Introduction This unit introduces key terms that are essential for understanding the Classical Roman world. This material is from our archive and is an adapted extract from Culture, identity and power in the Roman empire (AA309) which is no longer taught by The Open University. If you want to study formally with us, you may wish to explore other courses we offer in this subject area
Acknowledgements This unit was written by Professor Martin Clayton
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References STS-134 Tribute to Endeavour Learning outcomes After studying this unit you should have: an awareness of the problems related to evidence for supporting claims on ‘ordinary’ people’s attitudes; an awareness of popular responses to the South African War (1899-1902); an understanding of attitudes to imperialism held by Americans. Except for third party materials and otherwise stated (see Author(s): Forest Ordering: An Interactive Game About Number Oedering La Follette Jr. Proposes Federal Food Stamp Program Benjamin Franklin Meet Benjamin Franklin Ben Franklin's Pen Name Many Voices: The Storytelling Gallery (Interactive) Native American Stories (Interactive) Prisms: Turn Up the Volume (Interactive) Examine Writing Techniques: Workshop 3 (Interactive) Word Tiers (Interactive) Sesame Street: Song: Be Doodle Dee Dum Sesame Street--Elmo and His Friends Sing "You Tickle Me" Breakingviews: No quick fix for G4S Breakingviews: Who will watch the Bank of England? Breakingviews: Libor's Al Capone moment
STS-134 Commander Mark Kelly pays tribute to space shuttle Endeavour and the spacecraft's contribution to human spaceflight. Mission specialists Andrew Feustel, Mike Fincke, Roberto Vittori, Greg Chamitoff and Pilot Greg Johnson also share their thoughts and impressions of Endeavour.
In this interactive game, students place numbers in order from highest to lowest. Three levels of are provided ranging from two digit numbers increasing in value and numbers containing a decimal to the tenths place. ( This link is for an interactive game and may take a few minutes to load.)
On March 17, 1944, Sen. Robert La Follette urges congressional passage of a bill that would enable low-income families to buy food with coupons provided by the government. (1:03)
Ben Franklin is known as a great inventor, a brilliant politician and even a leading author. Ben Franklin also understood early on the power of mass communication and used its appeal to revolutionize the postal industry. In this video clip, learn more about Franklin and how he was also the colonies' Postmaster General (2:02)
Benjamin Franklin was an accomplished revolutionary and a great American genius, but his private life reveals a complex personality. In this video clip, learn more about one of American’s founding fathers, Benjamin Franklin. (1:48)
While an apprentice in his older brother's print shop, Ben Franklin authored a column under the pen name Silence Dogood. In this video clip, learn more about Benjamin Franklin and how he became one of the nation’s founding fathers. (2:38)
Explore a photographic collage of images and inspirational quotes, poems and stories from a variety of Native American storytellers. Learn about the history of Native American storytelling.
Explore Native-American storytelling as you listen to four Native storytellers.
Investigate rectangular prisms and the formula used to find their volumes. Practice finding prism volumes and examine real world applications of this concept.
In this interactive from Annenberg Learner, identify writing techniques involving the use of detail and dialogue from different children's books. Then compare your response to a sample answer.
When you come across words that may be unfamiliar to students, how do you decide which words to focus on? This activity is designed to help you identify the three tiers of vocabulary words, based on the article by Beck and McKeown that you read earlier in this session. You will read an excerpt, identify words that present new vocabulary for your students, and then categorize words by tier in order to focus your teaching.
In this Sesame Street video, Elmo sings a silly song to get happy! Students will enjoy "Be Doodle Dee Dum" and this would be a great resource to use as a transition song or to use during snack time. (1:54)
In this Sesame Street video, Elmo and his monster friends sing a song about how happy your friends make you! Young learners will enjoy this catchy tune as they learn about friendship. This would be a great resource to use for transition in the early childhood classroom. (1:37)
July 16 - G4S chairman has said the CEO may have to go after the Olympic fiasco, but this won't be a quick fix. What the company needs is a complete reputation makeover say Breakingviews.
July 16 - Who will be King's successor when he steps down? And how will the new governor be made accountable? These questions have been brought into sharp relief by the Libor scandal argues Hugo Dixon.
July 16 - Richard Beales and Breakingviews columnists discuss whether Libor is the scandal that will see bankers jailed or banks nailed -- and whether that would deter shady practices in the future.
