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    “The Student as a Force for social change”: The Mississippi Freedom Schools and Student Engagement‚ he thoroughly explains how students in the Freedom Schools during the 1960s were able to use techniques and practices to “nurture agents of social change”. This document informs the reader on how important the Freedom Schools were then and even in citizen’s lives today. His thesis‚ which is‚ “Through the analysis of student engagement in the Mississippi Freedom Schools‚ it becomes clear that the schools

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    NFL‚ there is always a player that ends up having a tremendous year. Such as Tom Brady‚ Emmitt Smith‚ Jerry Rice‚ and many more players. The New England Patriots tight end‚ Aaron Hernandez‚ was a remarkable player. He had started off pretty well‚ then the tables turned for him. In the 2010 NFL draft‚ the Patriots selected Aaron Hernandez in round four‚ pick number 113. For the two years he played in the NFL‚ he was amazing. He averaged 11.2 yards per game‚ had a total of 1‚956 yards‚ and 18 career

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    Upon reviewing the Mississippi Social Studies Standards‚ The National Council for the Social Studies Standards (NCSS)‚ and the Common Core Standards I have come to the conclusion‚ that these three sets of standards are all very similar‚ yet different. In my opinion NCSS and the Mississippi Social Studies Standards contain similar goals and structure. Although the Common Core Standards goal correspond with the Mississippi Social Studies Standards‚ I believe the Mississippi Social Studies Standards

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    Candle Burning Lab

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    the combustion of a candle? The purpose of this lab was to find out the properties and characteristics of a candle. Also the purpose was to find the remnants that the combustion of a candle leaves behind as gas. I learned that the candle that is burning releases a certain gas into the air. I also learned that limewater has a chemical reaction when exposed to that gas and turns red. Hypothesis: For this Lab‚ my hypothesis was that the candles are going from solid to gas because of a high and quick

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    Courage and Its’ Many Forms My definition of courage is to be able to endure physical hardship to prevent harm from coming to another and to have the ability to act rightly in the face of popular opposition. As you can see in my definition there are two themes. One is physical courage and the other is moral courage. I picked this concept because of the many opportunities courage has to offer. Courage is very specific; in some cases it could be instinct‚ or stupidity that is seen as courage.

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    The book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee and the book Mississippi Trial‚ 1955 by Chris Crowe are two different books surround by the same ideas. To Kill a Mockingbird was a book about a girl named Scout‚ whose dad‚ Atticus‚ is a lawyer‚ who tried to win a case defending an innocent black man. Atticus did not win the case and Scout started to learn about injustice and what went on at that time in the South. Mississippi Trial‚ 1955 was about a boy named Hiram‚ who lived in the South with his grandpa

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    Life on the Mississippi: Summary & Analysis ’’Life on the Mississippi’’ by Mark Twain is a biographical memoir of his experiences written as he learned to pilot a steamboat on the Mississippi River. Also included is a personal narration of Twain’s voyage from St. Louis‚ Missouri to New Orleans‚ Louisiana. Travel Twain’s path through this lesson of expanded horizons that helped to further define Mark Twain’s literary career. Mark Twain Meets the Mighty Mississippi Introduction Between the bindings

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    Barn Burning 13

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    Sarty begins to compare him to his father‚ he begins to see the faults in Abner ’s rational and finally decides that he must take action and stop his father ’s train of destruction‚ and as a result betraying his father. At the beginning of "Barn Burning" it is already clear that Sarty gives complete support and allegiance to his family‚ especially his father. Sarty ’s loyalty is so strong that he feels that any man who is an enemy of his father is an enemy of his‚ too. "…his father and his father

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    Jennifer Bahol 10/25/12 “No human race is superior; no religious faith is inferior. All collective judgments are wrong Only racists make them”. The great debaters movies and the Mississippi trial have their difference and also similarities about racism. In the great debaters and the Mississippi trial has their distinctness. The great debaters there was justice served. When one of the debaters James farmer give his audience a powerful speech about civil “disobedience is a moral weapon in

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    Burning Blue Summary

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    Burning Blue by Paul Griffin This Girl named Nicole Castro gets acid thrown in her face one day at school. She has to have surgery and has to go to a therapist. She befriends a guy named Jay. Jay is secretly a hacker; he can hack almost and anything. He is afraid that the FBI is on his trail of hacking. Jay’s dad is an art critic and seems to be drunk most of the time. Jay’s mom was killed in a car accident‚ his father was driving and he was also intoxicated at the time. After Nicole and

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