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In December 2018, the United States Senate unanimously passed the
nation's first antilynching act, the Justice for Victims of
Lynching Act. For the first time in US history, legislators,
representing the American people, classified lynching as a federal
hate crime. While lynching histories and memories have received
attention among communication scholars and some interdisciplinary
studies of traditional civil rights memorials exist, contemporary
studies often fail to examine the politicized nature of the spaces.
This volume represents the first investigation of the National
Memorial for Peace and Justice and the Legacy Museum, both of which
strategically make clear the various links between America's
history of racial terror and contemporary mass incarceration
conditions, the mistreatment of juveniles, and capital punishment.
Racial Terrorism: A Rhetorical Investigation of Lynching focuses on
several key social agents and organizations that played vital roles
in the public and legal consciousness raising that finally led to
the passage of the act. Marouf A. Hasian Jr. and Nicholas S.
Paliewicz argue that the advocacy of attorney Bryan Stevenson, the
work of the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI), and the efforts of
curators at Montgomery's new Legacy Museum all contributed to the
formation of a rhetorical culture that set the stage at last for
this hallmark lynching legislation. The authors examine how the EJI
uses spaces of remembrance to confront audiences with
race-conscious messages and measure to what extent those messages
are successful.
Despite their removal from England's National Curriculum in 1988,
and claims of elitism, Latin and Greek are increasingly re-entering
the 'mainstream' educational arena. Since 2012, there have been
more students in state-maintained schools in England studying
classical subjects than in independent schools, and the number of
schools offering Classics continues to rise in the state-maintained
sector. The teaching and learning of Latin and Greek is not,
however, confined to the classroom: community-based learning for
adults and children is facilitated in newly established regional
Classics hubs in evenings and at weekends, in universities as part
of outreach, and even in parks and in prisons. This book
investigates the motivations of teachers and learners behind the
rise of Classics in the classroom and in communities, and explores
ways in which knowledge of classical languages is considered
valuable for diverse learners in the 21st century. The role of
classical languages within the English educational policy landscape
is examined, as new possibilities exist for introducing Latin and
Greek into school curricula. The state of Classics education
internationally is also investigated, with case studies presenting
the status quo in policy and practice from Australasia, North
America, the rest of Europe and worldwide. The priorities for the
future of Classics education in these diverse locations are
compared and contrasted by the editors, who conjecture what
strategies are conducive to success.
English Explorer is a motivating new four-level series for students
at secondary level, with a strong international focus. It combines
a communicative approach to learning English with stunning National
Geographic images, video, and content. With English Explorer,
students EXPLORE amazing places and fascinating cultures with
National Geographic, bringing real people, real places, and real
stories into the English language classroom LEARN how to use
English to communicate effectively in the real world, by developing
language skills through age-appropriate print and multimedia
resources DEVELOP critical thinking and other
In Follow the Story, bestselling author and journalist James B. Stewart teaches you the techniques of compelling narrative writing. It is the indispensable guide to writing successful nonfiction books, articles, feature stories, or memoirs. Stewart provides concrete directions for conceiving, reporting, structuring, and writing nonfiction -- techniques that he has used in his own successful books and stories. By using examples from his own work, Stewart illustrates systematically a way of thinking about and executing stories, a method that has helped numerous reporters and Columbia students become better writers. Follow the Story examines in detail: - How an idea is conceived
- How to "sell" ideas to editors and publishers
- How to report the nonfiction story
- Six models that can be used for any nonfiction story
- How to structure the narrative story
- How to write introductions, endings, dialogue, and description
- How to introduce and develop characters
- How to use literary devices
- Pitfalls to avoid
Learn from this book a clear way of looking at the world with the alert curiosity that is the first indispensable step toward good writing.
Spelling and Writing Words: Theoretical and Methodological Advances
provides a set of contributions about how individuals write words.
Understanding word production is of major importance as it allows
understanding how words -the basic elements of written language-
are stored in the writers' brain and how do writers select the
spelling of a word. <
The theoretical chapters address hot topics in the field such as
the role of phonology in writing, bilingualism, language disorders,
orthographic acquisition, and the influence of handwriting on
reading. The methodological chapters address individual
differences, how to measure handwriting performance in different
handwriting styles, and neuroscientific approaches. The concluding
chapters explore the future of written word production research.
Short-Form Creative Writing: A Writer's Guide and Anthology is a
complete introduction to the art and craft of extremely compressed
works of imaginative literature. H. K. Hummel and Stephanie Lenox
introduce both traditional and innovative approaches to the short
form and demonstrate how it possesses structure, logic, and
coherence while simultaneously resisting expectations. With
discussion questions, writing prompts, flash interviews, and
illustrated key concepts, the book covers: - Prose poetry - Flash
fiction - Micro memoir - Lyric essay - Cross-genre/hybrid writing .
. . and much more. Short-Form Creative Writing also includes an
anthology, offering inspiring examples of short-form writing in all
of the styles covered by the book, including work by Charles
Baudelaire, Italo Calvino, Lydia Davis, Grant Faulkner, Ilya
Kaminsky, Jamaica Kinkaid , and many others.
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