3-7-2012 Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom By: William Craft and Ellen Craft Beginning in the principal slave state of Georgia‚ “Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom” details the adventure and eventual escape from slavery of William Kraft and his wife Ellen craft. In December of 1848‚ both received written passes from their owners allowing them a few days away together. They would make the most of it and never return to bondage. Ellen craft was the daughter of her first master and as such was almost
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Case Study: Depression Answer Sheet Ellen: Depression and Suicidality Student Name: Donna Diagnosing Ellen 1a. Refer to the DSM-IV checklist and list all symptoms that Ellen has that match the criteria for major depressive episode. Which of Ellen’s symptoms meet any of the criteria? (Be sure to match specific symptoms with specific criteria.) DSM criteria #1 depressed mood most of the day. Correlating Behaviors v Ellen has reported that she had been distracted for part of the day‚ but quickly
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For my independent reading critical analysis‚ I am going to do not one book but seven. These books are all by Ellen Hopkins and they all have the same writing technique. Ellen Hopkins is a beautiful and realistic writer. All of her books are connectable and understandable‚ especially to teens and young adults. Let me explain and give you my take on the books. Ellen has a very interesting way of writing that I’ve only seen in a handful of books‚ such as Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse‚ I Heart You
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Back in September‚ I described an activist as a person who openly and actively advocates against an injustice in our society‚ whether it be social‚ political‚ or economical. Since September‚ my understanding of what an activist and what social justice‚ equity‚ and community organizing are has expanded drastically. Yes‚ an activist is all the things I mentioned before‚ but an activist is also someone who works tirelessly and puts all they have into a cause that goes against the common opinion in a
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Section 1 – Book Info Name of Book: Crank Author: Ellen Hopkins Publisher: Simon & Schuster Where Published: New York‚ New York 10020 When Published: 2004 Number of Pages: 537 Length to read: 3 weeks Section 2 – Authors Purpose The authors purpose in Crank is to inform about the dangers of drugs‚ and how they can affect everyone around you. The whole book is an example of the things that can happen if you were to do those drugs‚ the way she gets addicted and how it consumes her
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I must admit‚ the article is exceptional! Ellen Kahn addresses the issues transgender children. Most importantly‚ she acknowledges that elementary students also come across gender issues and acceptance. Stating such allows readers‚ like myself‚ to acknowledge the fact that young children also have a view of themselves that others should respect and accept. I believe the article is very important. I think Kahn stresses the idea of acceptance and individuality perfectly. While providing statistics
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America’s Activist Journey “The issue of government has always been whether individual men and women will have to serve some system of government or economics‚ or whether a system of government or economics exists to serve individual men and women…(p135‚doc1)”. Since 1776 when our Declaration of Independence was signed‚ the government’s involvement in the peoples lives‚ domestically and internationally has always been a controversial issue. Since then‚ an activist federal government has had a positive
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A marijuana activist is someone who simply wants to bring common decency and justice to their country‚ their community‚ our world. We’re just trying to bring sanity and faith to America‚ the ability to believe in the American dream‚ in America. The slogan that won the Presidency of the United States shouldn’t have been “Make America Great Again”‚ it should be “Make it better than it was before‚ make it the great it has yet to achieve‚ make it what we were all taught through the television and in
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causes are called teen activists. Teen activism What is a teen activist? A teen activist is a teen who helps in community organizing for social change. Teen activists mostly speak out about problematic things or things that will become problems in the future. Teen activists spread the word about their causes by speaking out for them. There are over 2.5 million teen activists in the world. One of the most known teen activist is Helen Keller.
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Activists are very important people in the world‚ without them our world would not be the same. Activist helps our world by fixing and solving Earth’s problems. Alex Lin‚ Martin Luther King jr.‚ and Malala are great examples of amazing activists. They each worked super hard to solve the problems around them. Everyone of them influence people all around the world. Alex Lin helped pass an e-waste law in Rhode Island. Malala continues to fight for girls’ education. Martin Luther King jr. helped pass
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