Thank you for assistance in making Spring Fever possible! I hope you all were able to enjoy the events offered throughout the week. The week went spectacular, even though the concert venue was adjusted early in the week. During the week so many students, alumni, and other visitors had wonderful compliments regarding Spring Fever.…
The most eventful thing that I did this Summer is ride a float in the Touch of Dutch Parade for Pop Warner. I threw out beads and candy. I went to the booth that Pop Warner had. The booth that they had was a dunk tank. I had to sit their all day because my mom had to run it.…
(Find topic sentence). Gwendolyn Rodger’s contribution to That Summer brought forward additional lessons that were then taught to Haven McPhail. Her few appearances may have been brief, but carried much weight that was needed to bring the story along. Taller than Haven McPhail, Gwendolyn was a worldwide famous model who, too, once lived in Lakeview. Her secrets that she had hid from the public eye, yet seen by Haven, allowed McPhail to realize that even the most flawless people, do have their own faults. As Haven and her friend, Casey, walked around their development, Haven sees Gwendolyn in her most disheveled ways. Through Haven’s eyes, she sees, “I saw her face then, the same one we’d seen on all those magazine covers, and on MTV. But it wasn’t the same: it wasn’t bronzed, with pink lips and lashes a mile long; no hair blowing, back in the wind, framing her face… Instead, I saw just a tall girl with a blank, plain expression, thin and angular and lost” (Dessen 117).…
The purpose of this assignment is to introduce you to the resources available in the media center, to introduce you to the requirements of formal research projects, and to assess your ability to follow directions explicitly. In this assignment you will write a 3 page research essay (most likely 5 paragraph) utilizing 5 reliable sources. You will provide an actual copy of the sources used in the essay. These will be turned in as part of the final product. Each paragraph must have at least 2 supporting facts taken from a source. In addition to the essay, you will also create a VISUAL presentation of the same material. This can take the form of a Power Point or a Prezi but must include at…
How did the resurgence of the Klan on the east coast affect the unity of the country?…
With the fundamental to life we all need food, water, and shelter maybe the necessities of life, but some may argue also love is needed to live a life we want. With some great home cooking with a little love in that food you can never be mad at anyone while eating this, but what happens when that food isn't available. Today, I researched what these civil war solders ate during this terrible time trying to steer this new nation in the their path. Some ate, plain things some barely ate anything starving to death, but really what was available at this desperate time?…
For many Americans, going to a summer sleep-away camp as a child is an experience to be treasured well into adulthood. Present and former campers often speak of the experiences and the friendships that resulted from their time at sleep-away camp as some of the most important and meaningful ones of their lives. Critics, however, often view summer sleep-away camps in a very different way, insisting that they are elitist and that the children who are sent there miss out on valuable bonding time with their parents and the friends who live in their hometowns.…
The historical timeframe subsequent the United States Civil War spanning to the Great Depression is filled with events, that in hindsight contributed unintentionally to the next major event in American History. This period represents an ebb and flow of positive and negative events beginning with the conclusion of the Civil War and ultimately resulting in the Great Depression of the 1930s. By their very nature, a civil war is intended to bring forth change, change that was unachievable without fighting and bloodshed, the American Civil War was no different. Due to the complex nature of the social changes that would occur following the war, planning for an era of reconstruction initiated prior to the war concluding. This Era of Reconstruction, as it would become know, lasted until 1877. During the Era of Reconstruction and through the end of World War I, the United States experienced an explosive expansion in manufacturing and agricultural production. Based on the advancements achieved during in the Industrial Era the United States was able to evolve its manufacturing prowess into capabilities that turned the tide of World War I following the German…
I can still remember the times when I was just a young boy. I grew up in the rural part of town on our family's ranch. Most knew where my family resided, as we set up our establishment and named it the Double G Ranch. Amongst my family, included a vast variety of animals. We had everything from racing horses to bulls and even a mean rooster that startled everyone on the farm except for my mother. Friends and close relatives would often visit to participate in trail rides, social gatherings, and other outdoor activities. My family's ranch became not only everyone else around us the favorite place to hang out, but also a place where I created memories. I can honestly say that my childhood consisted of numerous adventures that fulfilled my enjoyment.…
In the era that directly followed the civil war, the South was in a state of Chaos, they had just lost the Civil War and slavery was abolished, so millions upon millions were set free and were eager to begin life as free citizens. Unfortunately, the south was not ready yet to give the newly freed African Americans, all of the liberties as free citizens they had just been granted, this was just the beginning of the plight for freedom. This time period saw a sharp increase in the number of lynchings of free African Americans. According to Ida B Wells, this occurred due to the fact that the Southern whites strongly desired a way to control the Blacks. This meant that if a black man or woman violated one of the south's Unwritten laws called the Jim Crow Laws, that he or she could and probably would be lynched by…
Reconstruction in the 1800’s can have a lot of different meanings. For some the reconstruction was the rejoining of the two sides that fought in the civil war, the North and the South. For others in government it was the presidential reconstruction after the death of Lincoln. Most importantly for some reconstruction mean finally being a free man with right and who could vote and provide for his family. The African Americans were a big part of reconstruction, just being freed by the passing of the thirteenth amendment which was adopted on December 6, 1865. This new law stated “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, nor…
The Reconstruction of 1865 had a lot of successes and failures. Many of the successes and failures are going to be expressed in this essay, as so After the civil war, just about everything was destroyed. Homes, Businesses, Railroads were all destroyed. The Reconstruction plan was to rebuild everything that was in ruins or demolished completely.…
Those were my favorite nights, only because most often we would go to Bens house, which was 2 stories and about 6,000 sq.ft. The adults would hang around in the living room, dinning room, or the kitchen as the masses of children, of all ages, ran around the house playing, screaming, and occasionally crying. I was among the older kids leading the group and watching over the younger ones.…
I can recall the summer days, the days where I spent playing all day. The freckled and sun kissed skin. The days of 4H camp where we’d run away from the bugs that chased us around the pool. I remember crying from the irrational fears of capsizing the canoe against the rocks. The judging eyes of girls from cabin #14. Man did I hated 4H camp.…
Christianity in the 1800s was a huge ordeal. It was growing exponentially between groups of people, churches were spreading, and the word was being taken out, but there are many questions to be asked about Christianity at that time. Churches and the government were tied tight, with which the church was very happy. Buildings and money were provided for the people, given that they help out in a number of ways. It was said to be a politico-religious golden age. By helping out the church, some believed that they did not have to actually be a part of the church to automatically be included in the benefits. Others believed that the church was going to quickly and greatly fall, and that it would cease to have an influence on the government and on everyday life. Those people were proven wrong. Organized Protestantism was at its peak by 1820, with reported 38,183 church buildings in America, which was one for every 608 people. The total of all these churches is valued at over $87,000,000. In 1832, while the population of Roman Catholics rose by 88%, the population of evangelic clergymen rose by 175%. By 1855, 27,000,000 people attended a Protestant congregation. In the 1850s, there were over six million Methodists, over four million Baptists, and over 2.5 million Presbyterians. With so many people joining the church, many activities were designed to bring together church members. Members of standard churches were required to have persistent conversation and communication with others, to discuss their spiritual life, and to hold each other accountable to make the right decisions. As a member, one was required to attend two worship services and Sunday School. Normally in the week, there would be a day devoted to prayer, dedicated to gathering…