![]() ![]() Members of the Penn GSE community gathered in person and online to discuss Robert Moses' Radical Equations for One Book, One GSE. ![]() The conversations, facilitated by staff and faculty volunteers, were an opportunity to increase racial literacy, spur ideas on how to put knowledge into action, and build stronger connections across the school. GSE community members gathered in small groups on campus and online to discuss Moses' legacy and how it connects with their work as teachers, researchers, and education leaders. Moses pioneered voter registration efforts in the 1960s and later created the Algebra Project, designed to help African American students succeed in math, a skill he deemed crucial for full citizenship as the U.S. Moses’ work as a Civil Rights activist and math educator. The book at the center of these conversations, Radical Equations: Math Literacy and Civil Rights, chronicles Robert P. These are among the questions that Penn GSE students, faculty and staff discussed at the School’s 2nd annual One Book, One GSE event on November 10. ![]() What is our role in supporting schools and communities to address persistent inequities? And how can lessons from the Civil Rights Movement inform our approach to those problems? ![]()
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![]() But two years later he was "back from the dead" and in New York, instantly the most famous Irishman in America. A dashing young orator during the Great Hunger of the 1840s, Thomas Francis Meagher led a failed uprising against British rule, for which he was banished to a Tasmanian prison colony for life. This is masterly work." - New York Times Book Review In this exciting and illuminating work, National Book Award winner Timothy Egan delivers a story, both rollicking and haunting, of one of the most famous Irish Americans of all time. and he has a journalist's eye for the telltale detail. Egan] is a master storyteller." -Boston Globe "Egan has a gift for sweeping narrative. You will not read a historical thriller like this all year. "An old-fashioned tale of tall talk, high ideals, and irresistible appeal. ![]() ![]() ![]() "It's not true! I bet you two millions you wouldn't stay in solitary confinement for five years." The banker, p.7 ![]() ![]() One could argue that he actually benefitted from his time in solitude, educated himself and thereby becoming wiser. ![]() Note that he claims both are "equally immoral" an open question to consider is whether he would still consider this to be the case at the end of the story. The young lawyer gives his opinion on the debate of which is preferable: capital punishment or life imprisonment and he favors the latter. To live anyhow is better than not at all." The lawyer, p. "The death sentence and the life sentence are equally immoral, but if I had to choose between the death penalty and imprisonment for life, I would certainly choose the second. It succinctly sets up the main conflict of the story: whether it is better to die or live in forced isolation. This quote demonstrates the liberal slant of the guests at the party, as well as one of the themes of the story: the moral status of the death penalty. They considered that form of punishment out of date, immoral, and unsuitable for Christian States." Narrator, p. "The majority of the guests, among whom were many journalists and intellectual men, disapproved of the death penalty. ![]() ![]() To determine this, writers (as readers) can look for key elements intensifying a scene in a way that advances the plot and/or develops a character. ![]() ![]() It also applies Story Grid’s Five Commandments, which I personally consider the most valuable resource in the Story Grid universe. To recap: the bulk of the Scene Analysis Template focuses on how a working scene creates a Story Event-or an active change of life value for one or more characters as a result of conflict (one character’s desires clash with another’s). Welcome back! In my last column I talked about the immense value of using Story Grid’s Scene Analysis Template to read with purpose, by learning how to read (and analyze a scene) like a writer. ![]() ![]() ![]() Thursday, August 26 | 6 pm MT |$10 Talk Only | $36.50 talk & book curbside | $39. Imagine the components of an everything bagel wrapped into flaky galette latkes dyed vibrant yellow with saffron for a Persian spin on the potato pancake, best-ever hybrid desserts like Macaroon Brownies and Pumpkin Spice Babka! Jew-ish features elevated, yet approachable classics along with innovative creations. In Jew-ish, he reinvents the food of his Ashkenazi heritage and draws inspiration from his husband’s Persian-Iraqi traditions to offer recipes that are modern, fresh, and enticing for a whole new generation of readers. ![]() ![]() I Could Nosh brings Jakes signature modern flair to traditional Jewish recipes. "Jew-ish" is a brilliantly modern take on Jewish culinary traditions for a new generation of readers, from a bright new star in the culinary world.Ī few classics come to mind when you think of Jewish food: chicken soup with matzo balls, challah, maybe a babka if you’re feeling adventurous! But as food writer and nice Jewish boy Jake Cohen demonstrates in this stunning debut cookbook, Jewish food can be so much more. For New York Times bestselling author/food world darling Jake Cohen. ![]() Join us for a virtual cooking class for the High Holidays. ![]() ![]() The author believes that Truman was convinced it would save the lives of 250,000 American soldiers who would have been part of a military invasion of Japan. ![]() The book does a good analysis of Truman’s decision to use atomic weapons. This August will mark the 75 th Anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The final one hundred pages cover well the Potsdam Conference and the dropping of the bomb. In addition to interesting background on Truman and Roosevelt, Baime focuses on Truman’s involvement on the major events that occurred between April and August 1945 such as the creation of the United Nations, the fall of Berlin, the Potsdam Conference, and the decision to drop the atom bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It covers the months immediately following President Franklin Roosevelt’s death and Truman’s suddent thrust into the presidency. ![]() Truman and the Four Months that Changed the World. ![]() Baime’s 2017 book entitled, The Accidental President: Harry S. ![]() ![]() ![]() Jung's radical approach to psychology has been influential in the field of depth psychology and in counter-cultural movements across the globe. The UFOs represent, in Jung’s phrase, “a modern myth.”Ĭarl Gustav Jung (1875-1961) was a Swiss psychiatrist, an influential thinker and the founder of analytical psychology (also known as Jungian psychology). ![]() ![]() Rather than speculate about their possible nature and extraterrestrial origin as alleged spacecraft, he asks what it may signify that these phenomena, whether real or imagined, are seen in such numbers just at a time when humankind is menaced as never before in history. Jung’s primary concern in Flying Saucers is not with the reality or unreality of UFOs but with their psychic aspect. Under these circumstances it would not be at all surprising if those sections of the community who ask themselves nothing were visited by `visions,’ by a widespread myth seriously believed in by some and rejected as absurd by others.” - C. ![]() Even people who would never have thought that a religious problem could be a serious matter that concerned them personally are beginning to ask themselves fundamental questions. “In the threatening situation of the world today, when people are beginning to see that everything is at stake, the projection-creating fantasy soars beyond the realm of earthly organizations and powers into the heavens, into interstellar space, where the rulers of human fate, the gods, once had their abode in the planets…. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() She also calls attention to how sexuality and beauty are often written into the popular narratives of these crimes. Telfer calls out the misogynistic tropes at play-the witches, femme fatales, and black widows, to name a few-in fictional depictions of female murderers. ![]() The 19th century, and Nannie Doss, the “giggling grandma” from Alabama in the mid-20th century who was so dissatisfied with her string of husbands that she killed them off one by one. Among the women portrayed are Kate Bender, the “beautiful throat cutter” from Kansas who lured unsuspecting travelers to their deaths in the second half of Each woman receives an individual portrait that outlines her crimes in gruesome detail. ![]() In her debut work of nonfiction, Telfer, who writes for the Awl and Vice, exhumes the horrific criminal histories of 14 female serial killers. ![]() ![]() ![]() Levi is also only one payment away from cleaning up a rapidly unravelling investment scam, so he doesn't have time to investigate a woman leading a dangerous double life. ![]() ![]() Unfortunately, Levi is not the gentleman she expected – he's a street lord and con man. But when her mother goes missing, Enne must leave her finishing school – and her reputation – behind to follow her mother's trail to the city where no one survives uncorrupted.įrightened and alone, Enne has only one lead: the name Levi Glaisyer. Welcome to the city of sin, where casino families reign, gangs infest the streets.and secrets hide in every shadowĮnne Salta was raised as a proper young lady, and no lady would willingly visit New Reynes, the so–called City of Sin. Welcome to the City of Sin, where casino families reign, gangs infest the streets…and secrets hide in every shadow. ![]() ![]() ![]() My only complaint about this book was the ending. There's lots of fight scenes in this series and unique settings that could make a really fun video game. This might seem weird, but I wish this series as a whole and especially this book were made into a video game. ![]() I loved the mountain and how it was described. A lot of this book was about creating a new setting and introducing new characters, but it was still just as fun as the other books in the series. It was less scary and intense than the other books, which was a nice break. YouTube | Blog | Instagram | Twitter | Facebook | Snapchat book was like a breath of fresh air. Read by Ralph Lister - and he did a lovely job of it. I picked up this series cause I adored all the cirque characters but we don't see any of them. I was a bit annoyed by the ending - we spend all this time building and nothing is played out. Here, the characters die because they were in the wrong place at the wrong time. The author has no qualms about depicting gruesome details.Ĭharacters die, often painfully and without a 'reason.' I keep expecting (as seen with other middle school books) for the character's death to further plot or provide character development. Throughout the book, we are given snitches and tidbits of what vampire society is like - harsh, cruel and noble. Crepsley have to trek to Vampire Mountain to plead their case. ![]() Darren has settled into vampire life somewhat well but upon summons by the Vampire Council, both he and Mr. This is not going to include anything to do with the actual Cirque Du Freak ![]() |