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The Half of It A new, powerful discussion of race, identity and political polarisation through the lens


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English | December 24, 2024 | ISBN: 0008481679 | 384 pages | PDF | 7.82 Mb
The world and its politics are becoming ever more polarised, leaving no room for the light and the shade. In The Half of It, Emma and Nicole explore race and identity through the lens of the mixed-race experience, creating a space for discussion and illuminating the true nuances of the mixed-race identity.

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Between Dirt and Discussion Methods, Methodology, and Interpretation in Historical Archaeology


Free Download Between Dirt and Discussion: Methods, Methodology, and Interpretation in Historical Archaeology By Steven N. Archer, Kevin M. Bartoy (auth.), Steven N. Archer, Kevin M. Bartoy (eds.)
2006 | 222 Pages | ISBN: 0387342184 | PDF | 16 MB
Interpretations of the past are under constant critical scrutiny in archaeology. In recent decades, theoretical views have profoundly changed the conceptions of both "the past" and archaeologists’ relationship to this object of study. However, our basic excavation and analytical methods have undergone little critical re-evaluation. Often archaeological discussions begin as if "data" were already established, independent of the research designs and analytical choices that produce them. Interpretation often ends at the lectern, but it has many beginnings within the traditional archaeological process. Exploring how data is generated and interpreted by historical archaeologists, it is at the intersection of "dirt and discussion". The cases presented in this volume revisit old methods and previous scholarly approaches with new perspectives, along with incorporating the newest technologies available to understanding the past. Rethinking the classics and engaging with new modes of data creation also generate fresh theoretical approaches.Using their own work as examples, the contributors explore the connections between methodology and interpretation. Between Dirt and Discussion advocates recentering the materials that make archaeology archaeology, in the hopes of reinvigorating dialogues about the historic past, and archaeological contributions to its understanding.

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Controversy in the Classroom The Democratic Power of Discussion


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2009 | 200 Pages | ISBN: 1135897344 | PDF | 2 MB
In a conservative educational climate that is dominated by policies like No Child Left Behind, one of the most serious effects has been for educators to worry about the politics of what they are teaching and how they are teaching it. As a result, many dedicated teachers choose to avoid controversial issues altogether in preference for "safe" knowledge and "safe" teaching practices. Diana Hess interrupts this dangerous trend by providing readers a spirited and detailed argument for why curricula and teaching based on controversial issues are truly crucial at this time. Through rich empirical research from real classrooms throughout the nation, she demonstrates why schools have the potential to be particularly powerful sites for democratic education and why this form of education must include sustained attention to authentic and controversial political issues that animate political communities. The purposeful inclusion of controversial issues in the school curriculum, when done wisely and well, can communicate by example the essence of what makes communities democratic while simultaneously building the skills and dispositions that young people will need to live in and improve such communities.

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Upper Intermediate Arabic through Discussion 20 Lessons on Contemporary Topics with Integrated Skills and Fluency-build


Free Download Nevenka Korica Sullivan, "Upper Intermediate Arabic through Discussion: 20 Lessons on Contemporary Topics with Integrated Skills and Fluency-build"
English | ISBN: 1649032668 | 2023 | 250 pages | PDF | 2 MB
A dynamic and creative approach to teaching spoken Arabic in the classroom for the Upper Intermediate level by the author of Media Arabic

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Upper Intermediate Arabic through Discussion 20 Lessons on Contemporary Topics with Integrated Skills and Fluency-build


Free Download Nevenka Korica Sullivan, "Upper Intermediate Arabic through Discussion: 20 Lessons on Contemporary Topics with Integrated Skills and Fluency-build"
English | ISBN: 1649032668 | 2023 | 250 pages | PDF | 2 MB
A dynamic and creative approach to teaching spoken Arabic in the classroom for the Upper Intermediate level by the author of Media Arabic

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Discussion Materials Tales of a Rookie Wall Street Investment Banker


Free Download Discussion Materials: Tales of a Rookie Wall Street Investment Banker by Bill Keenan, Roger Wayne, Gildan Media
English | 2020 | ISBN: B08PHQLSV5 | 18 hours and 41 minutes | MP3 | 371 Mb
A newly minted MBA recounts his first years as a Wall Street investment banker – unredacted.
Discussion Materials gives the listener an honest look at Wall Street from someone in the trenches. After graduating from Columbia Business School, Bill Keenan joined Deutsche Bank’s investment banking division as an associate where despotic superiors (and the blinking red light of his BlackBerry) instilled low-level terror on an hourly basis. You’ll join him in his cubicle on the 44th floor of 60 Wall Street as he scrambles to ensure floating bar charts are the correct shade of orange and all numbers are left-aligned, but whatever you do, don’t ask him what any of it means.
Leaning heavily on his fellow junior bankers and the countless outsourcing resources the bank employs, he slowly develops proficiency at the job, eventually gaining traction and respect, one deal at a time, over a two-year span, ultimately cementing his legacy in the group by attaining the unattainable – placing a dinner order on Seamless one Sunday night at work from Hwa Yuan Szechuan amounting to $25.00 (tax and tip included), the bank’s maximum allowance for meals – the perfect order.

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