For me‚ participating in the Experience El Salvador program would be an unforgettable opportunity. I have always loved to give back to the world and others in any way that I can. About a year and a half ago‚ there was a Christian children’s choir that visited and performed at my church. This choir in particular consisted of children who had been saved from horrifying living conditions in third world countries and were given the opportunity to have better lives and travel the world singing about their
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El Greco was born in 1541 in Heraklion‚ Crete‚ Greece. He is one of the most recognized people from the renaissance and he was known to many as an artist but he is also an architect and a sculptor. His original name was Doménikos Theotokópoulos but he is widely and most famously known as El Greco which meant the greek in spanish. He was trained to be a painter when he was very young‚ later he moved to Venice because at that time Crete belonged to Venice. He then decided to move to Rome and lived
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The axolotl‚ AKA" The Mexican Salamander"‚ is a neotenic salamander closely related to the Tiger Salamander. The Axolotl is classified in the domain Eukarya‚ kingdom Animalia‚ phylum Chordata‚ class Amphibia‚ order Caudata‚ family ambystomatidae‚ genus Ambystoma‚ and the species Mexicanum. Axolotls live in deep‚ freshwater with dense vegetation such as Lake Xochimilco and formerly Lake Chalco. The wetlands of Xochimilco has a tropical climate with an average temperature of 23.7 degrees celsius and
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APUSH MIDTERM REVIEW ESSAY QUESTIONS A. All classes will have the Causes and Effects of the Mexican War‚ which has been discussed in class. B. All classes will have 2 choices for their second essay. 1. One possibility for Essay #2 is Causes and Effects of the French and Indian War. This essay should be structured in 4 paragraphs. The first paragraph includes background info leading up to the conflict and your thesis statement. Paragraphs 2 and 3 discuss the causes and effects and paragraph
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generally had a beginning and and end‚ Mexican immigration has been virtually
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The song we are going to analyze is track 20‚ which is “El Ahualulco”. The composer is anonymous and was performed by the Conjunto Hueyapan. This genre music came from the Son Jarocho‚ where insturments such as the harp‚ jarana jarocho‚ and requinto jarocho are being played. The harp is something very noticeable in son jarocho. The harp is a 36-string non pedal harp‚ it functions as a lead and bass instrument. Another instrument used is the jarana jarocha which is an 8-string small and flat instrument
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and workers of different backgrounds‚ he could create a powerful force that eventually sparked revolution for Filipinos and other races living on the West Coast. Unionization had a rocky start‚ especially because different races each made separate demands from companies‚ who would therefore grant neither wish. Bulosan says that‚ “The companies would not recognize their separate demands...they [Mexicans and Filipinos] had not recognized one important part: that the beet companies conspired against
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soldiers of the Salvadoran Army’s select‚ American-trained Atlacatl Battalion entered the village of El Mozote‚ where they murdered hundreds of men‚ women‚ and children‚ often by decapitation. Although reports of the massacre -- and photographs of its victims -- appeared in the United States‚ the Reagan administration quickly dismissed them as propaganda. In the end‚ El Mozote was forgotten. The war in El Salvador continued‚ with American funding. When Mark Danner’s reconstruction of these events first
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Mexican Democracy Democracy requires several elements to succeed and grow. The leaders of a democracy must respect the boundaries they are given. Freedom of the press is an essential element of modern democracy. People must be willing to participate and support the system of government. Classes may exist in a democracy‚ but should not be perceived as a detriment to participation in a democracy. Cultural and ethnic cohesion will support a ‘group think’ toward policy and ideals. Mexico during its
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The Massacre at El Mozote was the killing of hundreds of Salvadorans by the Atlacatl‚ an American-trained battalion. They Atlacatl entered the town of El Mozote and massacred estimates as high as 1‚000 people‚ including men‚ women‚ and children. A war was being fought in El Salvador between the government army and guerrillas‚ with funding from the American government being sent to the El Salvadoran army. The United States is at fault for the lives lost at the town of El Mozote and those surrounding
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