Media images are extremely powerful forces in modern American society. These images with which we are constantly bombarded by living in a capitalistic society can without a word portray to millions messages of prejudice, love, hate, happiness,...
Buddhism and literature -- United States; Spanish American literature -- History and criticism
Jorge Luis Borges, el autor más influyente del cuento hispanoamericano, declaró en una entrevista que aprendió el alemán porque quería leer las obras de Schopenhauer, y que nunca había escrito una exposición sistemática de su punto de vista...
Carpentier, Alejo, 1904-1980. Pasos perdidos -- Criticism and interpretation; Rivera, José Eustasio, 1888-1928. Vorágine -- Criticism and interpretation; Spanish American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism
The purpose of this investigation is to discuss and compare the effects of travel on the main characters in two Spanish American fictional works: Los pasos perdidos by Alejo Carpentier and La vorágine by José Eustasio Rivera. Utilizing the...
Teaching chemistry is a very difficult task because students find the subject very difficult to learn.
The subject requires new vocabulary, new study skills and new problem solving strategies as well as the
understanding of complex and abstract...
Children's songs, Spanish; Spanish language -- Study and teaching (Preschool); Music in education
This study was undertaken to determine if there was a significant difference in Spanish vocabulary acquisition in pre-schoolers when the vocabulary was introduced in a song using only the target language and representative pictures or motions...
Communication -- Study and teaching -- Connecticut -- Terryville
The Technology Education department at Terryville High School is in the second year of a five-year curriculum review. The department is attempting to restructure its curriculum in order to incorporate the many new technologies with what has been...
Computers -- Soviet Union; Computer industry -- Soviet Union
It is widely accepted that the technological and scientific phenomenon that came to be known as “Computing” contributed immensely in the development of the post-World War II industrial societies - to the extent that, today, the technological...
Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924 -- Criticism and interpretation; Racism in literature
The purpose of this thesis is to examine Joseph Conrad's ironic use of racism in Almayer's Folly (1895), Heart of Darkness (1902), and The Nigger of the Narcissus (1898), in which he subverts many of the racist stereotypes about people of color...
Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321; Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321. Convivio -- Criticism and interpretation; Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321. De vulgari eloquentia -- Criticism and interpretation; Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321. Vita nuova -- Criticism and...
Dante Alighieri wrote the Divina Commedia, a poem of enormous importance in world literature. How did Dante become such a great poet and how did he create such an incredible masterpiece? His personal and political experiences, education and minor...
Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886 -- Criticism and interpretation
Metaphysical themes in Emily Dickinson's poetry emphasize the limitations of the
human mind and the limitless possibilities of the imagination. Through a dose examination
of her original use of language, readers can trace how Dickinson used...
English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers.; Second language acquisition--Research--Methodology.
"Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in TESOL."; Thesis advisor: Matthew Ciscel.; M.S.,Central Connecticut State University,,2012.; Includes bibliographical references (leaves 39-40).
Geography -- Study and teaching; Geography -- Study and teaching -- Aids and devices;
Introduction
The main objective of this curriculum guide is to provide educators with materials
and resources designed to promote cultural awareness with middle school students
and meet specific geographic objectives and standards. Geography is a...
Germany -- History -- 1918-1933; National socialism; American periodicals -- History;
This paper is a study of the last years of the Weimar Republic and the rise to
power of Adolph Hitler, and how these events were analyzed in four journals of public
opinion in the United States. This thesis makes the argument that the journals of...
"Beauty is truth, truth beauty, - that is all
Ye know on Earth, and all Ye need to know."
John Keats, "Ode on a Grecian Urn"
Nothing could be so well put to introduce the History of Graphic Design as this quote by John Keats. Truth is the basis of...
Heaney, Seamus,1939- -- Criticism and interpretation
Politics in the North of Ireland deserves a paper all its own. To attempt to condense the political situation in the North in a few short chapters is to try and distill the essentials. In such a location, politics becomes more than an argument,...
Typically, scholars approach Holocaust literature with a focus solely on history or on trauma theory. And yet, as I propose in 'The Holocaust's Literary Perpetrator,' these modes of examination are not sufficient in their explanations of blame. ...
Human powered vehicles; Transportation -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- United States; Transportation -- United States -- Outlines, syllabi, etc.
To meet the requirements stated for completion of the Master's program in Technology Education at Central Connecticut State University, I will develop a competition, a working vehicle, and a curriculum to promote Transportation Technology in the...
The purpose of this thesis is to suggest effective data collection strategies that drive individualized and differentiated instruction that meets the Common Core State Standards. Due to high-stakes testing, teachers are expected to use qualitative...
Internet users -- Psychology; Television -- Dependency (Psychology); Personality
The present study examined whether relationships between media dependency and personality traits exist. Concerns expressed in the past literature on addiction were found in the areas of personality predispositions, social relationship difficulties,...
