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    Russian History Russian history is filled with an immense amount of events. Many great and horrible rulers have also ruled over this piece of land. For example‚ Ivan the Terrible/Great was one of the first well-known and beloved tsars of Russia because he was the first to conquer the Mongolians in 1500. This feat earned him the rule and name as the great ruler of Russia. Over time‚ another great ruler such as Peter the Great would come. However in 1917‚ Lenin rose in the Russian revolution and

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    The Outsiders is an interesting book.The book is about a gang called greasers and another gang called the Socio. The greaser Pony boy has to be either kept with his family ‚or sent away to a foster care. Many people say he should stay with his family‚ but me I say he should go to a foster care. Foster cares are a place for children should relax and forget all there problems. Foster cares treat students with respect and dignity. They worry great of the students care. Foster cares give the

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    Beginning;The girl in the Book “Smile” Raina was at a girl scout meeting. And she and her friends were talking about braces because she was going to get braces. And her friends had braces or had them before in their life. So she wanted advice from them. They told her that you can’t eat this and this and this. She had to get braces because she had an overbite that’s why she needed braces‚ but she still did not understand why she kept asking her mom. After her girls scouts meeting. Her friend’s mom

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    The group drives through Los Angeles‚ making their way to Strands home. Once they arrive‚ they notice that he obviously lives very well. His home is by the ocean and is beautiful. Not that that has any matter in the current state the world is in though. Madison apologizes to Nick for letting the soldiers take him away. He tells her that its so strange‚ that his whole life he has never known where he’s going and that it feels like the world is finally catching up with him. Liza helps Ofelia with

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    The Warlpiri Story The Warlpiri tells of their experiences and how they belong to the land‚ and that the land is sacred. It also tells of their ancestors who traveled to and from many different places‚ and while they were traveling‚ they were molding laws that people would live by. The Warlpiri also talks about the education of children and how they inherited their dreams from their parents. They first started out as little human beings who care only about their own needs‚ even though they

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    Book Report: Tornado The title of the book is the tornado. The author Betsy Byars wrote the story in 1996. A historical event that marked that time was one of the worst blizzards in American history‚ killing more than 150 people. The setting took place in the Midwest‚ on a farm‚ between 1920-1940. There are many characters‚ but there is only one real main character (the dog). The main character is not based on a real animal‚ but several animals. This story is an example of fiction‚ because it’s not

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    Harlem Renaissance Variously known as the New Negro movement‚ the New Negro Renaissance‚ and the Negro Renaissance‚ the movement emerged toward the end of World War I in 1918‚ blossomed in the mid- to late 1920s‚ and then faded in the mid-1930s. The Harlem Renaissance marked the first time that mainstream publishers and critics took African American literature seriously and that African American literature and arts attracted significant attention from the nation at large. Although it was primarily

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    Eragon‚ a 15 year-old boy‚ lives with his uncle Garrow and cousin Roran on a farm on the outskirts of a small village‚ Carvahall. While hunting in The Spine‚ a large range of mountains running down the West side of Alagaësia‚ which is believed to have mysterious happenings‚ Eragon is surprised to see a polished blue stone appear in front of him. After failing to sell or trade the stone‚ Eragon witnesses a baby dragon hatch from the "stone‚" which was in reality a dragon egg. He questions Brom - the

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    Zion Stroman March 6‚ 2012 Ms Nimmons 1st Grade Harriet Tubman Harriet Ross was born into slavery on a Maryland plantation in 1820. She was one of eleven children born to African slaves named Harriett Green and Benjamin Ross. They were slaves of the Maryland planter named Edward Brodas. Her family came from the Ashanti tribe based in West Africa. Harriet was injured as a teenager when she was hit by a lead stone while attempting to help a slave get away.

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    Advanced English Book Review – Zlata’s Diary: Imagine yourself as a child again‚ your living life in a tiny‚ freezing cold house with no gas‚ electricity or water and insufficient food. You can’t go anywhere outside because it isn’t safe. There is no school for you to attend because there are too many risks and no one is willing to teach. You don’t ever see your friends‚ and the thought of them in danger is always on your mind. You have played with all your toys and read all your books. You don’t

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