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Wilberforce
History & The Arts

Wilberforce

...health and was shortly to retire from Parliament. An Appeal to the Religion, Justice and Humanity of the Inhabitants of the British Empire, in Behalf of the Negro Slaves in the West Indies was therefore something of a political testament. It was intended to motivate his supporters for a sustained further period of agitation in which he himself would be unable to be an...
Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
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Money & Business

Internships and other work experiences

...mental checklist for when you meet an interviewer or someone at a networking event is a useful way to make sure your first impression is a good one. You could use the following: Make eye contact Smile Firm handshake (if appropriate) Sit straight in your chair, shoulders down and back Maintain open body language (don’t fold your arms or cross your legs) Listen to what...
Young people and religion: creative learning with history
History & The Arts

Young people and religion: creative learning with history

...mentally a task as well. STUDENT 8: I think we have all very different ideas, and to bring all these ideas together, I think it's difficult. We don't have any experience, and the ideas are really abstract. So we are looking for something more concrete, and we think we found it now. NARRATOR: Conversations range widely. But in the end, the groups must find something they...
Approaching literature: reading Great Expectations
History & The Arts

Approaching literature: reading Great Expectations

...mental condition, confirmed later by what we learn of her history. Miss Havisham's gothic surroundings alert us to an understanding of her position beyond anything the young boy could see, although as the adult narrator informs us he ‘saw more’ in the first moments ‘than might be supposed’. Her corrupting potential is conveyed to the reader, even though the boy...
Attention
Society, Politics & Law

Attention

...mental processes. As we work through the subject, two basic issues will emerge. One is concerned with the mechanisms of attention, and raises questions such as: How much material can we take in at once? What happens to information to which we did not attend? In what circumstances does attention fail, allowing unwanted information to influence or distract us? The other...
Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Rent or buy? The challenge of access to housing
Money & Business

Rent or buy? The challenge of access to housing

...mental short-cut) is that households should spend no more than 30% of their disposable income on total housing costs (mortgage or rent, regular property taxes and home insurance) but of course individual households may have to, or choose to, spend more. When looking at Figures 7−9, it’s important to bear in mind that you are looking at data only for people who have...
Historical perspectives on race
History & The Arts

Historical perspectives on race

...mental and social isolation that Harki elders were experiencing in the camps. Transit camps such as Bias were opened in 1962 to temporarily house Harkis and their families until they could be integrated into French communities. The image was taken in 1975, however, indicating that some Harkis were still living in sparse and isolated accommodation more than a decade after...
Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
The moral equality of combatants
History & The Arts

The moral equality of combatants

...mental note about which you agree with. A. Both cowboys pose a lethal threat to the other. So each is liable to defensive killing. B. Both cowboys pose a lethal threat to the other. But whether each is liable to defensive killing depends on other facts about their situation. Discussion If you agree with option A, you are in line with Walzer’s position. If you agree with...