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    used to measure longitude (Lesson 02.01) (use the first resource in this lesson to help you) • Be able to list and describe the 2 main tools used to measure longitude in early navigation Sextant- it had a telescope and an index mirror‚ but was very time consuming Chronometers Current Navigation Tools (Lesson 02.01) • What tool do we currently use to determine location (latitude and longitude)? Maps‚ or GPS Longitude and Latitude (Lesson 02.01) • Know the ways that longitude and latitude

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    ► USE THE “A Printable Latitude & Longitude Map of the World” TO ANSWER QUESTIONS 1-5. As well as the rest of the Power Point. 1. List the seven large landmasses known as continents. 1.___North America___ 2.___South America____ 3._____Asia_______ 2. The Prime_ Meridian_ is the line of longitude that divides the Eastern Hemisphere from the Western Hemisphere. 3. Which two continents lie completely in the Southern Hemisphere? _____Australia and Antarctica__

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    Harrison

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    Harrison’s is a multi-line traditional department store which deals mainly with men’s‚ women’s‚ and children’s clothing. It is one of the largest privately owned retail stores in Australia. It was founded in Sydney as Harrison Brothers Corporation on September 15‚ 1898‚ by Aubrey and William Harrison. Recently‚ the store has expanded to include household furnishings and other items for the home. The long term goal of the company is to become the leading chain of department stores in NSW‚ selling moderate to

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    Benjamin Harrison

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    Benjamin Harrison Benjamin Harrison was born on August 20‚ 1833 on a farm by the Ohio River below Cincinnati. He attended Miami University in Ohio and read law in Cincinnati. Before completing his law studies‚ Harrison returned to Oxford to marry Caroline Lavinia Scott. She was the daughter of the college president‚ John Witherspoon Scott‚ a Presbyterian minister. On October 20‚ 1853‚ Caroline’s father performed the ceremony. They then moved to Indianapolis‚ where he practiced law and campaigned

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    Harrison Bergeron

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    "The story is a satire‚ a parody of an ideological society divorced from common sense reality" (Townsend). As Townsend stated Kurt Vonnegut makes a satire about society in his fictional short story Harrison Bergeron‚ which in their society there has been attempt of conformity through the handicaps of the people‚ the similarity to an authoritarian government‚ and the technology‚ whereas the people will eventually overcome. The Kind if government authority seen both mimics and satirizes the way Americans

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    Benjamin Harrison

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    Benjamin Harrison was the 23rd president of the United States‚ from 1889-1893. He was 56 when he was elected president. Benjamin Harrison was born to a Presbyterian family on Aug. 20‚ 1833‚ on his grandfather’s farm in North Bend‚ Ohio. He was named for his great-grandfather‚ a signer of the Declaration of Independence. His grandfather was William Henry Harrison‚ the 9th president. Ben was the second of the 10 children of John Scott Harrison and Elizabeth Irwin Harrison. Harrison attended Farmers’

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    Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. is a story literally exaggerated to its limit by showing‚ in the near future‚ what it means to be equal in every way by having people not being able to show any form of intelligence or creativity whatsoever. When Harrison Bergeron breaks the chains of government oppression‚ he dies for his failed cause. He dies because he chooses not to conform to the rest of his oppressive society. His parents‚ George and

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    An impartial society: Utopia or Hell? What would happen to the world if the people were literally equal in every aspect of their lives? In the futuristic short story‚ “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.‚ the world is finally living up to America’s first amendment of everyone being created equal. In this society‚ the gifted‚ strong‚ and beautiful are required to wear handicaps of earphones‚ heavy weights‚ and hideous masks‚ respectively. Thus‚ these constraints leave the world equal from

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    and what the symbol represents some other entity in the story. In the story‚ Harrison Bergeron represents many symbols. A major symbolic moment occurs when Harrison breaks away from his chains. This represents Harrison’s freedom. 3. In the story‚ what is the purpose of ’handicaps’ and how do they keep people equal? Handicaps can be defined as a hindrance that gives a disadvantage. In the story Harrison Bergeron‚ handicaps are given to anyone considered to be pretty‚ smart‚ and out of

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    Harrison Bergeron” Essay Throughout history a constant loop has appeared over and over again‚ a battle that is never won but is put to side and forgotten until it chooses to veer it ugly yet attractive head. This battle is the battle of equality to have happened to everyone who fights to reach an imaginary standard of equality. Equality is never defined and never can be because what equality is to a person is always different. Equality could be where white and black people are held at the same pedestal

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