Theresa Pogach
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I have taught elementary and middle school for 15 years. My students have inspired me with their unique and thought provoking questions, which led me to seek deeper answers. My speciality is history covering Ancient Civilizations, Early America, The American Revolution, and The Young Republic (1861-The Civil Rights Movement).
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Answered a Question in Astrophil and Stella
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Answered a Question in Shakespeare's Sonnets
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Answered a Question in Jude the Obscure
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Answered a Question in Aldous Huxley
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Answered a Question in If Beale Street Could Talk
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Answered a Question in Sara Teasdale
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Answered a Question in Sara Teasdale
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Answered a Question in Wuthering Heights
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Answered a Question in Literature
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Answered a Question in History
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Answered a Question in Far from the Madding Crowd
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Answered a Question in Small Island
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Answered a Question in A Christmas Carol
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Answered a Question in A Christmas Carol
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Answered a Question in A Walk in the Woods
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Answered a Question in History
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Answered a Question in T. S. Eliot
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Answered a Question in Tracks
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Answered a Question in History
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Answered a Question in History
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Answered a Question in Mythologies
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Answered a Question in History
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Answered a Question in Renaissance Literature
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Answered a Question in Girl
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Answered a Question in The Bluest Eye
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Answered a Question in Give Me Liberty!
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Answered a Question in Salvation
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Answered a Question in The Purloined Letter
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