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Janis Joplin and the Sexual Revolution
History & The Arts

Janis Joplin and the Sexual Revolution

...class background in Port Arthur, Texas. As an overweight, acne-afflicted teenager who loved the blues (a black music genre) in the deeply segregated South, Joplin was bullied at high school. This sense of being an outsider never left her, and she still recalled her experiences as a troubled and ostracised teenager in interviews given at the height of her fame over a...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Exploring educational leadership
Education & Development

Exploring educational leadership

...class, economics and family. The ‘structure–agency’ debate has dominated discussions in sociology since the 1970s, particularly in relation to the capacity of individuals and groups (‘collective agency’) to change the context (or social structures) within which they exist. Moving beyond those oppositional views, Anthony Giddens (1984) argued that individuals...
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
The American Civil Rights Movement
History & The Arts

The American Civil Rights Movement

...classes for local children, but it was also involved in violent clashes with the police. A number of members were charged with murder and arrested for criminal activities. Despite being deemed by J. Edgar Hoover, the Director of the FBI, as ‘the greatest threat to the internal security of the country’ (quoted in Murch, 2010, p. 184) in 1969, the Black Panther Party...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Exploring Ovid’s big ideas
History & The Arts

Exploring Ovid’s big ideas

...class of women, as imagined by an artist in 1915. Activity 17 An ancient vegetarian Timing: This activity should take about 15 minutes The following extract is from Pythagoras’ attempt to make the case for vegetarianism in Book 15 of Ovid’s Metamorphoses in Stephanie McCarter’s translation. As you study this passage in this activity, you will be analysing the...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Studying mammals: The social climbers
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: The social climbers

...De Brazza's guenons draw attention to their white-bearded dewlaps by shaking their heads when signalling aggression [p. 271], and dominant male vervet monkeys subdue subordinate males by flaunting their blue scrotums and red penises [p. 270]. The ability to use facial expressions has increased the complexity of social interactions between primates; therefore the brains of...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Speeches and speech-making
History & The Arts

Speeches and speech-making

...de Gaulle in France, who was also faced with the challenge of African nationalism, used a very different metaphor, and that’s because he believed that African nationalism could be stopped. And he used the metaphor of the insurgents as vermin. And so what do we do with vermin? We exterminate vermin. Another really powerful rhetorical device is the technique of contrast...
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Level 1: Introductory 1 hr
Managing my money
Money & Business

Managing my money

...classed as ‘non-marketable’ assets. A third way of categorising assets is perhaps the most important for personal finance. This is dividing up assets according to how ‘liquid’ they are. Liquid assets are those that can be converted into cash easily and readily. The most liquid asset is cash. Other liquid assets include the balance on a current account or a savings...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Moons of our Solar System Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Moons of our Solar System

...feedback and suggestions for future improvement, in our optional end-of-course survey. Participation will be completely confidential and we will not pass on your details to others....Week 1: What are moons?: Introduction - Meet scientists describing their fascination with moons, discuss the implications of finding life on a moon and meet Jessica, your course guide. Take a...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs