Username: jilllessa
Gender: Female
Member since: July 5, 2007
Birthday: April 2, 1963
I am a: Teacher
Grades:
High School - 10th Grade
Subjects:
English / Literature / Writing, Foreign Languages, History
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Really our government is a federal repubilc because it is a union of states with... - Answered a question in History:
Popular Sovereignty was appealing as a solution to the very emotional and... - Added a post in History:
I think it is spelled "Gilded Age" as in gilded with gold. It was... - Added a post in History:
Yes and no really. In the beginning the men who helped to begin the revolution... - Added a post in History:
Yes there was a serious split in early Islam which did result in the Sunni -... - Answered a question in History:
This is quite a question for three short paragraphs but I will try:Towards the end... - Answered a question in The Crucible:
This question has been answered before within the scope of the following... - Answered a question in The Crucible:
The confession that Elizabeth makes to John in Act IV is that she realizes that... - Answered a question in The Crucible:
Proctor's goal in bringing Mary Warren to court is to get the truth out, end the... - Joined a group:
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Adding excitement - Added a post in To Kill a Mockingbird:
In addition to being the girl who accused Tom Robinson and part of the infamous... - Answered a question in The Odyssey:
I think the heckler you are referring to is Euryalus who insults Odysseus when he... - Answered a question in The Elephant Man:
The song is just called the Elephant Man Theme and it can be found on the...
About Me
Classical Teacher
Bio
I was born and raised in the Boston area. I did my undergraduate studies at Brandeis Umiversity where I majored in History and Medieval studies. I also took 28 credits in Eng. Lit. Did Graduate work in Medieval Hitory at KU in Lawrence, KS. I currently live in Prescott Valley, AZ and teach at a classically oriented Christian School.
Interests
I love reading (murder mysteries are my favorite fun reading), cooking (especially medieval cookery), 4 wheeling,
Groups
- Law,
- The Prince,
- Virginia Tech,
- Shoeless Joe,
- Don Quixote,
- The Bronze Bow,
- Literature in Film and Television,
- Guns, Germs, and Steel,
- Silas Marner,
- In the Time of the Butterflies,
- The Elephant Man,
- Health,
- Arts,
- Uncle Tom's Cabin,
- Johnny Tremain,
- The Man Without a Country,
- Wuthering Heights,
- A History of the Bible as Literature,
- Abraham Lincoln,
- The Black Death,
- I Heard the Owl Call My Name,
- A History of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict,
- The Chronicles of Narnia,
- The Hobbit,
- As You Like It,
- The Return of the Native,
- The Odyssey,
- Poetry Forum,
- Science,
- Briar Rose,
- America: Pathways to the Present,
- My Brother Sam Is Dead,
- The Red Pony,
- Ten Days That Shook the World,
- The Hiding Place,
- The Song of Roland,
- Angela's Ashes,
- Rebecca,
- Lord of the Flies,
- Macbeth,
- Antigone,
- English teachers,
- History,
- Teacher Book Reviews,
- Zorba the Greek,
- A Wrinkle in Time,
- A Tale of Two Cities,
- Treasure Island,
- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,
- Plato's Republic
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