question: The child of today owes much of its pleasant school life to the work of Maria Montessori and others who felt as she did.

Maria Montessori was born in 1870 in northern prefix = st1 /Italy. Both her parents were well educated.

While Maria was a student, she took great interest in the study of the particular nature of the child's mind. It came to her that small children should have freedom to learn.

Maria became a doctor and a professor at RomeUniversity. In 1907, after working with backward students, she was given a chance to try out her ideas on children. There were sixty children, aged three to six, in the Children's House. The rooms were bright and color1ful. Maria let the children make their own choice of what they wanted to do and work with their own speed. They became busy, peaceful and happy.

Maria Montessori was one of the world's great teachers. She traveled in Europe, Americaand Far East. She thought that true education, providing for the real needs of the child, would produce wise and happy grown-ups and therefore a peaceful world. Her original way of education has changed our whole idea of what childhood is.

Maria Montessori died in Hollandat the age of eighty-two.
1. When was Montessori born?
2. Where?
3. Were her parents educated?
4. What did she take interest in as a student?
5. What profession did she have?
6. Where?
7. How many children did she work with in 1907?
8. How old?
9. Did she give them time limits for learning?
10. Where did she travel to?
11. How old was she when she died?
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answer: 1. 1870
2. Italy
3. yes
4. the child's mind
5. doctor and a professor
6. RomeUniversity
7. sixty
8. three to six
9. no
10. Europe, America and Far East
11. 82

question: Myanmar (myan-MAR i/minmr/ mee-ahn-MAR, /minmr/ mee-EN-mar or /manmr/ my-AN-mar (also with the stress on first syllable); Burmese pronunciation: [mjma]),[nb 1] officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar and also known as Burma, is a sovereign state in Southeast Asia bordered by Bangladesh, India, China, Laos and Thailand. One-third of Myanmar's total perimeter of 1,930 km (1,200 miles) forms an uninterrupted coastline along the Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea. The country's 2014 census revealed a much lower population than expected, with 51 million people recorded. Myanmar is 676,578 square kilometres (261,227 sq mi) in size. Its capital city is Naypyidaw and its largest city is Yangon (Rangoon).

Early civilisations in Myanmar included the Tibeto-Burman-speaking Pyu city-states in Upper Burma and the Mon kingdoms in Lower Burma. In the 9th century, the Bamar people entered the upper Irrawaddy valley and, following the establishment of the Pagan Kingdom in the 1050s, the Burmese language, culture and Theravada Buddhism slowly became dominant in the country. The Pagan Kingdom fell due to the Mongol invasions and several warring states emerged. In the 16th century, reunified by the Taungoo Dynasty, the country was for a brief period the largest empire in the history of Southeast Asia. The early 19th century Konbaung Dynasty ruled over an area that included modern Myanmar and briefly controlled Manipur and Assam as well. The British conquered Myanmar after three Anglo-Burmese Wars in the 19th century and the country became a British colony. Myanmar became an independent nation in 1948, initially as a democratic nation and then, following a coup d'etat in 1962, a military dictatorship.
1. Who conquered Myanmar after 3 Anglo-Burmese Wars?
2. In what century was that?
3. What is another name for Myanmar?
4. What part of Asia is it in?
5. How many countries is it bordered by?
6. How many kilometres is it?
7. How many people did the 2014 census say it has?
8. Was that higher than expected?
9. What is one third of its total perimeter?
10. Is the capital Saigon?
11. What is its capital?
12. What is its largest city?
13. Is there another name for Yangon?
14. When was the Pagan Kingdom established?
15. Why did the Pagan Kingdom fall?
16. What Dynasty reunified the country in the 16th century?
17. Which Dynasty ruled over the modern Myanmar and briefly controlled Manipur?
18. When was Myanmar independent?
19. What kind of government was it initially?
20. What happened in 1962?
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answer: 1. The British
2. the 19th century
3. Burma
4. Southeast
5. Five
6. 676,578 square kilometres
7. 51 million
8. No
9. uninterrupted coastline
10. No
11. Naypyidaw
12. Yangon
13. Rangoon
14. the 1050s
15. Mongol invasions
16. the Taungoo Dynasty
17. Konbaung Dynasty
18. 1948
19. democratic
20. a coup d'etat

question: Chapter VII.

MAGGIE IS VERY NAUGHTY.

As soon as the children reached the open air Tom said, "Here, Lucy, you come along with me," and walked off to the place where the toads were, as if there were no Maggie in existence. Lucy was naturally pleased that Cousin Tom was so good to her, and it was very amusing to see him tickling a fat toad with a piece of string, when the toad was safe down the area, with an iron grating over him.

Still Lucy wished Maggie to enjoy the sight also, especially as she would doubtless find a name for the toad, and say what had been his past history; for Lucy loved Maggie's stories about the live things they came upon by accident--how Mrs. Earwig had a wash at home, and one of her children had fallen into the hot copper, for which reason she was running so fast to fetch the doctor. So now the desire to know the history of a very portly toad made her run back to Maggie and say, "Oh, there is such a big, funny toad, Maggie! Do come and see."

Maggie said nothing, but turned away from her with a deep frown. She was actually beginning to think that she should like to make Lucy cry, by slapping or pinching her, especially as it might vex Tom, whom it was of no use to slap, even if she dared, because he didn't mind it. And if Lucy hadn't been there, Maggie was sure he would have made friends with her sooner.
1. Did Lucy like Maggie's stories?
2. What was Mrs. Earwig running for in Maggie's story?
3. Why?
4. What did Lucy want to hear a story about?
5. Did she ask Maggie to come look at it?
6. Did Maggie respond?
7. Why not?
8. To achieve what?
9. Is it hard to do that?
10. What is Maggie's goal?
11. Is Maggie jealous of Lucy's relationship with Tom?
12. Did she feel ignored?
13. What is Lucy's relationship to Tom?
14. What did Tom tickle a toad with?
15. What was over the toad?
16. Who did Tom ask to come with him?
17. Did she?
18. Was Lucy happy about Tom's attention to her?
19. What about Maggie?
20. Why not?
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answer:
1. yes
2. fetching the doctor
3. one of her children had fallen into the hot copper
4. a toad
5. yes
6. no
7. she wanted to make Lucy cry
8. vex Tom
9. yes
10. make friends with Tom
11. yes
12. yes
13. cousin
14. piece of string
15. iron grating?
16. Lucy
17. yes
18. yes
19. no
20. she felt ignored