Granada Hills Charter High School A.P. United States History – 2010 Summer Assignment DUE: Day 1 of Fall 2010 semester Instructors: Mr. Klevs cklevs@ghchs.com Ms. Byars kbyars@ghchs.com 1. Students need to read book #1 Patriots: The Men who started the American Revolution by A.J. Langguth [ISBN‐10: 0671675621] by August 17‚ 2010. Students need to read book #2 K Blows Top: A Cold War Comic Interlude Starring Nikita Khrushchev‚ America’s Most Unlikely Tourist by Peter Carlson [ISBN‐10: 1586484974] by January
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includes five of the seven world heritage sites in Sri Lanka. The Sigiriya rock is a hardened magma plug from an extinct and long-eroded volcano. It stands high above the surrounding plain‚ visible for miles in all directions. The rock rests on a steep mound that rises abruptly from the flat plain surrounding it. The rock itself rises 370 m (1‚214 ft) above sea level and is sheer on all sides‚ in many places overhanging the base. It is elliptical in plan and has a flat top that slopes gradually along the
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early Mesopotamian cities was quite irregular. The idea of settlement planning was already well established before 2600 BC and is seen in all the settlements through the Indus. Each city is made up of a series of walled sectors or mounds with massive brick gateways. The orientation of the Indus cities along a north-south and east-west direction was probably linked to religious beliefs. Drainage: Well laid out streets and side lanes with drains are one of the outstanding
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consequence test was overruled in the Wagon Mound no 1 and replaced with a new test for deciding if damages are too remote: The Wagon Mound no 1 [1961] AC 388 Following the Wagon Mound no 1 the test for remoteness of damage is that damage must be of a kind which was foreseeable. Once damage is of a kind that is foreseeable the defendant is liable for the full extent of the damage no matter whether the extent of the damage is foreseeable. The Wagon Mound test was considered and applied in:
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have flourished. No written records of the Marlik culture exist‚ nor are there any others concerning the area at this particular period. (MET) The use of the term‚ “Marlik culture”‚ is used to speak of the manmade archeological evidence found at the mound‚ the term “Marlik” is simply used because there is no clear connection to an established ethnic group thus the site must be assumed to be distinctive until clearly linked to one group or another. (iranica) Documentation from the ninth century B.C
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BC the original structure is almost 1000 years older than Stonehenge. The mound at Newgrange is constructed of alternating layers of earth and stone‚ with grass growing on top and a reconstructed façade of flattish white quartz stones dotted at intervals and large round cobbles covering part of the circumference of the mound. The mound itself is about 76m across‚ and 12m tall at its highest point. Within the mound a passage stretches for just less than 19m 5ft which is about a third of the way
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exterior of Newgrange is a large mound of rocks and turf that is roughly 280 ft. in diameter. The mound is retained by 97 kerbstones that skirt its base. Most of them have very clear examples of prehistoric Irish artwork carved into them. Outside of Newgrange there are also 12 standing stones that were likely placed at the site roughly 100 years after the tomb was built. Some archaeologists believe that they were once part of a group of 38 stones that once encircled the mound. During the excavation of
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into. In the 1960’s the mound height was set at 15 inches high‚ until 1968. That year‚ the baseball commissioner dropped the mound height to 10 inches. The height difference of a mound drastically changes how a pitcher throws. In the 1960’s more pitchers reached over 300 wins within their careers. In modern days it is rarely to see a pitcher throw over 300 wins. This effect is caused by the downward motion of the ball. For example‚ when the pitcher threw from a 15 inch mound it made it easier for the
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Later Start Times for Smarter Students Students depend on schools as a basis for their education‚ a place to learn and grow‚ and to push them towards post secondary success. The Mounds View School district’s board members set up the district’s high schools to start at 7:25 a.m.‚ followed by the middle schools (8:05 a.m.)‚ and then the elementary schools (8:45 a.m.). Focussing primarily on our community’s high schoolers‚ as they are statistically proven to need more sleep‚ it is crucial that they
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According to the anonymous author ‚ “Objectivity is neither possible nor desirable. It’s not possible because all history is subjective; all history represents a point of view."‚ which in other words means that people see history in the way they want to see it based on what they think is important. It is not possible to be objective because everything one says and thinks is based on our perceptions‚ knowledge‚ thoughts and feelings . It isn’t desirable because if someone is trying to get a point
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