the nation\u27s religious experiences while wrestling and negotiating with each other in relative peace. Buddhism and Confucianism have long been seen the two stalwarts of the spirits and moral reinforcement, while the recent introduction of Christianity has become a symbol of modernity. However, one of the most overlooked features of Korea\u27s pre-history, history, and current reality has been the function of Shamans within the cultural and religious backdrop of the longest unified state. With the fracturing of the Korean peninsula and the sudden and nearly all-penetrating influence of globalization, the Shamanic traditions have shown the historical ability to adapt to change in their rituals and their social roles while continuing to today
The Nurse, The Soldier, The Spy: Three Women of the American Civil War and the Primary Sources They Left Behind
Get PDFA portrait shows a sturdy-framed soldier with a dark Union jacket and turned-out toes in large boots holding a gun. Completing the uniform are baggy pants indicating shortness and lack of proper tailoring. A flat-topped hat typical of a Civil War soldier rests over slightly protruding ears. Small eyes below the hat\u27s brim are light, flanking a distinctive Roman nose. The mouth is down-turned, crooked, and hugged by the shading of handsome cheek bones. A glance at this photo would not reveal anything out of the ordinary. But with further examination this soldier, Private Lyons Wakeman, in personal letters to family members, is revealed to be a woman
Saint Frideswide: A Changing Legend for Changing Times
Get PDFSt. Frideswide is the patron saint of Oxford, the town and university. According to her legend, Frideswide dedicated her life to God, serving as an abbess in what is now Oxford and its surrounding area. She is credited with performing many miracles such as eliciting a well for a nunnery and healing a leper. Even after her death, people thanked Frideswide for healing them from injury and affliction. Frideswide lived from 650-727 yet the earliest recording of her story is from the early twelfth-century, nearly 500 years after her death. The legend of St. Frideswide was written many times. The most commonly studied primary sources include three versions written in Latin and two in Middle English, the common language of twelfth-century England. While all of the versions contain some similarities, they were each written at a different time, by different authors, for unique audiences, and served different social and political purposes. None of the versions are a clear and truthful biography of Frideswide. As England underwent a Christian Reformation, Frideswide, her legend, and her relics were lost. Once rediscovered, her legend continued to metamorphosize. While the legend of Frideswide can explain some aspects of her contemporary society and its views of women, the legends shed even more light on the authors\u27 societies and the changing status of women. These changes to Frideswide\u27s legend continue today.
The Effect of a Personalized Playlist on Older Adults with Dementia
Get PDFDementia is a disease that corrodes one\u27s cognitive abilities such as their memory, affecting around 5million people in the United States. While there is currently no treatment available to cure dementia,music therapy was found effective to help reduce its symptoms. Based on the Music and Memoryprogram, this study is aimed to examine the impact of listening to a personalized music playlist onobservable behavior, memory, and mood of older adults with dementia. The Music and Memory programwas applied to 6 older adults with dementia at a Retirement Center in Northwest Ohio. The findingsindicated that listening to a personalized playlist had a positive outcome on improving moods anddecreasing disruptive behavior of participants, with more increased eye contact, smiling, face relaxation,and responsiveness. This study suggests that personalized music is an effective intervention tool;therefore, social workers should take on the roles of educators, evaluators, brokers, and advocators inapplying Music and Memory program to clients with dementia
The Development of Marxist Thought In the Young Karl Marx
Get PDFKarl Marx was born a contradiction to the world of his time: from a Jewish family, he would become the world\u27s foremost proponent of atheism; from a culture steeped in German romanticism and Hegelian idealist philosophy, he would become the foremost materialist philosopher; from a profligate son and later, profligate husband and father, he would become the economist who spent hours researching the topic of money for the world-changing "Das Kapital;" and from this man noted for his culture, intelligence, and arrogance would come the destruction of the old order of privilege through the "Communist Manifesto." Karl Marx was a contradiction to his times, and a revolutionary with a burning desire to change the existing society. His thought, however, was not revolutionary in the sense of being original, but a monumental synthesis of influences in his life, which congealed and culminated in three early works: "Contribution to the Critique of Hegel\u27s Philosophy of Right," "Contribution to the Critique of Hegel\u27s Philosophy of Right: Introduction," and the "Economic and Philosophical Manuscripts of 1844.