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Showing 1 to 20 of 696 for “"primary sources"”.
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Pedagogy and Primary Sources: Outcomes of the Library of Congress' Professional Development Program, Teaching with Primary Sources at Loyola
… outside of social studies have integrated primary sources in classroom instruction. Integrating primary sources in educational practice does require an uncommon pedagogical understanding. Addressing this K-12 educator need is the Library of Congress. Recently, the Library implemented a …
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Primary sources and their effects on student interest
… of this study was to determine the effect of primary sources on the interest levels of three Honors classes during my Student Teaching. I wanted to see if my students would enjoy the ten primary sources I introduced to them. The study was conducted over a month's time. Data was collected using …
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Added-value chemicals from secondary and low-grade primary sources
… from a variety of secondary and low-grade primary sources. Processing the leach solution directly to recover metals has the advantage over the conventional metal salt recovery system which usually requires the expensive chemical purification steps to get high added-value chemicals. Metals …
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Supporting Historical Research and Education with Crowdsourced Analysis of Primary Sources
… both roles involve significant interaction with primary sources. Primary sources are not only direct evidence for historical arguments but also important materials for teaching historical thinking skills to students in classrooms, and engaging the broader public. However, finding high quality …
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An investigation of the primary sources of the Cape Town brown haze
… can originate from natural or anthropogenic sources. The "Brown Haze" is a phenomenon that is associated with Cape Town and can be described as brown coloured smog. It occurs over the winter months, mainly May to September, due to the strong temperature inversions and windless conditions that …
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IMAGINING SPACE: DEVELOPING A CRITICAL GEO-LITERACY WITH MAPS AS PRIMARY SOURCES IN HISTORY EDUCATION
… to be incorporated in the history curriculum as primary source documents where students have the opportunity to analyze and interpret maps as political acts. Through analyzing descriptions of practice, I explore possibilities to fully engage students in thinking critically about the construction …
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Teaching the Voices of History Through Primary Sources and Historical Fiction: A Case Study of Teacher and Librarian Roles
… to investigate the idea that teaching with primary sources and historical novels during historical inquiry enhances students' development of cognitive and emotive empathy. The study was framed around two research questions: How do classroom teachers and school librarians design and teach …
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Struggling for Survival: The United Negro College Fund and Private Black Colleges, 1960-1970
… base for conducting this research relies on primary sources, supplemented by secondary data sources. The research is based upon content analysis of primary sources and archives located at the following four sites: the Rockefeller Archive Center, the Tuskegee University Archives, the UNCF …
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Catalog of the Music of Nick Strimple (B. 1946)
<p>This dissertation provides a rich primary source for future scholars interested in the music of American composer Dr. Nick Strimple. A complete catalog of Dr. Strimple’s works and more than thirty transcribed interviews with the composer offer broad insight into Dr. Strimple’s motivations, …
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The First Pontiff: Pope Damasus I and the Expansion of the Roman Primacy
… Research was conducted first by consulting primary sources. These included the writings of Damasus himself, particularly his epigraphs, as well as epistolary correspondence. A key component of the research was also comparison and contrast of a number of historical narratives of the …
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A History of The Louisa Training School in Louisa County, Virginia, 1926-1953
… operation. The participants were interviewed as primary sources. Their personal experiences and perceptions formed the basis of oral histories upon which this study was framed. Their recollections not only provided basic information, but also added rich meaning and depth to the study. Other …
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The Direct and Indirect Contributions of Western Missionaries to Korean Nationalism during the Late Choson and Early Japanese Annexation Periods 1884-1920.
… This thesis consults both Western and Korean primary sources including period newspapers. Some of the Korean primary sources were translated from Korean into English and others were originally written in English by Koreans. Also consulted are many valuable secondary sources which help further …
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The Roles of Patrician and Plebeian Women in Their Religion in the Republic of Rome.
… together in a concise manner.</p><p>The primary sources used were narrative histories and literature from the late Republic, as well as from the Imperial period up through the second century, that reflect the opinions of the Imperial period. The secondary sources precipitated further …
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Reconstructing the creative life of Australian composer Margaret Sutherland: the evidence of primary source documents
… focus on the identification and examination of primary sources relating to Sutherland. Research on Sutherland and her creative life has been consistently hampered by problems such as numerous lacunae in the composer’s corpus of works and the transmission of errors from one study to the next. It …
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A Comparative Study of Yoga’s Most Foundational Scriptures and Relevant Biblical Passages
… analysis of yoga’s scriptures, the primary sources in question. Therefore, my dissertation provides much-needed, primary-source substantiation for the assertion that yoga contradicts Christianity. The argument I advance throughout the dissertation runs as follows: (1) PYS and BG are …
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Bands and orchestras in the major northern seaside resorts of England, 1865-1911 : a socio-cultural history.
… the relevant seaside resorts have been visited. Primary sources have been rich in some categories, e.g. local newspapers, and limited in others, e.g. programmes and local records. The main sources for this enquiry have been the newspapers of the period. They frequently reported on council …
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Writing of the Americas
… Cree, Cherokee, and Inuktitut writing systems. Primary sources of each system, secondary sources that discuss and synthesize these primary sources, policies, laws, and other cultural materials discussed within these indigenous communities are used throughout the paper to further the discussion. …
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The Perception of the Value of the Use of Primary Source Documents among East Tennessee Lakeway Area History Teachers in Grades 5-12.
… Area of East Tennessee concerning the use of primary source materials in classroom instruction. The purpose of this study was to determine what value the educators in the intact group held for the use of primary source documents, how much time was devoted to the analysis of primary source …
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Iambe and Baubo: A Study in Ritual Laughter
… of the myth of Iambe/Baubo. It reconsiders the primary sources and outlines the problems involved. A cross-cultural approach to the subject permits a discussion of the Greek myth in the broader framework of comparative folklore and provides a more universal background for the conclusions reached.
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An assessment of the impact of human resource, organisational and institutional development on the financial performance of the municipality of Karibib
… the study triangulated both secondary and primary sources of data. Primary data was collected using self –completing questionnaire and interview schedule tools covering 105 employees .Semi structured interviews also solicited views from senior officers and managers in the Municipality of …
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