Author Archives: Emma

45 Family Media Literacy Activities to Grow Smart Brains in a Digital Age – Help All in One Place

What is “media literacy?” The word literacy connotes a high degree of competency and usually means that a person knows how to read and write. A literate person, on the other hand, is well read, using and applying high level thinking skills across a broad range of topics. Computer literacy means the capacity to use […]

Ecology of a childhood cracker – Synopsis of the book

Landfill households Janisse Ray’s book Ecology of a Cracker Childhood shows the life of a young girl growing up with her family who owns a landfill in Appling County, Georgia. Many experiences may have been different for her, but she still lives as many children do; with rules and playing outdoors with her imagination. The […]

How Disney’s Princess Tiana confronts Cinderella

One of Disney’s most classic tales of Princess Cinderella has a lot in common with the newest of Disney princesses. Princess Tiana from the new film, The Princess and the Frog, takes aspects of Princess Cinderella’s exceptional story and gives it a refreshingly modern twist. Both stories start with hardworking young women. Cinderella is overworked, […]

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