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Fashion Around The Francophone World: A 20-Unit Lesson Plan For Teaching Students 7-12 How To Discuss Clothing In French, Justin Solheim Dec 2023

Fashion Around The Francophone World: A 20-Unit Lesson Plan For Teaching Students 7-12 How To Discuss Clothing In French, Justin Solheim

Honors Program: Senior Projects (Public)

This paper is the directions for a high school French world language curriculum at the novice-low level. The curriculum covers 20 class periods, or four weeks, and it uses a variety of pedagogical techniques and technologies to help students quickly learn and retain French vocabulary and grammar. Each class period is 40 minutes. The lessons use a variety of assessments and feedback to help students improve and allow the teachers to monitor student achievement. The following lessons focus on forming basic sentences and practicing the basics of subject-verb agreement, while teaching the vocabulary for different types of clothing in the …

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A Holistic Approach To Creating Cultures Of Quality Excellence Within Higher Education Institutions In North Carolina, Natalie Aman Dec 2023

A Holistic Approach To Creating Cultures Of Quality Excellence Within Higher Education Institutions In North Carolina, Natalie Aman

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This paper first seeks to identify cultural factors of faculty, staff, and students within Higher Education Intuitions (HEI) and then understand how those factors affect the individual as well as the overall larger population of all studied groups to create cultures of quality excellence. Secondary data collected from government databases was used for the research. The independent variables included cultural factors for each stakeholder and the dependent variables included satisfaction levels of each stakeholder. Faculty and staff independent cultural variables included Performance Management, Supervisor/Department Chair Effectiveness, Communication & Collaboration, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging, and Mission and Pride. The dependent variable …

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Adopting Open-Source Methodology For Improving Business Processes And Public Trust, Lawrence Bosek Dec 2023

Adopting Open-Source Methodology For Improving Business Processes And Public Trust, Lawrence Bosek

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Technology and the Internet have given rise to the availability of information at our fingertips. While the public, particularly consumers, are more commonly described as being the leading users and beneficiaries of electronic information services, businesses and governments are also players in the same information technology resource arena. Technology is also being integrated more in our everyday lives. Important information can now be easily stored on Internet websites for the public, businesses, and other governmental offices to search and peruse when needed. The Internet has also allowed for electronic devices to connect and communicate with each other in ways that …

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The Relationship Between Principal Perceptions On Leadership And Inclusive Education With Growth Model Outcomes For Students With Disabilities, Jason Bletzinger Dec 2023

The Relationship Between Principal Perceptions On Leadership And Inclusive Education With Growth Model Outcomes For Students With Disabilities, Jason Bletzinger

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Now more than ever, school principals play a critical role in effective implementation of inclusive education programs in their schools, as inclusive practices are becoming tightly embedded in a school’s culture (Sailor, 2016; Shogren et al., 2015). The success of inclusive education programs has been primarily supported by school principals’ positive attitudes toward inclusion (Romanuck Murphy, 2018; Urton et al., 2014). With increasing pressure to provide legally compliant and quality inclusive special education services in schools, it has become more critical than ever that school principals not only recognize the roles and responsibilities they play in leading inclusive education programs …

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Walking On A Tight Rope, Miyu Aoki Dec 2023

Walking On A Tight Rope, Miyu Aoki

A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University

Miyu Aoki is a sophomore economics and physics major from Yokohama, Japan. Usually realistic and occasionally political, Miyu’s poems center around finding herself in the American landscape. Her hobbies include knitting, snowboarding, and exploring the Greencastle community through volunteering.

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Florals, Jane Duffy Dec 2023

Florals, Jane Duffy

A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University

Jane Duffy is a studio art and English writing major at DePauw. She has been painting and creating since a young age but this is her first time being published in a magazine. You can find more of her work on the windows of downtown Shelbyville, Indiana!

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Unfulfilled Existence, Katie Shirk Dec 2023

Unfulfilled Existence, Katie Shirk

A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University

Katie Shirk is a freshman at DePauw University and she has been creating art since 5th grade. Artistic expression has become a valuable outlet for her to interpret and share her personal perspectives of reality.

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Old Rooms And Older Memories, Samuel Erickson Dec 2023

Old Rooms And Older Memories, Samuel Erickson

A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University

Samuel Erickson is a junior at DePauw University. They have a passion for writing poetry and creative fiction, and had a poem, “The Park Bench,” published in A Midwestern Review in the fall of 2022. Erickson is a non-binary author and often incorporates their life experience as a queer person into their works.

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Eternal Colleagues, Audrey Ickes Dec 2023

Eternal Colleagues, Audrey Ickes

A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University

Audrey Ickes is a junior at DePauw University, majoring in English writing and double minoring in history and communications. She is a member of the sorority, Alpha Phi. She is also the Outreach Coordinator for Tiger Catholic and co-hosts a WGRE radio show. These are her first published works.

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Characteristics Of Award-Winning Children’S Books About Agriculture: An Analysis Of Content, And The Perspectives Of Authors, Illustrators, And Publishers, Addison L. Beckham Dec 2023

Characteristics Of Award-Winning Children’S Books About Agriculture: An Analysis Of Content, And The Perspectives Of Authors, Illustrators, And Publishers, Addison L. Beckham

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this two-article qualitative study was to characterize children's literature about agriculture and to describe the perceptions of authors and illustrators who are responsible for writing and designing these successful publications. This will result in the ability of organizations like Feeding Minds Press to provide writers, illustrators, and publishers with effective strategies and techniques to improve the accuracy and overall quality of children’s literature about agriculture. Few parameters exist for authors of children’s books about agriculture (Biser, 2007). These parameters are necessary to ensure the quality and accuracy of these educational efforts (Serafini, 2012). Though Feeding Minds Press …

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Tess Of The D'Urbervilles -- A Pure Survivor An Analysis Of Thomas Hardy, Victorian Women, & Modern Media, Jesse C. Marin Dec 2023

Tess Of The D'Urbervilles -- A Pure Survivor An Analysis Of Thomas Hardy, Victorian Women, & Modern Media, Jesse C. Marin

Open Access Theses & Dissertations

Context is vital to understanding the circumstances and the society that produced Thomas Hardy’s novel. As such, I will be reviewing the era through canonically established authors, the literary trope that would condemn women and firmly entrench itself in England’s national identity, and political movements guided by the law of Victorian England. This will showcase the hurdles of basic women’s rights that would continue throughout the reign of Queen Victoria, as well as the dangers that would be faced in the public and domestic spheres, endangering a woman’s very life. When tied together W.T. Stead’s expose in the Pall Mall …

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A Qualitative Case Study In Esl Education: Navigating Sexual Identities And Queerness In Language Learning On The Us-Mexico Border, Majd Sarah Dec 2023

A Qualitative Case Study In Esl Education: Navigating Sexual Identities And Queerness In Language Learning On The Us-Mexico Border, Majd Sarah

Open Access Theses & Dissertations

The purpose of this qualitative case study is to explore the language learning experiences of community college students who self-identify as LGBTQ+ and study English as a Second Language (ESL) on the U.S.-Mexico border. In order to understand the relationship between ESL language learning and the identities of community college LGBTQ+ students on the US Mexico border, data was collected using semi-structured life-history interviews of three participants. This examination was framed in the theory of social identity and the theory of performativity. Findings were analyzed using a discourse analysis approach that highlights the meaning making of student experiences and their …

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Illuminations, Kristina Michelle Thoman Dec 2023

Illuminations, Kristina Michelle Thoman

Open Access Theses & Dissertations

Abstract: Illumination is the multi-general story of a Jewish family, and their oral traditions. The story will trace the family from just before the biblical exodus, through the holocaust, and follow them to modern day America. The family will face antisemitism at each place in history along the way, losing a child to the pharaoh's cruel decree to slay the male children of the Hebrew slaves, narrowly escaping a death camp in the holocaust, and finally facing growing anti-Jewish hate in America. In the last act of the story, the family will be faced with the question, if you are …

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Umbilical, Iliana Carmen Pichardo Urrutia Dec 2023

Umbilical, Iliana Carmen Pichardo Urrutia

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Umbilical es un libro de no ficción que explora la intersección entre la maternidad y los duelos a lo largo de tres generaciones: hija, madre y abuela en dos países. Estas mujeres comparten políticas sociales, culturales y familiares que influyen en su relación con la maternidad y sus propios cuerpos. El libro adopta una forma híbrida que entrelaza poesía, prosa y la apropiación de documentos. El objetivo principal es trazar un mapa que guíe a la protagonista hacia una comprensión de la maternidad, los duelos, la culpa y la violencia inherente a la experiencia compartida entre mujeres.

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The Rock Pile, Jenna Reynolds Dec 2023

The Rock Pile, Jenna Reynolds

A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University

Jenna Reynolds is a junior English writing major. Fiction is her preferred genre. She’s an actress, so stage/screen plays are some of her favorites to write, but others find her real life to be far too interesting for her to not also write nonfiction, so she gave it her best shot.

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Fugitives, Chi Quế Phạm Dec 2023

Fugitives, Chi Quế Phạm

A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University

Born and raised in Hanoi, Vietnam, Chi Q Pham is currently a junior pursuing film and studio art at DePauw University. She works across paintings, drawings, animations and videos, exploring themes of identity and displacement.

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Paradise, 46304, Sydney Schloemer Dec 2023

Paradise, 46304, Sydney Schloemer

A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University

Sydney Schloemer is a 2026 graduate, studying both psychology and English writing. From the small town of Monrovia, Indiana, she has always enjoyed expressing herself in a multitude of creative media, especially in writing. She hopes to broaden her skills and eventually use them to educate others on a number of psychological topics.

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Vol. 36, Iss. 1 [Full Issue], _ _ Dec 2023

Vol. 36, Iss. 1 [Full Issue], _ _

A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University

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In The Well, Maya Simone La Croix Dec 2023

In The Well, Maya Simone La Croix

A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University

Maya Simone La Croix is a New York born Posse Scholar at DePauw University. They are majoring in political science and are the Co-Chair of SHAC (Student Housing Action Committee). La Croix is deeply interested in activism and aspires to go into public service.

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The Crumpled Pink Receipt From My Dorm Drawer, Eliana Jolanda Alzate Dec 2023

The Crumpled Pink Receipt From My Dorm Drawer, Eliana Jolanda Alzate

A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University

Eliana Alzate is a sophomore majoring in English writing and computer science with a minor in media studies. On campus, she’s the managing editor of The DePauw and a video streaming specialist for Media Services. During her free time, she loves singing karaoke and writing poems in her secret journals.

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Keep It (Them) Down, Jenna Reynolds Dec 2023

Keep It (Them) Down, Jenna Reynolds

A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University

Jenna Reynolds is a junior English writing major. Fiction is her preferred genre. She’s an actress, so stage/screen plays are some of her favorites to write, but others find her real life to be far too interesting for her to not also write nonfiction, so she gave it her best shot.

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Muted Tranquility, Katie Shirk Dec 2023

Muted Tranquility, Katie Shirk

A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University

Katie Shirk is a freshman at DePauw University and she has been creating art since 5th grade. Artistic expression has become a valuable outlet for her to interpret and share her personal perspectives of reality.

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Sunday, Kyle Sherman Dec 2023

Sunday, Kyle Sherman

A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University

Kyle is from Western Springs, Illinois and is currently a sophomore studying political science. His poetry is inspired by nature and the beauty of the mundane.

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A Look Through Depauw's Window, Samaira Snow Dec 2023

A Look Through Depauw's Window, Samaira Snow

A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University

Samaira Snow is a Studio Art and Art History double major here at DePauw. She created art pieces while in high school and has continued to pursue her passion. She prefers to use materials such as charcoal, ink, and paint to create her pieces!

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Sketchbook Collection, Jane Duffy Dec 2023

Sketchbook Collection, Jane Duffy

A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University

Jane Duffy is a studio art and English writing major at DePauw. She has been painting and creating since a young age but this is her first time being published in a magazine. You can find more of her work on the windows of downtown Shelbyville, Indiana!

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I Sit Down At The Dinner Table To Die, Madeleine Cruz Dec 2023

I Sit Down At The Dinner Table To Die, Madeleine Cruz

A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University

Madeleine Cruz is an aspiring writer who claims to be from Chicago but may be lying. She likes to read; her favorite author is Ursula K. Le Guin. She is frequently tired and only sometimes actually asleep.

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650 Words, Anne Gregg Dec 2023

650 Words, Anne Gregg

A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University

Anne Gregg is a writer and poet from Northwest Indiana. She is also the Editor-In-Chief of a Midwestern Review. Anne Gregg is an English writing major and has been published numerous times across the centuries, but most of her work has been lost to time.

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Unquenchable Thirst, Katie Shirk Dec 2023

Unquenchable Thirst, Katie Shirk

A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University

Katie Shirk is a freshman at DePauw University and she has been creating art since 5th grade. Artistic expression has become a valuable outlet for her to interpret and share her personal perspectives of reality.

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Learning To Shower, Taylor Cripe Dec 2023

Learning To Shower, Taylor Cripe

A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University

Taylor Cripe is in DePauw's class of 2026. She is pursuing an English writing major with a religious studies bridged major. Although she dabbles in fiction writing, she prefers poetry for the nuanced and intuitive way it conveys its themes. She is excited to be a part of this semester’s edition of A Midwestern Review.

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When Time Runs Out, Abby Mcarthur-Self Dec 2023

When Time Runs Out, Abby Mcarthur-Self

A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University

Abby McArthur-Self is a senior English writing and German major. They enjoy dabbling in science fiction, fantasy, and any other genre heavy on world-building and concept generation.

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