Jacques Cartier was a French explorer in the 1500’s. Cartier was commissioned by King Francis I of France in 1532 to explore the “New World”‚ and set out with two ships in 1535 in search of a “land where quantities of gold and other precious things are to be found” (“Jacques Cartier”‚ Gale). Cartier was a skilled navigator‚ and reached Newfoundland‚ Canada in 20 days. Being unfamiliar with the new waters‚ he kidnapped two native children‚ and used them to help him navigate. Though the Vikings and
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Jacques Cousteau spent much of his life in‚ on‚ and around the water and changed the way people see the other 71% of the world. A man who lived through World War II and did not run from it‚ but help with the war efforts; all the while continuing his study of the depths below. Inventing‚ publishing‚ and documenting‚ each step of the way to give him a world-wide status. While Cousteau was born on June‚ 11‚ 1910; his story significantly begun at age 26 (6 years after he joined the army to become an
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aboriginal communities today. I firmly believe that to solve the problem‚ we must fully realise it. I am inclined to believe that this is the land God gave to Cain. “ - Jacques Cartier. This quote from famed Canadian explorer Jacques Cartier explains his thoughts on the land found by him and his crew. It started in 1534‚ Jacques Cartier a french explorer took one small step for man and pushed the Canadian indigenous 50 steps back. Exploring the St. Lawrence river‚ Cartier set base. One year later
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Primary Sources: Copied From JSTOR: Stevenson‚ Charles.“A British Reaction to the Treaty of San Ildefonso.” The William and Mary Quarterly‚ vol. 17‚ no. 2‚ 1960‚ pp. 242–246. JSTOR‚ JSTOR‚ (-- removed HTML --) Hugh C. Bailey and Bernerd C. Weber included in their article‚ a letter that Charles Stevenson‚ a lieutenant colonel in the Fifth Regiment of Foot‚ wrote to William Windham‚ a member of parliament‚ concerning the process of gaining Louisiana. Stevenson wrote to Windham because Windham was
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"THE STRUGGLE FOR JUSTICE" It is rare to find book speak about justice and equal in simple words that anyone can understand it easily. The author Bryan Stevenson studied low in Harvard law school. Stevenson with his friend Eva Ansley create Equal Justice Initiative (EJI). He talks in this book about his journey in the world of law‚ and his strong desire to defend poor people and death row inmates and those who has committed a crime after repentance or who is falsely accused. He spoke
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Observation of the Stevenson High Choral Guild Pamela Levinson College of Lake County Observation of the Stevenson High Choral Guild The Stevenson High Choral Guild is the parent group for the three choirs at Adlai E Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire‚ IL. The executive board is made up of nine members; the co-presidents‚ vice president‚ co-secretaries‚ co-treasurers and the two teachers. I observed one of their monthly meetings. There was a lot to discuss at this meeting including the upcoming
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The paintings of Jacques-Louis David illustrate the political and historical theme of fraternity and togetherness‚ a key ideal in the French Revolution. In 1784‚ Louvre‚ Paris‚ David painted Le Serment des Horaces‚ known in English as‚ Oath of the Horatii. This historical piece was depicted a Roman legend of 7th century BC‚ which involved a battle between the Romans and a nearby town of Alba. Instead of a full-scale war‚ the three Horatii brothers were chosen by the Romans to defeat the trio of brothers
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In Benjamin Franklin’s letter from Paris‚ he writes to Mary Stevenson‚ a woman who he parted ways with at the Society of Bromley‚ to share his two week Parisian adventure with her while discussing how “traveling is one way of lengthening life.” Franklin writes in his letter about his experiences that he has encountered. He writes‚ “The Roads we found equally good with ours in England‚ in some Places pav’d with smooth Stone like our new Streets…yet there are no Turnpikes.” He compares Paris
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Analysis the Video Collections of Sacha Stevenson Video Title: #5 How to Act Indonesian and 5 Tips Anti-Ribet di Indonesia Video Link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2f0DGDHFGQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JI-anESyN_c The Analysis Results Sacha is the first foreigner I have ever seen that really knows Indonesian very well. I would like to thank to her because of her videos collections that describing Indonesian as well as she know‚ I am able to realize that most of Indonesians are unique
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s philosophy of education known as "negative education" (Entwistle in Bayley‚ 89) describes many valid concepts which are still applied in today’s educational system. Although his philosophy is reasonable in terms of its ideas‚ his contradictions make it such that it would be difficult to apply realistically as pedagogy. Rousseau was a French philosopher of the eighteenth century‚ he argued that children should not be told what to learn‚ instead they should learn for themselves
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