A Worn Path Essay -- essays papers

â€Å"A Worn Path† â€Å"A Worn Path† is a story of determination and true strength of a grandmother through her journey to her grandson’s salvation. The title itself explores a cyclical path that each of us encounters in our lives and will continue to do so in the future. â€Å"The Worn Path† begins and ends throughout the course of Phoenix Jackson’s journey. In the story "A Worn Path" by Eudora Welty, an old woman whose human spirit is full of devotion, dignity and high drive overcomes tremendous impediments of life in the name of love for her grandson. Phoenix’s feebleness is evident through a description given portraying her as an elderly worn out woman whose hindered walk resembled â€Å"pendulum of a grandfather’s clock†. Her weaknesses and frail characteristics were plainly an impediment...

An Acquaintance with Darkness

An Acquaintance with Darkness by Ann Rinaldi Ann Rinaldi has written a book that weaves history and fiction into a wonderful book, and this is why I have chosen this book. It covers some important parts of history and the reader sees it through the eyes of a thirteen old girl. The book is dark with intrigue and gross medical stuff, so students should love it. While the assignation and arrest of Mary Surratt is the major historical event around which the book is written, it is more about the state of medical science in the US at the end of the war and how it was impacted by the war.For instance, Rinaldi's author's note starts out focused on the history of medical dissections in the united states, and then goes on to describe its history in Europe. She then describes the history of hospitals, medical schools and medicine in the US. She doesn't turn towards the conspiracy to kill Lincoln till later. Emily's best friend is Annie Surratt, the daughter of Mary Surratt who was hung for her part in the conspiracy to murder Lincoln. Students will see this part of history through a different point of view, not just learning about it through their textbook.I also think students will relate with Emily, because she wants to see the good in everything. She wants to believe the world is a good place. She judges her Uncle for something she believes is horrible and doesn’t understand because of her young, innocent age. Then the reader sees her grow as into a young lady, where she isn’t so innocent anymore. Emily realizes the world isn’t perfect and she shouldn’t have judged her Uncle, because he was snatching dead bodies to help medical science and save more lives during a horrible time of war. At the end of Ann Rinaldi’s book, she has questions for teachers to discuss with their students.This will make it easy to have literature circles with students. This book relates to my content area because it is a historical fiction book. Ann Rinaldi ha s taken many facts from history and put them in a wonderful fiction book. If I was a teacher of History, I could relate this to our unit on the Civil War around the end of it when Abraham Lincoln was assassinated. This book takes a look at the Surratt Family and how they were involved with John Wilkes Booth. This is usually a glimpse of history many students don’t know about. I don’t remember learning this when I was in school.I think kids are interested in anything related to death, and this book is full of it. They will learn about Lincoln’s assassination, the hanging of Mary Surratt, and how doctors snatched dead bodies to benefit medical science. This book ties a lot of factual information to the Civil War, and it is interesting to read. I think this is a way to supplement the main textbook, to give kids a different perspective of the war. Many of our discussions in class have centered on supplementing the main text. I think by adding interesting books about what they are studying will make them want to learn more about that era.So by picking this book that tells about a girl in the time of the Civil war, they will see certain aspects of that time period in a different way. They will be able to relate to it more because this girl is around their age. They will be seeing it through her eyes. I think this is so important when teaching, because I want kids to be excited to learn about history. I think to do that you have to find some way to relate it to them. Having kids around that age, I have found that they don’t care about it if it doesn’t relate to them, or they can’t understand it, or it’s boring. I know a lot in school will be boring to them.That is why it’s important to find certain things to â€Å"jazz† up the lesson. After reading this book, I found myself wanting to learn if doctors in that time really had to snatch bodies to study on. I think this book will be a way to get them interes ted in studying certain parts of the Civil War. I think they will want to learn more after reading this book. The two main activities that I could use in my classroom that relate to the book, are Literature Circles and List-Group-Label. I will introduce the book with the List-Group-Label activity to see what prior knowledge the students have.By doing this activity first it gets them thinking about the Civil War Era and discussing it. I hope for some students they will learn things they might not have know before the discussion. Then during the time that we are reading the book, I will have them split into groups every Friday and do literature circles. I will have discussion sheets that they will have to fill out as a group. This will give them a chance to learn from eachother and give them a since of responsibility. I think these activities will work well together in creating a fun unit.

The Rise Of The Iranian Revolution - 1375 Words

Iranian Revolution was its climax in 1979 with the Revolutionary goal being met by its supports. Supporters of the revolution were very mixed in their goals for a new Iran. The Islamic Extremist lead by Ayatollah Khomeini wanted to install an Islamic regime inside of Iran that would follow Islamic law. Religious clerics viewed the Shah as not being a positive leader for Iran and wanted him overthrown and the country left as is. Iranians such as the middle class and students wanted to install an Islamic republic in place up the autocratic monarchical society which the shah created. All of these groups came together to follow Ayatollah Khomeini under the presence of overthrowing the shah himself. Needless to say Ayatollah Khomeini overthrow†¦show more content†¦Change in Iran by the Shah was a part of what caused the shah to be overthrown by the Iranians. Fast economic or social change was not the cause but rather the development was to slow for the Iranians public. This can b e inferred in Persepolis when the shah tested democracy â€Å"One day he made a declaration on TV. Together we will try to march towards democracy. After all that he has done? For a few months, he actually did try He tested a Dozen prime ministers† (Marjane pg 40). When the shah eventually got around to mending his country the current atmosphere was already too late. I stress the input of the father when he says after all he has done to mead his country to mean he has done too little too late. In a Journal article â€Å"Industrialization and revolution in Iran: Progress or Unmet Expectation† the author explains the shah was to slow in implementing social change and this was the downfall of his regime. Despite a superficial appearance of modernism fostered by rising oil revenues, the Iranian economic and social infrastructure was found increasingly inadequate to meet the rising expectations of the Iranian people. Modernization, or Westernization, or industrialization, however ill-defined the concept, had come to be equated by Iranians with the material benefits and high standards of living enjoyed by North American and Western European nations. It was not because the Shah’s government forced upon people more largesse that they were accustomed to that