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(Encyclopedia) open education, also known as open classroom, type of educational reform. The central tenet of this informal system is that children want to learn and will do so naturally if left to…Vincent, John Heyl
(Encyclopedia) Vincent, John Heyl, 1832–1920, American Methodist bishop, b. Tuscaloosa, Ala. In 1857 he was assigned to an Illinois conference, where he held various pastorates. His work in improving…Ter-Petrossian, Levon
(Encyclopedia) Ter-Petrossian, Levon, 1945–, Armenian political leader, president of Armenia (1991–98), b. Aleppo, Syria, grad. Yerevan State Univ. (1971), Leningrad Oriental Studies Institute (Ph.D…Enfantin, Barthélemy Prosper
(Encyclopedia) Enfantin, Barthélemy ProsperEnfantin, Barthélemy Prosperbärtālmēˈ prôspĕrˈ äNfäNtăNˈ [key], 1796–1864, French socialist, sometimes called Père Enfantin. He became a leader of the…Zimmermann, Bernd Alois
(Encyclopedia) Zimmermann, Bernd Alois, 1918–1970, German modernist composer, b. Bliesheim. He began studying music at the Hochschule für Musik in Cologne in 1938, was drafted into the military (1939…Mother Jones Speaks to Striking Coal Miners
by MaryHarris This, my friends, marks, in my estimation, the most remarkable move ever made in the State of West Virginia. It is a day that will mark history in the long ages to come.…Women's Suffrage: A New Impulse
by Carrie Chapman Catt and Nettie Rogers Shuler Special Handicaps and HazardsIllinois: A Turning PointA New ImpulseThere was light ahead. The influence of the Populist Party had…Women's Suffrage: Negro Suffrage as a Political Necessity
by Carrie Chapman Catt and Nettie Rogers Shuler The Negro's HourThe First Victory (1869)Negro Suffrage as a Political NecessityIt was with troubled minds that Republican leaders faced…surrealism
(Encyclopedia) surrealismsurrealismsərēˈəlĭzəm [key], literary and art movement influenced by Freudianism and dedicated to the expression of imagination as revealed in dreams, free of the conscious…Harold McMaster Biography
inventorBorn: 20 July 1916Best Known as: inventor of tempered glass Harold McMaster invented tempered glass which is indispensible in modern skyscrapers and…Trending
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