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The Economic History of Work and Family
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This course will explore the relation of women and men in both pre-industrial and modern societies to the changing map of public and private (household) work spaces, examining how that map affected their opportunities for both productive activity and the consumption of goods and leisure. The reproductive strategies of women, either in conjunction with or in opposition to their families, will be the third major theme of the course. We will consider how a place and an ideal of the "domestic" arose in the early modern west, to what extent it was effective in limiting the economic position of women, and how it has been challenged, and with what success, in the post-industrial period. Finally, we will consider some of the policy implications for contemporary societies as they respond to changes in the composition of the paid work force, as well as to radical changes in their national demographic profiles. Although most of the material for the course will focus on western Europe since the Middle Ages and on the United States, we will also consider how these issues have played themselves out in non-western cultures.

Subject:
Anthropology
Arts and Humanities
Economics
Gender and Sexuality Studies
History
Social Science
Material Type:
Full Course
Provider:
MIT
Provider Set:
MIT OpenCourseWare
Author:
McCants, Anne
Date Added:
02/01/2005
Fly with Arabic: Unit Eight (Travel and Transportation)
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Authored by Belal Joundeya, Fly with Arabic: Unit Eight (Travel and Transportation) features a variety of language-learning lessons tied together by fun themes related to travel, sightseeing, and transportation. The unit focuses on the acquisition of listening, reading, writing, and speaking skills, as well as knowledge of Arabic cultures and history.

Unit eight is the last chapter in the "Fly with Arabic" series, which is comprised of a total of eight units, each containing several lessons, including fill-in-the-blank exercises, open-ended writing practice, and word-matching games, that seek to reinforce specific learning outcomes, such as oral and written production, writing, and reading. Additionally, brief cultural drills are included in each unit, and are designed to add a cultural dimension to each unit's language activities. All units also contain self- assessment checklists to help monitor and measure the learner's progress during the unit.

In summary, through using a number of drills to produce vocabulary, grammar, reading, writing, and speaking skills, including pictures, word-matching games, open-ended writing practice, and fill-in-the-blank exercises, the "Fly with Arabic" series seeks to connect all phases of Arabic-learning into one comprehensive package.

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Assessment
Diagram/Illustration
Game
Homework/Assignment
Teaching/Learning Strategy
Date Added:
12/17/2013
The Ranger and I
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The Ranger and I is a moving narrative of a day in the lives of some young children at a primary school in a rural Jamaican community. These students are always picking mangoes after school and then helping themselves to the sugar canes on the roadside. The rangers are always on the look-out for cane thieves. Whenever the canes are ready for reaping, the students have fun in the cane fields, despite the rangers’ attempt to stop them. On this particular day, however, the students are caught in the act by the rangers. The events that follow keep them literally on their feet as the rangers confront them. Dally, one character in the story, is affected the most as the students run for their lives in a bid to escape the rangers.
The Ranger and I is a must- read as the writer reminisces on school day events in the mango trees and on the sugar estate. The never-ending suspense should keep young readers at the edge of their seats.
This book is available for download (pdf) from the catalogue of the Jamaica Library Service at https://catalogue.jls.gov.jm/ .

CURRICULUM LINK
The book 'The Ranger and I' was written to support teaching and learning activities in the Jamaican National Standards Curriculum (NSC). It can be used as a resource to help students develop their comprehension skills and where appropriate, initiate a discussion on how they spend their leisure time.
See below for the Grade 2 curriculum references.

LANGUAGE ARTS
Literacy Strand: Comprehension (page 162)
Objectives:
-Tell how they feel about the story
-Record elements and details of a story using the (5 W’s); Who, What, Where, When, Why
-Identify the characters in the story and cite evidence
-Identify the main idea and supporting details in the story

INTEGRATED STUDIES
Sub-theme: Satisfying our needs (page 57)
Focus Question: Why do I need recreation and how can I spend my leisure time?

Subject:
Education
Elementary Education
Material Type:
Reading
Author:
Marva Hylton-Dennis
Date Added:
04/06/2022
What do you do during the weekends?, Novice Mid, Korean
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In this lab, students will practice vocabulary and learn about adjectives. Students will discuss their weekend activities and compare them to other people’s weekend activities. They will make suggestions to their friends to do something together during the weekend using a grammar expression learned in class. 

Subject:
Languages
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Author:
Daum Jung
Mimi Fahnstrom
Amber Hoye
Date Added:
10/29/2020