akannan
akannan
Male
June 27, 2009
Teacher
Middle School
History
Kenyon College - Gambier, OH, US (1992 - 1996)
DePaul University - Chicago, IL, US (1996 - 1997)
Examining thoughts/ ideas in Literature (capital "L") and playing/ coaching basketball.
Biography
I currently teach Middle School History and have been teaching and have taught at various K-12 levels over the last 13 years. While I teach American History, my focus in college was in the political theory, literature, and philosophy of Modern European Thinkers.
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Answered a Question in Night
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Answered a Question in Romeo and Juliet
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Answered a Question in Killings
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Answered a Question in Thank You, M'am
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Answered a Question in Killings
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Answered a Question in Othello
I think that Othello is one of the most underrated Shakespearean tragedies in...
Answered a Question in Once Upon a Time
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Answered a Question in Hatchet
The largest amount of ingenuity that Brian displays is seen in his desire to...
Answered a Question in The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
I think that the friendship between both boys can be described as real. Their...
Answered a Question in "I Have a Dream" speech
While Dr. King's speech is rhetorically powerful, he offers specific facts and...
Answered a Question in Essay Lab
The original question had to be edited. This paragraph is fairly solid. Some...
Answered a Question in Killings
The original question had to be edited. I think that one reason why "Killings"...
Answered a Question in Music
A wide array of songs could fit in answering this question. Yet, for me, the...
Answered a Question in Vietnam War
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Answered a Question in History
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Answered a Question in A People's History of the United States
The essence of Zinn's work is that he focuses on "communities" as opposed to the...
Answered a Question in Postcolonialism
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Answered a Question in Civil Rights Act of 1964
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was constructed with specific challenges regarding...
Answered a Question in The Great Gatsby
Historical factors help to shape Fitzgerald’s work in some distinct ways. ...
Answered a Question in Economics
To me, the description being offered is the definition of capitalism. Naturally,...
Answered a Question in The Crucible
I don't see Tituba as someone who actively seeks to lead the girls into witchcraft...
Answered a Question in Animal Farm
Power and education are strongly linked to one another in Orwell's work. The...
Answered a Question in The Birds
I would say that one symbolic force in the novel would be the birds, themselves....
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