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Roaring Twenties? Europe in the interwar period
History & The Arts

Roaring Twenties? Europe in the interwar period

...for women were all blamed for a rise in rates of VD. [Described image] Figure 5 La syphilis maladie héréditaire assassine la race, 1920, France, lithograph on paper, 62 × 81 cm. Photo: U.S. National Library of Medicine, History of Medicine Division, USA. Notice how syphilis is linked to the New Woman, with her short hair and glamorous appearance. Broadly speaking, there were two possible approaches. The ......
David Hume
History & The Arts

David Hume

...la Fontaine (1621–95). The moral of the painting is expressed in the final lines of the poem: A poor woodsman, covered in foliage, Burdened by branches and years, Groaning and bent, walks in heavy steps, Struggling to reach his smoky cottage. Finally, out of energy and in great pain, He lays down his load and ponders his misery. ‘What pleasure have I had since...
Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
‘Land grab’: an environmental issue?
Nature & Environment

‘Land grab’: an environmental issue?

...La Via Campesina, 2011) 1. Why are violent protests occurring in Senegal? Answer In 2007–08, violent protests occurred in Senegal because the price of imported rice increased, making it unaffordable for many. In 2011, riots occurred because of land leases for biofuel production. 2. How can social movements mobilise in the face of uneven economic and power relationships?...
Language and creativity
Languages

Language and creativity

...La Hyre, The Allegorical Figure of Grammar, 1650 Discussion Figure 5 is different again in terms of the way in which language is used. Language is a feature of this painting in two specific ways. On the one hand, the picture includes a limited amount of text on the scroll draped over the woman’s arm. On the other hand, though, language – or at least a particular...
Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Machines, minds and computers
Digital & Computing

Machines, minds and computers

...La Mettrie (1709–1751), a physician with detailed knowledge of human anatomy, stated baldly that '... the human body is a self-winding machine, a living representation of perpetual motion'. SAQ 3 If human and animal bodies are essentially just machines, do you think anything follows from this? Answer If human and animal bodies are indeed merely very complex machines...
Getting started with Italian 2
Languages

Getting started with Italian 2

...la (shortened to l’) for una – is used, followed by the hour. For midday and midnight, è is used, without the article: È mezzogiorno. It’s midday. È mezzanotte. It’s midnight. To emphasise an exact time on the hour, you can add in punto (‘on the dot’). Sono le undici in punto. It’s eleven o’clock precisely...Week 1: Talking about the time: 4 Expressing...
Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Discovering music: the blues
History & The Arts

Discovering music: the blues

...La, a note to follow so. Ti, a drink with jam and bread, that would bring us back to do. NAOMI BARKER A scale may be graphically represented like this, reading up the ladder from the bottom to top. But music is normally read from left to right, like words. So perhaps it would be better to present it like this. The notes of a scale operate in a sort of family relationship...
Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
The Byzantine icon
History & The Arts

The Byzantine icon

...la question de l’école dite Italogreque’, in Μνημόσυνον Σ. Αντωνιάδη (Venice), p. 169–211. Chaztidakis, M. (1977) ‘La peinture des ‘madonneri’ ou ‘vénetocrétoise’ et sa destination’, in H.-G. Beck, M. Manoussakas, and A. Pertusi (eds.) Venezia centro di mediazione tra oriente e occidente (secoli XV–XVI). Aspetti e problemi, vol....
Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs