Mark Graham
Bio
I am a person who really likes to read and write and to share what I learned with all my education. My page will mainly be book reviews and critiques of old and new books that I have read and will read. There will also be other bits, too.
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Chapter Two
Chapter 2 Notes (continued) In the 1800's 'Workhouses' were around that were residential and with a contract with private citizens to provide food and clothes people got to work for what they had. This brought up the idea of 'Indentured servant 'servitude' system- Five to seven people total worked their way to the colonies for food, clothing, shelter, and medical care. Sponsers were gained to get to colony and this is equal to slavery in the Southern colonies.
By Mark Graham3 years ago in The Swamp
Human services
This chapter starts off with discussing the Cyclical nature of change. These changes in social attitudes and treatment methods. Another area that is covered is whether to give commodities or give CASH. A question to ask is how would the client be motivated to use them. How responsible will they be? Could the people or will they loose control in use of the commodities or CASH? There is Conflict which is enabling people to do it themselves or is it just giving the commodities or CASH to them? Should we help and lead to a dependency on a program.
By Mark Graham3 years ago in The Swamp
Things that I Know
This is the start of my offering study notes and guides to all the subjects that I have studied since undergraduate studies. The fields that I have studied while in college and even graduate school are: Early Childhood and Elementary education followed by a year in nursing school in a Practical nursing program. When after a few years I decided to go back to college and get a second Bachelors degree in Human services/Social work. This led me to starting a graduate program in Counseling that ended up in getting my Master's in Curriculum and instruction that also lead me to getting my doctorate in Reading and literacy. In studying and learning all about these areas I would like to share my class notes as well as some study guides and quizzes that I will create to give readers a chance to see what is entailed in these areas of study. I am also thinking about writing study outlines with the textbooks that I have studied over the years. There may also be some courses that I had in high school that I plan to write lesson plans and lectures for any education majors that may need ideas for their student teaching semester.
By Mark Graham3 years ago in Education
The Walton's The Homecoming A Christmas Story
There is an old television Christmas movie by the name of 'The Homecoming A Christmas Story' that I found on YouTube. I remember watching this movie when I was child with my parents. This was the very beginning of the television series 'The Walton's that appeared on CBS in 1972. I remember watching this movie when I was a small boy and asking my parents this question "Was that what it was like when you were little?" My mom and dad always shared what their childhood was like with all their children.
By Mark Graham4 years ago in Geeks
Rudolph, the Red Nosed Reindeer
Who remembers watching 'Rudolph, the Red-nosed Reindeer' during the Christmas holiday? This is a classic claymation cartoon about a little reindeer destined to lead Santa's sleigh on Christmas Eve. There are or could be many side stories that can teach many lessons about diversity to us all.
By Mark Graham4 years ago in Geeks
Fire Over Acadia
I am a volunteer book reviewer for Olympia Publishers based in London, England. Reading novels from British authors is an opportunity for me to share books from other countries. It is fun reading these books to see how they write for I am and do have British relatives across the pond. The first British novel that I have read for Olympia Publishers is 'Fire Over Acadia' and there will be more. I will also, hopefully, be offering more book reviews from the online company that I also review for presently.
By Mark Graham4 years ago in Geeks
The Scalpel and The Sword
As mentioned in a previous post I am now reviewing novels from British authors writing for Olympia Publishers. The next review is a novel entitled 'The Scalpel and The Sword' written by R. John Thorpe. 'The Scalpel and The Sword' is a novel about a character by the name of John and his growing up and off to school and the military and how his life always seemed to revolve around home and England. John has many decisions to make that will affect his living through all his days and the experiences he has lived and will be living through. This is a novel that is like a world tour from England to Africa to Asia and back to England. The time period is during the periods of many wars of the English empire of the 17th century.
By Mark Graham4 years ago in Geeks
Dorothy and the Glass Key
'Dorothy and the Glass Key' is a young adult novel written by Christopher J. Finn in 2019 by Austin Macauley Publishers, LLC. This is a story of wander and wondering. This is the story of a girl named Dorothy who has many adventures through time and space. Dorothy is a child from a sad home where the mother was overworked and her father was an alcoholic. The story begins when Dorothy is in a vegetative state as an adult and a resident of a rehabilation center due to her adventures through various times and places and being with various kinds of people through time, but are linked through various keys that must match to hopefully make it home again somehow.
By Mark Graham4 years ago in Psyche