Social Studies

With the increasing numbers of individuals with disabilities in the school system, the controversy over the best way to support them has arose. When speaking to a professional in the field of special education, the idea of full inclusion is as divisive a topic as are current election-year topics of discussion. It is seen by…

‘The past was better,’ said our grandparents. This is totally true, people that grew in the 60s or 70s decades can compare the difference between growing up with numerous relatives that played outside all afternoon and part of the evening, and today’s children that grow up playing indoor electronic games without physical effort and completely…

In Homer’s epic, The Iliad, women such as Helen and Chryseis are depicted as objects and possessions to be taken, traded, and enjoyed by males. Other females provide emotional support to male characters, such as Achilles mother, Thetis. Additionally, several female goddesses are depicted as powerful figures lending support or influence over males. Overall, the…