AP World History Extra Credit Book List I encourage you to expand your knowledge and interests by reading books for extra credit. It is possible to receive up to 40 extra credit points per quarter (excluding the 4th quarter)‚ but you will have to earn them. Each book review is worth 20 points unless otherwise noted. Any book assigned for another class (ex. English) will no longer be eligible for extra credit for that year. Book and Film Review Format Write a minimum of a four-paragraph review
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describe a man like Richard Bragg. He has all the Southern charms and outlooks on life. Richard Bragg writes emotionally-moving literature that changes the lives of everyday people. Richard Bragg’s writing generally deals with the lower class Americans. This is a reflection of his life‚ for he grew up as a lower class American during the Civil Rights Era. Born in rural Alabama on July 26‚ 1959‚ he was the first of his family to graduate from high school. Richard Bragg is still alive today and is
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theories allow one to examine each dimension uniquely. To help demonstrate the many dimensions of middle childhood is the book All Over but the Shoutin’ by Rick Bragg (1997). He writes a memoir about his life growing up poor in the South and the path he traveled down that led him to become a highly acclaimed journalist for the New York Times. Rick Bragg describes his family‚ nuclear and extended‚ as extremely poor white Southern people. He grew up living mostly in a shack with his mother‚ two brothers‚ and
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Shoutin’ ‚ the author Rick Bragg highlights the moment when he paid a final visit to his father’s deathbed. In the excerpt‚ Bragg briefly described his childhood‚ saying his father abandoned his wife and sons‚ and left them to beg‚ and scrap for food and money. He saw his father as a drunken monster‚ not caring for anyone but himself. Initially when Bragg arrived he was hesitant. He did not know the person his father had become and worried the person he still was. Bragg was perplex about the state
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Bragg pushed on with Buell and his army not far behind. After a bloody battle in Munfordville‚ Bragg would accept Union Officer John Wilder’s surrender. The Kentucky Campaign was well on its way and for the most part successful. Although Bragg was celebrating his win‚ he was grand need of logistical support and under no circumstances able to turn and confront Buell’s Army of the Ohio. Therefore‚ he rallied his army and pushed on to Bardstown to assembly with MG Smith and the newly formed Confederate
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DESIGN OF A CHIRPED FIBER BRAGG GRATING FOR USE IN WIDEBAND DISPERSION COMPENSATION İsa Navruz e-mail: inavruz@eng.ankara.edu.tr Ahmet Altuncu e-mail: altuncu@mail.dumlupinar.edu.tr Key words: Fiber Bragg grating ‚ dispersion compensation‚ apodization ABSTRACT A wideband chirped fiber Bragg grating (FBG) dispersion compensator operating in C band is designed theoretically by numerically solving the coupled mode equations. The power reflectivity spectrum and dispersion characteristics of
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should be the decisive year of the war. June 20‚ 1862‚ Jefferson Davis‚ commander of the 11 states that made of the Confederate States of America‚ removed General P.G. T. Beauregard from the command of the army of the Mississippi. Braxton Bragg was appointed his successor at a time the Confederacy ’s circumstances were low. McDonough does not claim the south would have won under Beauregard ’s command‚ however‚ McDonough criticizes the Confederate tactics for lack of a clearly defined
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Advanced Placement English Language and Composition Syllabus 2011-2012 Course Title: Advanced Placement English Language and Composition Instructor: R. Robbins OVERVIEW This Advanced Placement English Language course includes the study of rhetoric in conjunction with exposition‚ analysis‚ and argument. In accordance with College Board’s 2008 AP English Course Description‚ this course teaches “students to read primary and secondary sources carefully‚ to synthesize material from these texts
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William S. Rosecrans‚ this Confederation army spent months of the summer of 1863 in Tennessee running against Confederate General Bragg. After facing pain from a crushing defeat at the Battle of Chickamauga in September‚ Phillip’s separation played a key role in the retaliation that forced General Bragg to departure back to Georgia. In 1864‚ President Lincoln gave General Bragg a command of all the Confederate militaries. After assuming control of the Army of Potomac‚ Bragg’s appointed Phillip as his
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In other words‚ in order to survive‚ the yearning to live has to be prevalent. If it is not‚ then there is no point in trying. Edgar Quisenberry‚ a character from Alas‚ Babylon affirms this point. The text states‚ “This was the end. Civilization was ended...he found the old nickel-plated revolver...he put it to his temple‚ wondering whether it would work. It did” (Frank 122). Edgar did not have the drive to survive‚ nor
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