The Great Galveston Hurricane To begin‚ The Great Galveston Hurricane was the deadliest hurricane in the history of the United States with a total of 5‚000 to 8‚000 deaths. (Brittanica) It was also‚ one of the most costly hurricanes in the United States‚ coming in at third. The hurricane occurred in September of the 1900’s and caused almost 2‚600 buildings to be destroyed. Hurricanes grow quickly‚ and cause a good amount of damage‚ but it is possible to safely survive one. First off‚ hurricanes
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SLAVERY & THE MAKING OF AMERICA (PBS‚ DVD) Each episode is contained on its own DVD; there is a brief intro before the start of each transcript. Times are approximate; PBS provided the transcript‚ but the times and highlighting has been added by the reviewer. There are some remarkable scenes and commentary in the first three episodes. For the last one‚ the compelling road of Robert Smalls is the focus‚ if you are looking for an angle on Civil War/Reconstruction. If you want to show some historians’
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9 April 2012 Casino The film “Casino” was directed by Martin Scorsese in 1995. Scorsese is a very talented director that always finds a creative way to get the point of the film across to the viewers. The main character of Casino is Sam “Ace” Rothstein who is played by Robert De Niro. Some of the other main characters are Ginger who is Ace’s wife and Nicky‚ which is Ace’s childhood friend and formally known as his business partner. In the film Casino‚ Scorsese uses a creative strategy to show
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around the open concept kitchen. The accumulation of beer bottles and cans shows that guys living in the house enjoy the taste of beer and probably drink some of this alcoholic beverage once a day with the meals they cook in the kitchen. The Tim Hortons food wraps shows that some time the guys are not bother with cooking and they are either too tired to prepare a home cook meal or are just lazy and decided to go get some fast food. The items inside the can suggest that owners of the can have a medium
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“Get up from there. You better get ready because we’re going to talk to my mother tonight. I’m positive that she won’t tell Lester.” After the confirmation‚ Imani sat up and asked‚ “Are you 1000% sure? And I’m not talking about the 1000% sure like those girls do on the Maury show.” I laughed and extended my arm to help her up from the floor. When she took my hand‚ she said‚ “Summer
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Absorb-Type Activities Anna Youngs EDU 652 Dr. Joann Wheeler October 25‚ 2014 According to Horton (2012)‚ “absorb-type activities are “closet to pure information.” (p. 67). With this information students can understand fully why they need to connect with the curriculum they are learning about. “Absorb activities are also an efficient way to extend current knowledge and skills.”(Horton‚ 2012 p. 68). When a teacher looks at the curriculum she is actually preparing the students for the
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| Question 1 | 10 out of 10 points | | The sociologist who studied feral children‚ including the abused child Isabelle who was discovered in 1938 living in an attic with her deaf-mute mother‚ was ________. | | | | | Selected Answer: | B. Kingsley Davis | Correct Answer: | B. Kingsley Davis | | | | | Question 2 | 10 out of 10 points | | In the "nature versus nurture" argument regarding socialization‚ the "nurture" component refers to________. | | | |
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Day Of Tears This book Day of Tears talks about slavery and how this one girl Emma who takes care of these two other girls named Sarah and Frances. Though one day Pierce Butler the father of Sarah and Frances Butler has too pay a debt for his gambling. Or else he could go too jail he pays off his debt by selling his slaves though he sold Emma to Miss Henfield in Kentucky because he got greedy with his money. This book talks about how Emma survived and escaped to freedom to Philadelphia and later
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monitoring of the effects of the pain management regime results in improved pain management. (Layman-Young‚ Horton & Davidhizar‚ 2006)| Teach non-pharmacological methods to decrease pain left unrelieved by pharmacologic methods.|Non-pharmacologic methods of pain relief such as distraction‚ position changes‚ massage and focused breathing are effective methods in relieving pain. (Layman-Young‚ Horton & Davidhizar‚ 2006)| || ||
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Racism is heavily present in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn which can be offensive to not only blacks but also whites and other races uncomfortable with the content in the book. In source C‚ Lester claims that the content in Huckleberry Finn “demeans blacks and insults history”. Lester says that in The
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