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Colorful Native Wildflowers That Will Overcome Cold Climates
These North American native wildflowers will do extremely well in extended cold winter conditions. They bloom nicely in the warmer months and survive harsh winters. Many will feed songbirds and have beneficial effects on the environment.
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Remarkable Leaders of the Old World: Alaric the Visigoth
King Alaric was a violent Visigoth ruler. Raised in a warlike culture, he dreamed a vision of parading through the streets as Emperor of Rome. How he made that vision a reality is a tale worth telling.
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How to Understand Theme in Literature: Fundamentals You Need to Know
The theme of a piece of literature is a deeper message about human nature that reoccurs in multiple ways throughout the work. It is different from topic. There are two easy ways to understand theme in literature.
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5 Endangered Native Wildflowers That Are Better for Your Garden
This article describes five endangered native wildflowers that are good alternatives for the home garden. It is better for the environment to choose these plants over the ones often found in traditional garden stores.
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How to Write a Good Thesis Statement in 7 Steps
Writing a good thesis is actually very simple—that is part of what makes it so difficult. The research paper thesis is the most difficult of all. When you can write a thesis sentence, you know exactly what you are planning to say in your paper.
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8 Yellow Wildflowers With Better Benefits for Your Garden
The yellow wildflowers listed here—including coreopsis, yellow violet, St. John's wort and others—might best be described as garden ambassadors. They give gardeners a great introduction to the concept of growing native plants.
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Prairie Gardens Offer Beautiful and Easy Flowers With Unexpected Benefits
Native prairie flowers are adaptable to a wide range of conditions and surprisingly versatile in the garden. Creating prairie gardens is fun and easy when you use native plants.
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Purple Coneflower: The Basics About a Beautiful Garden Classic
Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) is a native wildflower that is easy to grow in the home garden.
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Bee Balm, a Colorful and Vibrant Plant You'll Love
Whether a true native plant or a garden center cultivar, bee balm is a garden favorite.
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7 Great Reasons to Begin Growing Milkweed Plants
Butterfly Milkweed and its relatives have become desirable garden plants. They are ideal native plants to add to the home garden. With just a few simple tips, milkweed will thrive.
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How to Understand What Makes Something an Official Native Plant
The definition of the term "native plant" can seem very complicated, but there are some elements that help to keep it simple. The "official" definitions of native plants that come from official agencies all seem to have three basic elements in common.
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The Beautiful Hidden Meaning of Flowers: Pink Roses
The pink rose’s meaning is a gentle version of love, affection, and appreciation. Where the red rose screams intensity and passion, the pink rose subtly expresses more refined feelings. Pink roses have different meanings depending on their shade and intensity of color.
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Yes, You Can Plant Flowers in Winter! A Guide to Wintertime Sowing
Yes, you can plant flowers in the winter without any special tools or expertise! Although it might seem completely unbelievable, hardy perennial flowers will germinate and grow nicely well before the last frost. All it takes is knowledge of some basic principles.
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The Beautiful Hidden Meaning of Flowers: White Roses
White roses are used to symbolize loyalty, devotion, and a pure essence. Sending a bouquet of white roses has different meanings depending on the context. The meaning is subtly altered when it is a single white rose or rosebud.
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Coreopsis: Easy to Grow and an Asset to the Garden
Coreopsis is the name for a varied group of perennial wildflowers that can bring many assets to any home flower garden. These native plants need very little water, bloom repeatedly with deadheading, and make strong healthy foliage that stays green well past the first frost.
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How to Write a Good Thesis Statement and Fix a Bad One
A good thesis statement is argumentative or informative, precisely worded and focused upon a single, manageable point. To write a good thesis statement, you’ll need to avoid the pitfalls of being general, imprecise, confusing, or incomplete. There are quick strategies to fix a bad thesis statement.
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Macbeth's Tomorrow Speech: Summary and Analysis
This article offers a summary and analysis of Macbeth's tomorrow soliloquy. It also examines key analytical points, summarizes the meanings of words and phrases, explains ideas and expressions used by Macbeth in his final soliloquy, and breaks down the differences between a monologue and an aside.
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Top 5 Types of Wasps in Michigan You Need to Know
Wasps may appear threatening to humans, but they are not dangerous, and they are integral to the Great Lakes ecosystem. Michigan's native Yellow Jackets, Paper Wasps, Cicada Killers and Bald-Faced Hornets have recently been joined by exotic Wood Wasps, according to the USDA.
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Easily Understand Soil Types and the Way Water Is Absorbed
Some soil types can absorb and hold moisture like rich chocolate cake, while others resist water like the surface of a saltine cracker. Why does this happen? What difference does it make? It all begins with learning the basics of soil texture.
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Spotlight on the First Census of the United States in 1790- What You Want to Know
The first census of the United States took place in 1790. It counted free white males and collected other information including females, nonwhites, and slaves. Conducted in August, the first US census was considered public information.
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What Happened Before, During, and After the Great Molasses Flood
Two and a half million gallons of sticky liquid molasses poured through a burst tank, destroying buildings, drowning people, and devastating everything in its path. This nearly unbelievable disaster actually happened in the north end of Boston on January 15, 1919. The damage lasted for years.
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Sick on a Holiday? 10 Useful Tips to Make Things Better
Are you sick on Valentine's Day? How about New Year's Eve, Hanukkah, Ramadan, Diwali, Easter, or Christmas? Here are 10 tips that can help you deal with your predicament.
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Google Treks Is the Easy Way to Travel- Virtually!
Virtual travel IS possible. Google Treks provides immersive exploration of significant locations by using Google Street View technology. With Google Treks, viewers can travel to locations across the globe in virtual self-guided tours.
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How Does the Internet Work? Technology Explained for Ordinary People
This article explains how the internet works, explaining high tech in terms that ordinary people can understand. The internet works by connecting computers so that they can send and receive data, creating a web of interactions that people can access quickly and easily every day.
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60 Good Research Topics With Examples and Ideas That Will Make It Easy to Write
This article offers examples and ideas for creating good research topics. Several lists of Ideas are included, with additional suggestions for how to make an interesting paper.
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Macbeth's Soliloquies Listed and Explained
The character of Macbeth has seven different soliloquies within the play. Four of them are exceptionally well known. The other three soliloquies are not quoted as frequently, but they are essential to Macbeth’s character development.
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How to Make Sense of the Romeo and Juliet Balcony Scene with Summary and Analysis
The balcony scene of Romeo and Juliet occurs in act 2, scene 2. In this scene, Romeo and Juliet swear their true love to each other, plan a secret marriage, and finally say good night. The balcony scene is critically important because it sets several critical events in motion.
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3 Simple Rules for How to Succeed in High School
How to succeed in high school with only 3 simple rules. This is a good article to share and discuss with your children to help them succeed in school.
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Good Research Topics for History Papers: Lists, Examples, and Ideas
This offers good research paper topics for history in many different eras and time periods, along with suggestions for generating your own unique research topics. All these good research paper topics are focused, specific, and easily divided into three main sections.
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Romeo and Juliet Epilogue: Analysis of What Happened
The epilogue to Romeo and Juliet is spoken by Prince Escalus at the very end of the play. The epilogue to Romeo and Juliet is similar to a Shakespearean sonnet in both meter and rhyme scheme. A line-by-line analysis will yield a more complete understanding of the poetic devices and deeper meaning.
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What to Include in a Teacher Portfolio That Will Make You Stand Out as a Professional
A teacher portfolio should include a cover, table of contents, resume, teaching philosophy,and three letters of recommendation. Beyond these basic requirements, a teaching portfolio should include 10-15 different examples that help illustrate your teaching skills.
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How to Create a Teaching Portfolio: 5 Targeted Steps for Professional Results
Five steps to create a teaching portfolio: 1. Gather potential items (artifacts) for the portfolio. 2. Select artifacts that showcase your teaching. 3. Polish and prepare the artifacts. 4. Arrange and organize portfolio contents. 5. Edit to create a professional appearance.
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What Is a Teaching Portfolio? What You Need to Know About Good Artifacts and the Professional Process
A good teaching portfolio is a collection of items that are carefully selected to demonstrate mastery of educational skills. The teaching portfolio is an ever-evolving showcase that can open doors to a great teaching career.
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Creating a Teacher Portfolio- How to Begin the Process the Right Way
Creating a teaching portfolio can seem like a daunting task. It doesn't have to be so painful. This will help you walk through the process of compiling your portfolio. You can rely on the information here to help you prepare the best possible examples of your work.
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A Practical Analysis of the Nurse in Romeo and Juliet
The Nurse is a bawdy, overly talkative, humorous character in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. She teases Juliet, but is also completely devoted to Juliet. She eventually betrays Juliet's wishes by giving her unkind advice. Even so, the Nurse is completely grief-stricken by Juliet's feigned death.
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Monumental Mistakes: The Romeo and Juliet Death Scene
A summary and analysis of the Romeo and Juliet death scene. Summarizes the major plot points and breaks down important quotations. Explores character development and guiltiness.
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Revealing Benvolio: The Forgotten Friend in Romeo and Juliet
Benvolio is a good member of the Montague family in Romeo and Juliet. He is Romeo's good friend, but also loyal to Romeo's father and the prince of Verona. Bevolio's personality is mild. He attempts to act as a peacemaker and voice of reason when tempers flare between the Montagues and Capulets.
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Two Households, Both Alike in Dignity: How to Understand the Meaning of the Line
The very first line of the prologue Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet begins with these words. This article explains, analyzes, and demonstrates how the meaning of the line is significant to the play.
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Soliloquy, Aside, Monologue, and Dialogue: How to Know Them When You See Them
Soliloquy, aside, monologue, and dialogue are four very different dramatic devices. This article explains and gives examples of how to identify soliloquy, aside, monologue, and dialogue in Shakespeare plays.
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Romeo and Juliet Prologue Analysis, Line-by-Line
If you are struggling to make sense of the prologue to Romeo and Juliet, try this handy line-by-line analysis. We start first with the prologue in its entirety and a quick summary of the facts. Then, we move on to a translation and explanation of each line individually.
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Three Important Sonnets in Romeo and Juliet, Analyzed the Way You Need It
Three sonnets from Romeo and Juliet are in the Act I prologue, the lovers' first kiss in Act I, and the Act II prologue. Follow along with this article to study three sonnets in Romeo and Juliet. This article will also provide a complete review of rhyme scheme and iambic pentameter.
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Spotlight on Shakespeare's Top Three: His Best Known Plays
Shakespeare's three best-known plays are Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, and Hamlet. Each one has an interesting story and a movie adaptation.
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How to Teach Drama: Lesson Plans, Drama Games, Improvisations, and Monologues
This is a clear guide for how to use drama lesson plans, drama games, improvisation games, and monologues in the classroom.
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Spotlight on 5 Famous Flower Quotes from Shakespeare
Famous flower quotes from Shakespeare, translated and explained. The meaning of "a rose by any other name" from Romeo and Juliet. Flower symbols in Ophelia's mad scene from Hamlet. Flower Quotes from Macbeth, A Midsummer Night's Dream, and Sonnet 130.
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Funny Flower Quotes and Sayings to Include With a Bouquet
This article includes funny flower quotes from Delta Burke, George Burns, and other celebrities.
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15 Excellent Short Witty Sayings From Famous Witty People
The witty people quoted in this article include politicians, authors, singers, and comediennes. Some of these quotes are pretty surprising. For example, Abraham Lincoln's quote is just a little off color-- very unexpected!