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    Pearl Harbor Timeline

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    Make a copy of this doc.  Then...      Pearl Harbor Interactive Timeline Directions: Go to: http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/multimedia/interactive/pearl-harbor /?ar_a=1 and click on “Attack map”. Use the interactive map to answer the following questions. Please ensure you not only use the map but also read the “full Stories” and “I was there” segments. Attach this doc to edmodo when complete. Be sure your name is on it. 1. What is the exact date of the attack on Pearl Harbor? December 7‚ 1941

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    “The Girl with a Pearl Earring” was titled as “The girl with a Turban”. This painting is also referred by many as the Mona Lisa of the North or the Dutch Mona Lisa. It is believed that the girl in this painting is Vermeer’s oldest daughter. Although there is no proof which suggests it is his daughter in this painting‚ her facial features appeared in several Vermeer’s artworks. However‚ his use of various techniques makes it hard to compare their faces. The Girl with the Pearl Earring is believed

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    Pearls of Wisdom Shame‚ weakness‚ lust‚ and desire tie together all aspects of Hester Prynne’s life when she commits adultery and gives birth to a young girl named Pearl‚ leading to her ostracization by her community and having to wear a scarlet letter A for the remainder of her life. Nathaniel Hawthorne enhances his novel The Scarlet Letter with extensive attention to character description‚ especially when referring to Pearl. Through diction and imagery‚ Hawthorne identifies Pearl as slightly

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    Franklin D. Roosevelt Pearl Harbor Speech Franklin Roosevelt - Pearl Harbor Speech December 8‚ 1941 Pearl Harbor Speech by F.D.R. to the Congress of the United States Yesterday‚ Dec. 7‚ 1941 - a date which will live in infamy - the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan. The United States was at peace with that nation and‚ at the solicitation of Japan‚ was still in conversation with the government and its emperor looking

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    December 7‚ 1941 - Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor‚ Hawaii; also attack the Philippines‚ Wake Island‚ Guam‚ Malaya‚ Thailand‚ Shanghai and Midway. December 8‚ 1941 - U.S. and Britain declare war on Japan. Japanese land near Singapore and enter Thailand. December 9‚ 1941 - China declares war on Japan. December 11‚ 1941 - Japanese invade Burma. December 15‚ 1941 - First Japanese merchant ship sunk by a U.S. submarine. December 23‚ 1941 - General Douglas MacArthur begins a withdrawal from Manila to

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    by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ Pearl is seen as an unworldly creature‚ incapable of any good. Her personality is unusual and difficult to comprehend‚ which prompts the puritanical society to question her ethical development. Pearl is constantly viewed as a mischievous elf-child by all the Puritans in Boston‚ yet Hawthorne intensely compares her to a glorious work of art. She is the representation of the Scarlet letter in human form. A child who is as significant as little Pearl‚ is clearly misunderstood

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    I was born in Bucks County Pennsylvania‚ which is North of Philadelphia and I lived there my entire life. It was just like any other day when my fiancé‚ John came to me with news that he received a call about a job interview in Linesville‚ Pennsylvania. We had talked about moving before‚ but it was in passing and nothing was ever this concrete. Bucks County was a very expensive place to live and there weren’t many new career opportunities for either of us. Even though it brought a lot of fear and

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    Girl with a Pearl Earring

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    GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING AANTEKENINGEN BOEK Thesis; During the story the main character Griet changes a lot in her behaviour and attitude towards her environment. Information | Page | Quote | The shiness of Griet in the beginning towards Vermeer | 5 | ‘No‚ Sir’ I hesitated. I could not say why I had laid out the vegetables as I did. I simply set them as I felt they should be‚ but I was too frightened to say so to a gentleman’ | | | ‘I did not want him to think I was idle’ | She

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    We all know that one guy who knows a ton about horses‚ the guy who completely understands horses‚ Billy Buck is that kind of person. The novel‚ The Red Pony‚ written by John Steinbeck portrays this character. In the novel‚ a family‚ the Tiflins‚ own a ranch. Billy Buck is their ranch hand. Billy is built small‚ strong‚ and friendly. Billy Buck is very smart when it comes to horses‚ in fact‚ he seems to know every little thing about them. Firstly‚ in the beginning of the novel it states Billy

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    Brandon H. 12.17.2012 C.A. Rough Pearl In “The Scarlet Letter”‚ Nathanial Hawthorne masterfully weaves symbolism into his plot. The smaller implied themes of the story add an element to “The Scarlet Letter” that is lacking in many books‚ modern and classic. Pearl‚ being the daughter of one of the main characters‚ is portrayed in two ways‚ just like many of the other characters in the story. In Hawthorne’s tale of the scarlet letter‚ Pearl Prynne is represented as both a symbol as well as

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