Civilization and Freedom are two entirely different subjects when it comes to civil-war time. Civilization is a very structured communist effort. While on the other hand Freedom is fighting for yourself and having the least amount of help while facing life issues. Huckleberry Finn is a great book because it portrays the evils of society during the civil-war period. In Huckleberry Finn there is a clear division between the morals of society and the morals of Huck Finn. The morals of society include
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Classification Essay In a classification essay‚ a writer organizes‚ or sorts‚ things into categories. Three Steps to Effective Classification: 1. Sort things into useful categories. 2. Make sure all the categories follow a single organizing principle. 3. Give examples that fit into each category. 4. Finding Categories This is a key step in writing a classification essay. To classify‚ or sort‚ things in a logical way‚ find the categories to put them into. For example‚ say
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Chickasaw‚ Cherokee and other tribes‚ that took place along the Cumberland River in Kentucky and Tennessee. Some have said that the land was described in this way to Daniel Boone by an Indian Chief. According to The Kentucky Blue Book‚ "Dragging Canoe‚ a young Cherokee chief opposed to selling ancestral hunting grounds‚ warned the whites that they were purchasing a “dark and bloody ground." U.S. govt. too weak militarily to deal with situation (1789 – US Army was 672 soldiers!) “no property
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western-most tributary‚ the Jefferson River. This route delivered the explorers to the doorstep of the Shoshone Indians‚ who were skilled at traversing the great rock mountains with horses. Once over the Bitterroot Mountains‚ the Corps of Discovery shaped canoe-like boats that transported them downriver to the mouth of the Columbia where they
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along a single line‚ but a return to primitive conditions on a continually advancing frontier line”? “It finds him a European in dress‚ industries‚ tools‚ modes of travel‚ and thought. It takes him from the railroad car and puts him in the birch canoe. It strips off the garments of civilization and arrays him in the hunting shirt and the moccasin. It puts him in the log cabin of the Cherokee and Iroquois and runs an Indian palisade around him‚ Before long he has gone to planting Indian corn and
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Terra Nullius? The Very Early Years An integrated unit for Stage 2 Context The unit from which this is derived was first developed by Stage 2 teachers using a range of learning activities previously devised and trialled by an ESL lecturer working with students and teachers in the classroom. It was originally designed to encourage and promote discussion among students and development of their language skills. Students are presented with a range of problem-solving situations that
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The Haida People of the Canadian Northwest Coast By Shyann Gilmour The Haida people had an extremely complex social organization. They were highly respected by their peers and those they traded with and were feared by those who were at war with them. Their art continues to flourish today and many traditions have survived into today’s world. The Natives of the Northwest Coast have been a group of Natives with the worlds attention‚ while some may stay to look at museum exhibits concerning the
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Summer Reading 2012 Sophomores Sophomores are required to read two books for English this summer: 1) Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 2) Charles Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities We will give you a multiple-choice test on both books during the second English class next fall; therefore‚ please 1) read these books with care this summer; 2) bring your copies of them with you when you arrive in the fall and review the books before the test
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Ernest Hemingway attempts to describe the interactions of white Americans and Native Americans in his short story "Indian Camp." By closely reading this short story using a Postcolonialist approach‚ a deeper understanding of the colonization and treatment of the Native Americans by the white Americans can be gained. Hemingway uses an almost allegorical story as he exposes the injustices inflicted by the white oppressors through his characters. Through his characters Hemingway expresses the traits
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stick together. 2. A bullet of mass 10 g has a muzzle velocity of 300 m/s. Find (a) the momentum of the bullet (b) the recoil velocity of the gun if its mass is 2.0 kg. 3. A 70 kg man dives away from a stationary canoe with a velocity of 3.0 m/s parallel to the water. If the canoe has a mass of 150 kg‚ find its recoil velocity. 4. A steel sphere of mass 0.10 kg is fired horizontally with a velocity of 30 m/s into a block of plasticine of mass 1.0 kg at rest. With what velocity does the combination
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