In both “Romeo and Juliet” by William Shakespeare‚ and Tears of a Tiger‚ by Sharon Draper‚ both of the protagonists commit actions that would result in them both being placed in the Hall of Shame. The protagonist in Tears of a Tiger is Andy‚ a Junior in High School. After one of his high school basketball games‚ he is driving under the influence of alcohol with his three friends and crashes his car‚ resulting in his best friend’s death. This story is about the recovery process Andy takes to overcome
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According to Close Reading Without Tears‚ many teachers are following the scaffolding suggested by the Common Core language arts standards (Boyles 1). Teachers are using less frontloading before reading. This allows students to dig deeper into the text without teacher prompts. Thus‚ allowing students to develop the necessary skills to become independent close readers. Frontloading or pre-reading‚ has been the topic of many educational discussions. Is it necessary? Many teachers prefer not to use pre-reading
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Is it possible that one decision can change a person’s life? In Tears of a Tiger by Sharon Draper‚ Andrew Jackson chooses to drink and drive after a basketball game and regretfully kills his best friend Rob Washington. After the accident Andy must live with the guilt and face his family‚ friends‚ and teachers each day. The guilt becomes so heavy that Andy contemplates taking his own life. Three events that lead to Andy’s suicide are being turned away by his parents‚ breaking up with his girlfriend
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experience that the Trail of Tears were presented‚ yet the difficulties that these Native Americans faced were misconstrued throughout the Trail of Tears site. Andrew Jackson’s pledge to forcibly move the Native Americans to a location west of the Mississippi River resulted in the Indian Removal Act in 1830. One of the largest tragedies in history‚ this act of relocating tribes such as the Cherokee‚ Chickasaw‚ Creek‚ Seminole‚ and Choctaw is known as the Trail of Tears. These tribes passed through
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east of the Mississippi River. This mass migration of about 15‚000 Cherokee Indians is now referred to by the Cherokee Nation as The Trail of Tears‚ due to the adverse impact it had on the Cherokee. Nearly 4‚000 Native Americans died during this mass migration‚ due to the plethora of obstacles they faced‚ including starvation and exhaustion (“The Trail of Tears”). Another one of the Five Civil Tribes‚ the Creeks‚ lost about 3‚500 members when they were forced from their lands in Alabama (“Stories”)
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Native Americans have suffered tremendously. The establishment of the early English colonies and the future creation of the American nation impacted the lives and destiny of the Native American people extremely. One example of this is the Trail of Tears‚ an event which brought lots of people sadness and grief. Another example is the loss of their land‚ something which exceptionally changed the lives and destiny of the Native Americans. The last example is diseases‚ something that the Native Americans
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Jack Giggey 11/1/10 Merrill 4th Question One Known as having adopted an Indian child as his son‚ Andrew Jackson was quite fond of the Indian race; however‚ with pressure to expand westward‚ he needed to transfer the Indians farther west and soon became their worst enemy. Andrew Jackson’s Indian Policy was to move the Indians westward as peacefully as possible‚ for the tribes that stayed in the East Coast were annihilated. Also‚ moving them West will help them live longer‚ and there is a fair
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Indian Removal Act “Like rain‚ the tears of anguish fell‚ sad moments locked in time …. Where each tear fell‚ as some will tell‚ will be seen a Cherokee rose‚” (“A Cherokee Rose” by Rick Brown)‚ tells that thousands of Cherokees were forced out of their homes and start heading west‚ during the trip to Oklahoma at least 4‚000 Cherokee died. Many Cherokees died suffering through cruel and unfair government. In 1830‚ President Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act‚ which was a law that forced
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Forceful Removal of Natives The trail of tears was simply wrong. The trail of tears is one of the saddest events in our nation’s history. We forcefully took land that did not belong to us. In addition‚ we killed thousands in the process. The 5 nations east of the Mississippi were changed forever. We took from them the very rights that we just fought for in the Revolutionary War. We had such double standards thinking that we deserve the rights in our constitution but not the native americans. Why
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American removal. Due to Andrew Jackson’s Native American policy‚ the Indian Removal Act was put into action‚ causing much hardship for the Natives. This act would have lasting consequences influencing future policy and resulting in the Trail of Tears. Andrew Jackson sincerely believed that in order to have a perfect nation‚ it was needed to remove the Indians to the west side of the Mississippi River. He went to Congress and with his first annual message addressing his case of the Removal Act
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