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That 1949 novel, a staple of high school syllabuses, has returned to the best-seller lists since the inauguration of Donald J. Trump, jibing with worries about the rebirth of fascism in democratic countries.
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That’s not as true for new methods of classroom teaching that can boost reading skills, or for changes in the syllabus that improve science literacy.
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The list of names reads like a syllabus to an introductory class on Royals history.
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Professor Malan, in an email, said the guidelines in the course syllabus were clear.
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That’s like a college syllabus in political science.
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But his speech was probably much longer, researchers believe, based on a 1945 syllabus for the class.
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Earlier this year, Solange saw her own forceful album about black womanhood, A Seat at the Table, inspire a syllabus that drew on material submitted by young women of color.
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In December 2015 it was refused a place on Israel’s high-school Hebrew literature syllabus by the...
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Origin and Etymology of syllabus
Late Latin, alteration of Latin sillybus label for a book, from Greek sillybos
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SYLLABUS Defined for English Language Learners
syllabus
playDefinition of syllabus for English Language Learners
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: a list of the topics or books that will be studied in a course
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