Scott Joplin (1868-1917) Scott Joplin‚ commonly known as the "King of Ragtime" music‚ was born on November 24‚ 1868‚ in Bowie County‚ Texas near Linden. Joplin came from a large musical family. His father‚ Giles Joplin was a musician who had fiddled dance music while serving as a slave at his master ’s parties. His mother‚ Florence Givens Joplin‚ born free and out of slavery‚ sang and played the banjo‚ and four of his brothers and sisters either sang or played strings. Joplin ’s
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Dred Scott was an enslaved African American man in the United States who unsuccessfully sued for his freedom and that of his wife and their two daughters in the Dred Scott v. Sanford case of 1857‚ popularly known as the "Dred Scott Decision." The case was based on the fact that although he and his wife Harriet Scott were slaves‚ they had lived with his slave owner‚ Dr. John Emerson‚ in states and territories where slavery was illegal according to both state laws and the Northwest Ordinance of 1787
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The Scott Peterson Case Individuals break crimes all the time but some cases take America by storm with the mass amount of media coverage. The Scott Peterson trail is a prime example of a criminal case that took the nation by storm. What makes the Scott Peterson trail special is the fact that for the first time in California an individual was sentenced to death based solely on circumstantial evidence. In this paper I will be discussing the Scott Peterson case in three key areas background/summary
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The message behind Scott Westerfeld’s novel ‘Uglies’ is that we should not focus on external beauty‚ rather look further into an individual’s personality. The novel demonstrates this message by exaggerating the effects of only focusing on external beauty through the Pretties‚ how they only care about having fun and how it lines up with our society. Uglies creates the idea of lesions in the brain to account for the way humans act when only focusing on external beauty‚ oblivious to the world around
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COSTS 9 PROSECUTION/SENTENCING 9-10 CONCLUSION 10 REFERENCES 11-12 CASE/OFFENDER Scott Lee Peterson was born October 24‚ 1972 in San Diego‚ California to Jacqueline Helen Latham and Lee Arthur Peterson. His family was big and athletic and he was raised on strict guidelines set by his father. As a kid‚ Scott loved to hunt and fish and played golf in high school. He attended the University of San Diego High School and graduated from California
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Robert Falcon Scott About Captain Scott About Scott and Was there another explorer that tried to reach the pole Facts Born: 6 June 1868 Plymouth‚ England Died: 29 March 1912(aged 43) Ross Ice Shelf‚ Antarctica Parents: John Edward Scott and Hannah Scott Education: Naval cadet programme‚ HMS Britannia Captain Robert Falcon Scott was an explorer that contributed in the project of exploring the Antarctic exploration.He was one of the earliest explorer that stepped on the icy tundra.There wasn’t
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What would life be like if everyone was supermodel perfect? How would anyone stand out? In Pretties by Scott Westerfeld‚ Tally’s dreams come true and she is finally perfect‚ just like every other New Pretty. Now that she is beautiful‚ the next goal she must reach is to become a Crim. Zane‚ the leader of the Crims‚ and Tally start seeing each other‚ but soon find out that there is a way they wouldn’t have to be like all the others. They have to find a way to leave the city and save all their friends
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Have you ever wondered what would it be liked if where you live and what you do was based on your looks? Well in the book Uglies‚ by Scott Westerfeld which has 425 pages you can find out how it would be. In the book‚ Uglyville is where all the people who are under 16 live and Pretty Town is the place where everyone older and who has the operation live. Tally Youngblood is your average Ugly who can’t wait to be a pretty where the only thing you have to do is party all night. Her friend‚ Peris is
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which makes them encourage and motivate children to strive for greatness. Mr. Chris McCloud is a 7th grade math teacher who uses many interesting teaching techniques to keep his class going. Some of my favorites that he applied in his classroom is group discussion‚ time/ class management‚ and lastly the energy he utilizes to teach in class. Having good student teacher contact is important since students
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AMUNDSEN AND SCOTT The chilling tundra of the antarctic restrained anyone from exploring antarctic for years. Amundsen and Scott‚ two very brave men chose to attempt to reach the south pole. The prowess in both men was incredibly heroic. Amundsen and Scott knew it was a treacherous journey but were up for the task. Only one man could be the first‚ and Amundsen was most definitely the successor. Amundsen had prepared for this journey all his life. While Scott flew by the seat of his pants
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