The church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day saints is also commonly called the "Mormon" religion. Founded by Joseph Smith born in Sharon, Vermont in 1805. His teenage years led him in a search of truth for God and Jesus. At the age of 14, Smith was approached in a dream where God explained his pu...

I Am David is written by Anne Holm and is about a boy called David. David is a twelve year old boy who has spent his life in a concentration camp. One day a man from the camp helps him to escape. He is told that he must go north until he comes to Denmark. He doesn't know what life is like outside th...

Roger & Me "Roger & Me" is a documentary movie. It's also a comedy. It starts out in documentary style, but then it becomes hilarious. That's why I enjoyed watching it. It was really serious and funny at the same time. Michael Moore is the one that made that movie. It&apo...

A Child Called "It" is a true story of a child growing up with an abusive mother. The book describes the hardships that a young boy, David Pelzer, lived with between the ages of 4 and 12. His horrifying treatment and punishment is explained in great detail in this book written from a ch...

John Quincy Adams was the only son of a president to become president. He had an impressive political background that began at the age of fourteen. He was an intelligent and industrious individual. He was a man of strong character and high principles. By all account, his presidency should have been ...

Michelangelo Buonaratti was born in Caprese, Italy during the renaissance period and lived from 1475-1564. He later moved to Florence, Italy under the Medici's family rule and was found to be a talented painter and sculptor, while also being a gifted poet. Since he was skilled in the arts, he w...

Cubism One of the pioneers of cubism was Pablo Picasso. Many works by other artists resemble Picasso's and other cubists work. Filtering through our 20th century art book I've found three such works. One is a work by David Bomberg called Vision of Ezekiel. It shares the same cubist fo...

VISUAL ARTS "The physical impossibility of death in the mind of someone living" By Damien Hirst (photo courtesy of the saatchi collection) When I first saw this exhibit I didn't know what to think, luckily David Bowie (the audio instructor on my denon headset) helped me understand t...

THERE ARE MANY IMPORTANT PEOPLE IN OUR SOCIETY TODAY. FOR EXAMPLE, THERE ARE MOVIE STARS, ATHLEATS, PEOPLE WHO INSPIRE OTHERS, AND PEOPLE WHO HELP OTHERS. ONE PERSON WHO I BELIEVE EXCELLED IN OUR WORLD WAS PRINCESS DIANA. PRINCESS DIANA WAS A LOVING, CARING, AND HELPING WOMEN WHOM A LOT OF PEOP...

For schools to become foundations of social justice, educators need to promote and practice what Ladson-Billings calls cultural relevant pedagogy. The three essential components of a cultural relevant pedagogy include academic achievement, cultural competence, and social-political consciousness. Edu...