AP United States History Summer Reading Assignment Lakeside High School I. On Monday‚ August 18th‚ you will turn in a typed three page (double-spaced) reaction to your selected summer reading book. You may choose any fiction or non-fiction book to read related to United States history. The book must be at a college level (no Johnny Tremain or Fever) and be a minimum of 250 pages. This is a reaction paper‚ not a summary. A reaction should be written in first person and could include items such
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In order to complete this assignment‚ I reviewed the textbook used in my eleventh grade Modern American History class. The title of the book is United States History: Modern America. Printed by Prentice Hall‚ it was published in 2008 and is now in its fifth year of usage for my class. I used the Fry Readability Graph to determine the readability of the book. Additionally‚ I selected three passages‚ one from the beginning‚ middle and end of the book‚ in order to assure accurate results. The
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understanding the principles and values essential for working with children and young people. 1. Principles and values a. Show how you promote the principles and values essential for working with children; young people their families and their carers. .At Clayfields house all children‚ young people their families and carers are all treated with respect. Families and carers are always updated on children’s or young people’s progress during their time at Clayfields and any deterioration in
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16th Amendment - allowed the government to levy taxes based upon a person’s income. 17th Amendment - gave voters the power to directly elect their senators 18th Amendment - established prohibition in the United States 19th Amendment - granted full voting rights to women Alexander Graham Bell - patented the telephone in 1876 Bessemer process - was a method of steelmaking that burned off impurities in molten iron with a blast of hot air. Carrie Chapman Catt - became the president of NAWSA in
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Everything does not always abide by the law of life. And it isn’t joking that there are many things that young people can teach older people. Some aspects of knowledge older people don’t know especially modern technology and kinds of entertainment for teenagers certainly aren’t older people’s strong point. That‘s why they can learn many things from young generation. Some young people have conditions to study abroad‚ acquire specialized knowledge from early. They are also lucky for
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English 151 April 27‚ 2014 Society’s Attitude towards Young People Why doesn’t society give people of young age a chance? Everyone is different. Not all are violent‚ wear hoodies‚ and are ignorant. Some of us are mature‚ do well in school and are on the right path in life; so to be stereotyped into one category by older adults is unfair. Young people in our society today are viewed in a negative way. They are often frowned upon by society based on
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PLS201 Reading Notes 1 Concepts of Politics and American Politics STUDY: Lecture Notes 1‚ and We the People‚ chapter 1 Be informative‚ rigorous‚ critical. Provide specific‚ page-indicated references to the text. NOTE1A 15 lines. In chapter one of We the People the authors address the question of how government is made up of the institutions and procedures by which people are ruled in terms of four propositions: 1) Different forms of government are defined by power and freedom; 2) Limits
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Are You proud of your country? I am very proud of my country. I am very lucky to be living in these United States. We have many rights and freedoms. We are all equal here. We are all lucky to have all the privileges and rights that we do have. We have freedom of speech. This means we can say and act however we feel whenever we want. In some countries‚ you are not allowed to. We also have freedom of the press. Our printing press can inform us in all the news that’s going on around the world
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Shugarts 1 Nick Shugarts Professor Bill Ashcraft United States History I October 13‚ 2013 Analysis Paper #1 The 1600’s was a period of time where the American colonies began to form solid sovereign states. In an effort to find profitable resources that can be used to send back to Europe‚ one Virginia colonist John Rolfe started experimenting with tobacco in 1612 seeing how well it fared in the Southern soil which inevitably yielded favorable results. Upon this discovery‚ the tobacco industry
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Young people are important resources to their country‚ but government may ignore some problems faced by young people in running the country. Show the problems and give advices. The young people are the future the society. However‚ there have been types of youth problems may ignore by the government. We should know the reason to cause that first before tackle the issues happen on youngster. The main problem that young people face is difficult to get jobs after graduation. Most of enterprises
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