Terry Fox Rough copy (article for Grade 7 lawson project) by Caden Graham (In Mme Campos’s class) Twenty Second‚ February‚ 2018 Terry Fox was a Canadian athlete and cancer research activist who attempted to run across Canada to raise money for cancer research. Terry Fox received Osteosarcoma which resulted with one of his legs being amputated. When he was in the hospital‚ he looked around and saw all the kids who had cancer. Seeing the kids with cancer inspired him to run for cancer. Although
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The Realms of Sleep Kimesha Frazier 156 11-15-2012 Dr. Joan Brand The Realms of Sleep I remember a time when I experienced the most unnerving sensation as I laid in my bed. I was conscious of all of my surroundings. I listened as my clocked ticked away and I could hear the sweet innocent sounds of children playing outside. Everything appeared to be as normal as any other day. To my surprise‚ something was definitely wrong. I opened my eyes and I thought it was strange; I could not move
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Jeffrey Lu Hour 6 Chapter 1: Europe Discovers America Who Discovered America? The first humans to reach America were nomads in search of food and land. They crossed the land bridge that connected Asia and North America‚ which is now long gone. Leif Ericson was probably the first European to reach America. His discovery was passed on unnoticed and he is not real to the modern world. Amerigo Vespucci came upon the northern coast of South America. A few years later‚ someone credited him
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Two of the major powers in Europe quickly took the lead in settling the New World. The first‚ Spain‚ was very interested in acquiring huge amounts of gold‚ silver‚ and other rare valuables. In fact‚ the only reason they stumbled upon America is because they were en route to the Far East in search of the "fabled wealth of the Indies." What they found turned out to be much more valuable than a shipload of gold. A new continent was discovered-- one with unbelievable potential. Spain was able to take
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History Journal 1 Entry 1 Indentured and Headright Between 1660 and 1710 Virginia’s population of white settlers doubled. The Headright system was put into place to entice settlers to the new lands. This allowed 50 acres of land for each person arriving to the New World‚ in turn starting the indentured servant system. Employers would pay for passage to America‚ and a contracted period of work would be established to pay back the debt. When complete individuals would be free. The paying party would
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These provinces have been known to not have the strongest economies for a couple of reasons. The unemployment rates are the highest‚ and the populations are the lowest in the country. Some say that the economies of these provinces are not great because of how spread out people are in all the provinces. People live in a lot of small communities in the Maritimes; this makes it more expensive for sectors like education‚ healthcare and transportation to be carried out. Also a lot of people do not have
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3500 BC The Phoenicians develop an alphabet. to 2900 BC The Sumerians develop cuneiform writing - pictographs of accounts written on clay tablets. The Egyptians develop hieroglyphic writing. 1775 BC Greeks use a phonetic alphabet written from left to right. 1400 BC Oldest record of writing in China on bones. 1270 BC The first encyclopedia is written in Syria. 900 BC The very first postal service - for government use in China. 776 BC First recorded use of homing pigeons used to send message
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accurate story. According to the information gathered in my search for the truth‚ Christopher Columbus was not the first European who discovered America. It is said that the Viking‚ Leif Ericson could have possibly founded a Norse Village on Newfoundland about 500 years earlier. In addition‚ the Native Americans discovered North America approximately 14‚000 years before Columbus was even born! It is also suggested‚ through DNA evidence that Polynesian adventurers sailed across the Pacific Ocean
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occasionally ’eitch’. The pronunciation /ˈheɪtʃ/ and the associated spelling ’haitch’ is often considered to be h-adding and hence nonstandard. It is‚ however‚ a feature of Hiberno-English[2] and other varieties of English‚ such as those of Malaysia‚ Newfoundland‚ and Singapore. InNorthern Ireland it is a shibboleth as Protestant schools teach aitch and Catholics haitch.[3] In Australia‚ this has also been attributed to Catholic school teaching and is estimated to be in use by 60% of the population.[4]
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Chapter 4 Identifications Middle Ground: Middle ground refers to the land between the British and French empires. It was located between the Mississippi and Ohio river‚ and was home to many different tribes of Indians Backcountry: The back country was important because it had an abundance of water‚ causing its farms to grow very well without any outside aid. As the colonies grew‚ so did the population of people in the back-country as the planters grew in prosperity and power threatened to shift
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