The Importance of Huskanaw Ceremonies among Powhatan Confederacy Indians A Huskanaw is a ceremony used by the Virginia Indians of the Powhatan Confederacy in which boys between the ages of ten and fifteen were prepared for manhood. Only fifteen of the finest young men in the tribe were chosen for the ceremony and it was considered a great honor to be chosen. In the Huskanaw ceremony‚ the boys were massed around the roots of a tree and five men came and gathered the chosen boys while enduring severe
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Ceremony The culture that I decided to pick was of native Americans from the World War II era. The book I analyzed to see into this culture was Ceremony. The main character’s name was Tayo and he was half Native American and half White. Tayo was raised on the Laguna Pueblo reservation by his grandmother‚ aunt‚ and his aunt’s husband after his mother had conceived him with a white man and left him. This leads to the major conflict of the story‚ in which Tayo was dealing with a clash of cultures between
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Introduction I. By a show of Hands‚ how many of you could tell me at least one thing that you did yesterday? II. Keep your hand up if you could recite your entire day without needing a moment to recap? III. The majority of you‚ including me could not complete my request because the events of yesterday were not significant enough to be stored in your memory. IV. Dr. Douglas Mason defined memory as “A mental process of storage and retrieval of information and experience.” V. Today
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MAT265 Review Problems for Exam 2 Product and Quotient Rules ( )( 1. Suppose ( ) 2. Suppose the derivative of ( ) ( ) ) with ( ) exists. Assume that ( ) ( ) ( ) Find ( ) Let ( ) ( ) ( ) at a. Find an equation of the tangent line to ( ) at b. Find an equation of the tangent line to 3. Suppose tangent to at is and tangent to line tangent to the following curves at ( ) ( ) a. b. ( ) ( ) at is Find the Chain Rule using a table )) and ( ) ( 4. Let ( ) ( ( )) ‚ ( ) ( ( ))
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Topic: Multiple Sclerosis I. Introduction a. Attention Device: i. How many of you know somebody living with multiple sclerosis (MS)? ii. According to the National MS Society‚ it’s estimated that some 400‚000 Americans have MS‚ with women developing the disease at twice the rate of men. b. Thesis: i. Multiple sclerosis is a very devastating and debilitating disease. MS is important to me because my mother was diagnosed with MS the summer of 2009. I’ve witnessed the long-term effects of this disease
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General Purpose: To inform Specific Purpose: To inform the audience how to obtain a higher education Central Idea: With motivation and curtain skills achieving a college education are possible with these elements. Introduction: I. How does having extra money sound? Or having a vacation home? Taking a trip you have always dreamed of? Giving your family a security of a great life? II. A college degree can provide your life with these things and so much more. III. Motivation is the main underlying
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Sample Preparation Outline Introduction: Attention-getter: Listen up - would everyone in here like to earn a much better grade in their speech class just by following this example? Motivate the audience to listen: A good outline can make the difference between an A and B‚ and sometimes even between an A and a C. Establish credibility: As the person who will be grading your speeches‚ and having graded hundreds of speeches in the past‚ I know what makes a good speech outline. Central Idea (Introduce
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Name Professor Class Date A. Tips for flying on a plane B. To inform my class how to correctly proceed through an airport and onto their flight with ease. C. Airports can be very complicated D. Topical E. Introduction 1. Who here gets frustrated when something doesn’t go the way you planned it? 2. Well my name is ______ and I’m going to teach you how to make your trip to the airport go as smoothly as possible so that you don’t get frustrated. 3. As somebody who has flown in the
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Cheng Hsien Tan Specific Purpose Statement: To persuade my audience to fight world hunger and poverty through child sponsorship programs. Central Idea: The world has a huge problem with poverty and hunger and this problem could be immensely downsized if everyone that has a little extra money sponsors a child. Pattern of Organization: Problem-Solution Introduction I. (Attention Getter): How many of you see poverty and hunger as a problem in our world? How many of you think that you
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Name: Mason Arbogast Title: Multiple Sclerosis I. Introduction: A. Attention: According to Michael J. Olek‚ the writer of “Multiple Sclerosis -Etiology‚ Diagnosis‚ and New Treatment Strategies” multiple sclerosis (MS) afflicts approximately 250‚000 to 350‚000 individuals in the United States and is the most common autoimmune disease involving the nervous system. B. Credibility: Approximately 6 years ago my mother was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis‚ which has progressively gotten
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