http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/authors/83/steven-a-carbone-ii Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Fri, 22 May 2026 13:45:26 -0400 Fri, 22 May 2026 13:45:26 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/364/incorporating-technology-into-the-modern-english-language-arts-classroom By Steven A. Carbone II - The mere mention of the English Language Arts content area, for many people, might conjure images of ancient, dusty tomes, the sound of a classroom full of pens scratching across college-ruled paper, or the palpable befuddlement of students staring down a school year full of challenging texts and writing. Enter technology, and along with it an entirely new skill set and accompanying literacies. This is the twenty-first century after all, and English teachers would be remiss if they did not take advantage of the latest and greatest technological methods of reading, expression, and communication... Mon, 17 Jan 2011 09:05 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/364/incorporating-technology-into-the-modern-english-language-arts-classroom http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1663/american-transcendentalism-and-analysis-of-ralph-waldo-emersons-self-reliance By Steven A. Carbone II - What began in New England in the early nineteenth-century as a reform of the Congregational Church grew into what some scholars consider to be one of the most monumental movements of religion, philosophy and literature in American history. Humbly, American Transcendentalism began its transformation of the American intellect through a circle of friends, some of whom were former Unitarian ministers themselves. They desired to further reform the church, which they viewed as a “social religion that did not awaken the individual’s realization of his own spirituality” (Versluis 290... Tue, 23 Nov 2010 09:57 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1663/american-transcendentalism-and-analysis-of-ralph-waldo-emersons-self-reliance http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/327/william-bradford-the-puritan-ethic-and-the-mayflower-compact By Steven A. Carbone II - Born of this repression and emigration, a leader and American literary figure emerged in the personage of William Bradford. Bradford played a role in the drafting of the Mayflower Compact, contributing to the first truly independent form of civil government in America. He went on to guide the settlement as governor or assistant governor for upwards of 30 years. The Puritan Ethic of that time, as well as the concepts forged by the Mayflower Compact, and its eventual development into a somewhat democratic form of representative government, laid the foundation for later American government and made... Fri, 19 Nov 2010 10:11 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/327/william-bradford-the-puritan-ethic-and-the-mayflower-compact http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/325/comparison-of-petrarchs-sonnet-292-of-the-canzoniere-and-shakespeares-sonnet-130 By Steven A. Carbone II - Petrarch and Shakespeare are two poets known for their work on the subject of love. While they each approach the subject of their poems through sonnet forms, there are fundamental differences in their style and form, as well as in the way they undergo the discussion of their subjects. Additionally, it is apparent that in “Sonnet 130,” Shakespeare actually satirizes Petrarch’s style and musings as his narrator describes his mistress, whose “eyes are nothing like the sun” (Shakespeare 3: 106). Shakespeare appears to be making light of the metaphor and exaggerated comparison... Wed, 17 Nov 2010 10:04 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/325/comparison-of-petrarchs-sonnet-292-of-the-canzoniere-and-shakespeares-sonnet-130 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1689/race-class-and-oppression-solutions-for-active-learning-and-literacy-in-the-classroom By Steven A. Carbone II - Oppression tends to exist in compartmentalized, clearly labeled categories of race, social class, gender, or sexual preference. While these rigidly defined categories may have been applied to allow for rational discussion of problems and solutions, the truth is that they are inherently oppressive themselves. Hatt-Echeverria and Urrieta (2003) indicate that the oppression of class and race tend to intersect, creating a grey area of overlapping categorizations. They further assert that this “compartmentalization of oppression arises from imperialistic and institutionalized motivation to quantify... Wed, 06 Jan 2010 10:01 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1689/race-class-and-oppression-solutions-for-active-learning-and-literacy-in-the-classroom http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1682/the-value-of-homework-is-homework-an-important-tool-for-learning-in-the-classroom By Steven A. Carbone II - Education consultant Ken O’Connor (1999) suggests eight guidelines for successful assessment, which includes a directive to not mark every single assignment for grades, but rather take a sampling of student efforts in order to assess how much they have learned. His approach pushes for a more standards based approach in determining grades, combining formative assessment to track students’ grasp of lesson concepts as they learn, enabling adjustment of teaching practice on-the-fly, and summative assessment in the form of a test or quiz, which measures the level of student knowledge and... Wed, 23 Dec 2009 10:35 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1682/the-value-of-homework-is-homework-an-important-tool-for-learning-in-the-classroom