Sentences with phrase «point of the history lesson»

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As necessary as a history lesson we've forgotten and as timely as the day's latest Trump or sexual harassment (or both) scandal, «The Post» is a newspaper movie about a turning point in political history and the legacy of the news organization whose motto in these trying days is «Democracy Dies in Darkness.»

Everything you need for an introductory lesson on Sikhism - a powerpoint covering the main points (history, beliefs, place of worship) and a set of questions to answer about the information in the powerpoint.

In the weeks prior to Memorial Day, classes work on Memorial Day lessons put together by the school's gifted and talented students, and sixth graders view a Power Point presentation about the history of the holiday created by eighth graders.

If a teacher assumes that everyone in a class is familiar with an example from history that is only ancillary to the point of a particular lesson, for example, but uses that example to illustrate a particular point, then the students who are unfamiliar with the example or who have misconceptions about that example, may just miss the point of the lesson or develop misconceptions about the point of the lesson itself.

Each lesson uses core academic skills to engage learners in a careful study of the text as an entry point to an exploration of a key event or theme in the history of the Holocaust.

It's a great history lesson, but the real point of telling that was to get up to speed with the last New York Auto Show.

Written with simplicity and a storyteller's sense of phrasing, the colloquial text provides a jumping - off point for lessons in religion, the arts, and civil rights history.

Click straight to the sites that get you camping permits, entertainment info, history on points of interest, guided hiking and botanical garden tours, the bus schedule, Hawaiian language lessons, and more.

Those seeking a history lesson in Gansbaai will enjoy visiting the Danger Point lighthouse, where a plaque commemorates the sinking of the Birkenhead.

Having said that, we'll move on to the point as this is not a history lesson, but rather some of the basic tips and game play methods you can apply to become better at any racing game, regardless of platform.

For a start, how about teaching art history in art lessons from the point of view of the artist, tell them Francis Bacon hung about with the Krays, or that Caravaggio murdered someone, let them know that the stuff about the vanishing point and composition are tools for conveying aspects of life, death, fear, sex - god forbid, humour - and those po faced dullards with posh voices that stand in front of great works pointing at background views of Tuscany are no more to do with painting pictures than I am an art historian.

It has never been clearer that the point remains today: the need for a history lesson even as simple as this is fundamental to the fabric of an open, liberal society.

A little history lesson is in order on this point: people literally gave their lives so there could be protections around provision of minimum wage, hours of work, overtime pay, and the right to a vacation.