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History of reading tutorial 1: Finding evidence of reading in the past
History & The Arts

History of reading tutorial 1: Finding evidence of reading in the past

...religion’, make sure you tick ‘sermons’, ‘religious texts’ and ‘Bible’ to cover the range of this category. Next, you will need to arrange your results to demonstrate the proportion that each category of reading represented for each half century. Click on the button to calculate the percentage share of each category. What patterns do you see appearing in the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 2 hrs
Exploring a Romano-African city: Thugga
History & The Arts

Exploring a Romano-African city: Thugga

...religions. Exploring Thugga - Part Two Exploring Thugga (part 3, 8 minutes) PHIL PERKINS: This collection of votive stones from near Thugga, provide further evidence of this process. At the top of this stone is the figure of Baal, the punic god of the sun, surrounded by sun, moon and stars. But he’s also holding a thunder bolt - the symbol of Jupiter, the Roman god of...
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Level 3: Advanced 14 hrs
The use of force in international law
Society, Politics & Law

The use of force in international law

...religion or faith, sex, birth or wealth, or any other similar criteria. To this end, the following acts are and shall remain prohibited at any time and in any place whatsoever with respect to the above-mentioned persons: a.violence to life and person, in particular murder of all kinds, mutilation, cruel treatment and torture; b.taking of hostages; c.outrages upon personal...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Leadership for inclusion: thinking it through
Education & Development

Leadership for inclusion: thinking it through

...religion, ethnicity, faith and economic well-being are also major barriers in many countries, as are difficulties arising from migration and language use. There are examples in all these instances where currently and historically the argument would be made that ‘they’ could not be educated and were in some way too much of a threat or too vulnerable to be...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Introducing philosophy
History & The Arts

Introducing philosophy

...religion, and about the fundamental nature of reality (these last are called metaphysical questions). And it is not clear that such questions have definite answers. Some people think one thing, others think another. So perhaps philosophy is just a matter of opinion. This is another common perception of the subject. But is it accurate? There is certainly no universal...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Ralph Waldo Emerson on Shakespeare's craft
History & The Arts

Ralph Waldo Emerson on Shakespeare's craft

...religion, of taste, of the conduct of life, has he not settled? What mystery has he not signified his knowledge of? What office or function, or district of man's work, has he not remembered? What king has he not taught state, as Talma taught Napoleon? What maiden has not found him finer than her delicacy? What lover has he not outloved? What sage has he not outseen? What...
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Article 15 mins
The repute and reality of being a Roman emperor
History & The Arts

The repute and reality of being a Roman emperor

...religion – the pontifex maximus; the relationship between Augustus and the divine Julius Caesar was celebrated. Augustus also traced his ancestral line back to the goddess Venus and claimed close ties with the god Apollo – and few people could boast of such close personal connections with the gods! Even the name Augustus had a sense of the revered and sacred about it....
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Inclusive education: knowing what we mean (Wales)
Education & Development

Inclusive education: knowing what we mean (Wales)

...religion which is not represented in the community, come from traveller families, or have had extremely distressing experiences before joining the community in Wales. Are these groups understood within your school so that they can be participating members of the learning community?...3. Transforming learning: 3.1 A broad view of inclusion - Definitions of ‘inclusion’...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs