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Should we read John Locke today?
Society, Politics & Law

Should we read John Locke today?

...worked as a lawyer, Locke had helped draft a new constitution for the Carolinas which legitimised slave-ownership. He was also a shareholder in the Royal African Company, which was an early key player in the transatlantic slave trade. While Locke had a lot to say about human freedom and slavery in an abstract, philosophical sense, his work is silent on the systematic...
The technology of crime control
Society, Politics & Law

The technology of crime control

...work, those people who have businesses, and those people who come into town on an evening to socialise and drink, we were quite overwhelmed by the amount of support there was. We published the details in the press and in TV, of where the cameras would be, they are quite large in effect so they are quite readily visible, which I think is important for CCTV because the...
Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
Exploring equality and equity in education
Education & Development

Exploring equality and equity in education

...working. [Described image] Figure 1 Equality versus equity. Equality is depicted as equal input. Equity is depicted as equal outcome. Activity 1 Timing: Approx. 30 minutes Jot down a few initial thoughts about what ‘equality’ in education means to you. If you can, talk to an elderly family member or friend, or someone who has been educated in a country or culture...
Children’s rights
Society, Politics & Law

Children’s rights

...work done with boys around why this is being done and for them to also feel that things are specially for them, or rather to recognise that many things are in any case already specially for them and we don’t know how that was dealt with in school because this is a very short film, but for me it raised that issue and there are further issues around issues of race. Esther...
Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
English in the world today
Languages

English in the world today

...Work is such a mischievous dog which never does as it’s told no matter how loud you shout at it It won’t stay, it won’t fetch, and you end up herding the flock yourself. And love, well it’s a half wild cat you feed occasionally. It makes off with your ball of wool and tears your knitting in pieces so you chase the creature away. Nobody except an idiot or a saint...
Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
The Byzantine icon
History & The Arts

The Byzantine icon

...succeeded in establishing their strongholds in different European territories, and subsequently expanding the sphere of their influence. As such, the Orthodox Church is closely associated with the Byzantine Empire, also known as the Eastern Roman Empire. Spanning over 1100 years (330–1453), it is the longest surviving empire in European history. Three main factors...
Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Babylonian mathematics
Science, Maths & Technology

Babylonian mathematics

...works, word-lists, and mathematical problems and tables. Nearly all of the texts that give us our fullest understanding of Babylonian mathematics—indeed, of any mathematics before the Greeks—date from about 1800—1600 BC. During this period, King Hammurabi unified Mesopotamia out of a rabble of small city-states into an empire whose capital was Babylon, which was on...
Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Getting started with German 1
Languages

Getting started with German 1

...work your way through Activity 7, which gives you a chance to practise your German pronunciation. Activity 7 Wer ist das?/ Who is that? Play Audio 5 and listen carefully to the pronunciation of the names. They are the same as those in Activity 4. Say out loud what you hear and include the number of the picture. You will hear the information of the first four pictures...
Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs