Carcassonne is a hilltop town in southern France that is famous for it’s medieval citadel La Cité. The town has been inhabited since the Neolithic period. It is located in the Aude plain, right in between historic trade routes. Later the Romans recognized its importance and occupied the land until the fall of the Roman empire. It was then taken over by the Visigoths in the 15th century. Today it is an excellent example of a medieval fortified town, with huge defences circling the castle, and a gothic cathedral. The city walls have 52 huge towers!
Musée Fabre is a gorgeous museum in Montpellier. It was founded by a Montpellier painter named François-Xavier Fabre. In 1802 Montpellier was given 30 paintings which formed the modest municipal museum
Christopher Johnson Mccandless, an intelligent young man, dies while trying to live in Alaska; by choice. The death of Mccandless was a controversial matter: people argued their thoughts on Mccandless’ story, and who's to blame for Mccandless' death. Some say it’s Mccandless’ own stupidity, or his honorable seek for thrill. Others say it’s his parents’ horrible way of raising him, or nature’s unforeseen acts. However, it is a mixture of all these, with Mccandless being the most at fault. Mccandless might have had choices, but there were things he couldn’t control, neither can anyone else.
Capon Chapel is a mid-19th-century church near the town of Capon Bridge in the US state of West Virginia. A Baptist congregation began gathering at the site of the present-day church as early as 1756. The land belonged to William C. Nixon, a member of the Virginia House of Delegates, and later to the extended family of Captain David Pugh of the West Virginia House of Delegates. Capon Chapel was used as a place of worship by Baptists until the late 19th or early 20th century, by the Southern Methodist Episcopal Church for most of the 20th century, and in this century by the United Methodist Church. The church cemetery contains the remains of John Monroe (one of the first ministers at the site), Nixon, Pugh, American Civil War veterans from the Union and the Confederacy, and free and enslaved African Americans.
“Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free…” a cry to the world to send the people most in need of liberty, the wretched, and the homeless to America. This quote comes from the 1883 sonnet, New Colossus, by Emma Lazarus and is engraved on a plaque affixed to America’s most famous symbol and landmark, the Statue of Liberty. While American Literature predates Lazarus by a few centuries, her sonnet along with Thomas Jefferson’s contribution in 1776 in the Declaration of Independence help define what makes certain literature American. Clearly expressing the beliefs of the colonist, Thomas Jefferson, an immigrant, penned to the world the purpose of what America stood for, the preservation of individual God-given
Caesar Rodney, the first of the delegation from Delaware, was a native of that state, and was born about the year 1730. His birth-place was Dover. The family, from which he was descended, was of ancient date, and is honorably spoken of in the history of early times. We read of Sir Walter De Rodeney, of Sir George De Rodeney, and Sir Henry De Rodeney, with several others of the same name, even earlier than the year 1234. Sir Richard De Rodeney accompanied the gallant Richard Coeur de Lion in his crusade to the Holy Land, where he fell, while fighting at the siege of Acre.
The East coast originally known as the thirteen colonies, but what did it take to settle the East coast and later on America? Great Britain wanted to take the new land by storm and the king was determined to make money off of the lands natural resources. Unfortunately the geography of the land made it hard to settle Charles Town, its many rivers, rigid mountains, and thick swamps made it nearly impossible to explore this land. This land was described as “flat and woody” making it easy to get lost but That wasn't enough to stop explorers from coming and taking over South Carolina, there first settlement was in Charles Town, the land they had first set foot on. Then they built their first colonies where they would face more problems and make new enemies.
In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania of 1837, the first higher education institution for African Americans was founded on February 25th given the name Institute for Colored Youth (originally the African Institute). After changing its name again to Cheyney University of Pennsylvania and moving to Delaware County, Pennsylvania, it continues as the oldest predominantly African American school of higher learning. The institute was founded by Richard Humphreys, a Quaker philanthropist who donated 10,000 dollars to establish a school that would educate young African American male and females the skills needed to become more competitive in the job market (Conyers, 1990). The school taught basic subjects such as math, reading and writing, as well as agriculture and mechanics. Humphreys envisioned the institute to train people of color to become teachers who would further instruct more young men and
Clendinnen explains why the captor wore the victim’s chalk and down of his kin and why he cried for the victim. She says that the captor did this because the captive was going to die a lonely death among strangers, since he was from outside Tenochtitlan. Even though, the captor’s kin ate from the captive, the captor didn’t do so, because he said he wouldn’t eat “his own flesh” since he too would probably die on the stone and others will eat his flesh in another city. Also, she interprets that the Aztecs didn’t necessarily believe that their were killing the warrior as he was before the rituals. Instead, all the preparation that had gone into this day, from the cutting of the warrior lock to the mock heart excisions, had made him more sacred, and changed him from a warrior into a victim. Once the warrior lock of hair was cut, it was believed that the warrior made his
Lincoln Chafee was born in Providence, Rhode Island on March 26, 1953. The Chaffee family was among the earliest settlers of Hingham, Massachusetts. He attended the Montana State University horseshoeing school in Bozeman. Before Chafee became a democratic he was a Republican. His religious background is Episcopalian. Lincoln Chafee is also
Twenty-one years ago this month, on September 6, 1992, the decomposed body of Christopher McCandless was discovered by moose hunters just outside the northern boundary of Denali National Park. He had died inside a rusting bus that served as a makeshift shelter for trappers, dog mushers, and other backcountry visitors. Taped to the door was a note scrawled on a page torn from a novel by Nikolai
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Carrizo springs, a small town that I call home, I’ve lived here all my life, since 1999. I have one word to describe about Carrizo Springs: challenging. I illustrate my hometown as challenging since theirs about 6,000 people living in Carrizo Springs. Therefore, each class gets about 140 or less kids. My class has around 120 students, some people may think it’s really easy to be in the top 10 or 20, in reality, it’s a challenge to rank high in your class, everybody is always trying to take someone’s spot. Since my freshman year and now to my senior year, I’ve worked so hard to get where I’m at, I believe that’s why I say this lovely town is challenging because it makes you want to achieve the big goals you planned since you were little. People around you want to see you fail; actually, they believe you are going to
Who is Carter G. Woodson? Woodson was famous African American writer. He was also an African American Teacher. Woodson helped write the book “The Mis-Education of the Negro.” He is also recognized as the father of Black History Month
December 1, 1997. Michael Carneal, 14, armed with a semi-automatic pistol killed three classmates and injured five others. He was regularly teased as a “dweeb” or “faggot” had been called “gay” in the school paper and was regularly bullied. Carneal had also experienced rejection from the girl he liked. She was the first person he shot. Once arrested Carneal said he had grown tired of being teased (Leary, Kowalski, Smith and Phillips, 2003).
Marisol is one of my sibley buddy and she is a very shy and quiet girl. She's excited everyday to learn new things. She loves to read and work on her vocab and she gets better every time I review with her. She spends lots of time with her grandma and she admire her a lot. She loves to color and play with dolls. She also loves to listen to hispanic music with her family. Another thing Marisol loves to do is play outside in the snow and in the summer and her favorite color is pink. My other buddy is Chris, chris is very stubborn but, but very out going. He’s excited to see me everytime I come. I am very glad i never missed a day at sibley because I know it would disappoint him. He’s always excited to play games but is very hard to get him to want to learn. He loves to play with legos and cars. His favorite color is red and he enjoys holidays when he can spend time with his family and eat lots of food. He loves thing that goes his way and doesn’t like it when it goes someone else's way.
My name is Romane Talleyrand. I was born in a west indie island, Haiti. The west indie islanders specifically the Haitian people have a very distinct culture in regard to food and to their health. As mentioning of the culture, one of the primary sources of remedy is herbal. Haitians consider health to be a personal responsibility and self-treat as a way to promote health or prevent disease. Home remedies are typically used first before seeking help, and may include herbal preparations, massage, or over the counter medications. Haitians only seek medical care when it becomes clear that an illness requires attention. Most of the Haitian people would go to see a physician after all the attempts of using herbal medicine have been exhausted. There