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Belete Hiluf; Marew Alemu; Hailay Tesfay Gebremariam – Cogent Education, 2024
Emotional intelligence (EI) refers to the ability to recognize, understand, and manage emotions, which has been found to play a crucial role in academic achievement. However, there is limited research on the impact of EI on writing performance, particularly in the Ethiopian context. Therefore, this study aims to address this gap by examining the…
Descriptors: Writing Achievement, High School Students, Emotional Intelligence, Cultural Context
Stanik, Joseph T. – 2002
In this lesson plan, students (grades 11-12) examine photographs of the Nubian environment and the Nubian people. Students critically examine artifacts of ancient Nubia and write a two page essay outlining the Nubian environment, describing the Nubia people, and explaining how they adapted physically, materially, politically, and intellectually to…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Ancient History, Classroom Techniques, Cultural Context
Moneyhun, Clyde – 1994
The autobiography "I, Rigoberta Menchu" is a complicated text--the conditions of its production, the complexity of its subject matter, and the wide range of possible responses among North American readers create challenges for composition students and instructors. A week of taped interviews with Rigoberta Menchu, a Guatemalan Indian…
Descriptors: American Indians, Critical Reading, Cultural Context, Foreign Countries
Altman, Leslie J. – 1998
This packet includes the syllabus of a trimester-long senior elective course on India, designed to begin with two writers of Indian descent, Salman Rushdie and Bharati Mukherjee. The packet contains the daily assignments for the first half of the trimester, which include all of the reading assignments from Rushdie and Mukherjee, as well as the…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Authors, Contemporary Literature, Course Descriptions
Otto, Gina – 1998
Who is responsible for loss of life and property when one empire is conquered by another? It is the year 1473 A.D., 20 years after the fall of Constantinople. On May 29, 1453, the Eastern Roman Empire came to an end with the military takeover of Constantinople by the Ottoman Turks. How could an empire cease to exist? What were the people in and…
Descriptors: Case Method (Teaching Technique), Cultural Context, Curriculum Enrichment, European History