Folklore, Myths and Stories of Hawthorn

 Description Now it is time to research the folklore, myths and stories that have built up around your chosen herb – Hawthorn. This is fun and often very colorful, but has a serious side to it as well. To critically think, you must be able to separate entertaining and possibly traditional cultural practices from serious […]

Examining Myths about Immigration and Education

Description In his research, Richard Rothstein found that during the immigration period from 1880 to 1915, few Americans succeeded in school, least of all immigrants; immigrants of all backgrounds did poorly. Instead, it was the children and grandchildren of European immigrants who fared well in school, but the myth that first-generation immigrants “made it,” at […]