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    and fame away the celebrities and forget about people’s wealth that we’re would all be just ordinary regular people. We all bleed‚ red blood when we cut ourselves‚ we all hurt and have emotions and rights we are all humans. Reading this incredible story “The Outsiders” By S.E. Hinton was an inspirational book it opened my eyes to such other things that is more important that is going on in the world. I’ve learned a valuable lesson‚ like to stay gold like the poem in the book. Nature’s first green

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    Upon reading “A Drowning”‚ I thought this story was a very enlightening story opening readers’ eyes to reality. The usual stories that we are exposed to‚ always end with a happy ending where the protagonist was able to help and save the day. However‚ although unfortunate‚ this story depicts the speaker put in a position where he was unable to do anything to save the person from drowning. This comes to show the reality that there are times when you are placed in similar situations where‚ no matter

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    The title of American History X is derived from the name of a class Danny (Furlong) is forced to take after writing a controversial essay on Adolf Hitler’s autobiography‚ Mein Kampf. When his Jewish teacher (Gould) becomes outraged‚ he bursts into Principal Sweeney’s (Brooks) office and complains. Danny is called into the office and is told that he must write about the life of his brother‚ Derek Vinyard‚ and have it on his desk the next morning or face immediate expulsion. Danny continually complains

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    What would you do if you were had to move away from you home? In the early 1830’s the Native Americans and the settlers lived in peace. Native Americans lived on their own land‚ as well as the settlers. They only had a few years left before they would be forced to leave their homes. Forced to leave by new settlers who hadn’t even been there for 400 years. The homes that were owned by their ancestors. That their ancestors had worked on for years. The route to their new “home” would be long‚ dangerous

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    Good morning/afternoon Mrs Morgan and fellow class members. Good poetry makes you think and feel about issues and ideas raised by the poet. Judith Beveridge explores the beauty of nature and man’s relationship to it. Judith Beveridge shows the cruelty of humans towards animals and nature in her poems. The first poem I have chosen to talk about is “The Shark”. This poem is about a bunch of fishermen on a boat‚ who catch a shark and later discover that the shark has eaten a young boy. “The

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    The American economy and its culture changed dramatically during the 1920’s and 1930’s due to many factors‚ including the Great Depression. The Depression itself‚ among other elements such as consumerism‚ national debt overload and the 1930 Banking Crisis all played an invaluable part in the change and sheds light on how America’s economy is run today. The first of these changes after the Depression was the New Deal. In the 1920’sAmerican banks were privately run‚ with the money from their clients

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    Austin Roman Ms. Callahan/ Mr. Hands American Studies October 1‚ 2014 In the American Revolution the fight for independence people originally thought that the British were the bad ones. The ones that didn’t give any other option but to have war. That’s actually true‚ the British started all this through the French and Indian war‚ Boston massacre‚ and the Boston tea party. Our great nation was forever changed when these acts happened. To begin with‚ the French and Indian war had started a lot

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    Question 1: For many Americans‚ the 1960s began with JFK’s "Age of Camelot‚" an era that seemed to exude confidence in American institutions. Yet‚ by the early 1970s‚ those expectations and attitudes seemed to be replaced by a sense of bitterness and cynicism. Discuss and analyze the causes and consequences of this profound attitudinal shift. Question 3: How did official US policy towards Vietnam change between 1950 and 1975? How did American leaders link events in Vietnam to national security

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    camron sampson African American history I to 1865 Instructor: Burn‚ DJ Subject & NBR 09/05/2012 Significance of African American History. Dictionary.com defined the word history as “continuous” systematic narrative of past events as relation to a particular people‚ country‚ period‚ person‚ according to the meaning of the word History‚ it full knowledge will improve African American status. Despite the transition of Africans from

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    American History Notes Ch.1 * 1000-1200 AD … Cahokia community * Part of the Woodland culture (Missisipian people) * Pop. 10‚000-20‚000 * Gone by the time Europeans come to America * Lived along the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers * Lived in houses * Farmers * Traders * Largest civilization in US * Moral Code * Mound builders The great serpant mound is theirs * May have went extinct because of drought‚ locusts

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