Charles Young Early Childhood

During my observation at the preschool here at Harper, I looked around and realized a lot of similarities and differences it has; compared to other daycare and preschool centers. The age of children in the room I observed was ages 3-5 with one lead teacher, and depending on the ratio of how many kids showed up on that day, about three or four helping teachers. The program was set up to a very open, happy and overwhelming setting. Every furniture and object in the room had a sign saying what it was, and then underneath the typed out word was the children’s way of writing what the object was. For example, a book shelf was in the corner of the room; on the book shelf was the word printed out “Book

Hiram Ulysses Grant was born on April 27, 1822, in Point Pleasant, Ohio. Born into a middle class family, he was the first son of Jesse Root Grant, a tanner and businessman, and Hannah Simpson Grant. A year after his birth, his family packed their bags and moved to Georgetown, Ohio. Here Grant spent the majority of his childhood, one he deemed “uneventful.” The son of an outgoing father and reserved mother, Grant took after the latter, characterized as shy in his childhood. He was abhorrent toward the idea of taking over his father’s tannery business, a fact his father slowly came to realize. So rather than inheriting his father’s business, Grant was arranged to enter the United States Military Academy at the age of 17.

Braxton Bragg was born on March 22, 1817 in North Carolina (History.com). Bragg did not talk about his parents but what we do know is that his dad was a contractor and his mom was arrested for killing a freed slave. Though his parents were not the best, his brother was a politician who helped him get into the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1833 (History.com). He flourished at the academy and graduated one year later, he finished fifth out of fifty soldiers.

James Longstreet was born in South Carolina, January 8, 1821 where he spent most of his childhood at home with his uncle (Campi). He grew up in Georgia where he may have been influenced on his position on states’ rights. James attended West Point, where he would be the fifty-fourth out of sixty-two cadets in the class of 1842 (James). At the academy he met a young man by the name of Ulysses S. Grant.

Charles Kinny was born in the year of 1855 in Richmond, West Virginia. We don’t know his actual birthdate because he was born a slave on a plantation in West Virginia. There’s not much information about his childhood but, at the age of 10 was when the Civil War started. When he was a heading into his teen years he moved to Reno, Nevada. In Reno he started attending evangelistic classes held by J.N. Loughborough.

Charles Elwood Yeager was born in 1923 in Myra, West Virginia and grew up in the nearby village of Hamlin. Immediately upon graduation from High School he enlisted in the United States Army Air Corps to serve in World War II.

James Longstreet was born on January 8, 1821, in Edgefield district, South Carolina. At a young age, his father wanted him to pursue a career in the military; hence, at the age of nine, Longstreet was sent to live with his uncle in Alabama in order to receive a better education. In 1838, through the assistance of his uncle, Longstreet was admitted into West Point U.S. Military Academy; he graduated in 1842. Longstreet began his military career by fighting in the Mexican-American War; following the war, he served as a paymaster and on the frontier. However, in June 1861, Longstreet resigned from the U.S. Army; his purpose was to fight for the Confederacy in the Civil War instead.

Born as Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey, Frederick Douglass was born in Tuckahoe, Maryland as a slave in 1818. (Blight) He never met his father, who was a white man, and only had few encounters with his mother before she passed in the year of 1824. (Reed 2) His grandmother had raised him until the age of 8, where he was then forced to move elsewhere by his owner. So although he was faced with many hardships, Douglass managed to persevere by learning how to read and write and creating remarkably well-known literature that has managed to make it through history all the way to today.

Jefferson Davis was born June 3rd, 1808 on a small farm in southwestern Kentucky from his parents Samuel Davis and Jane Cook Davis. After spending most of his childhood life in the southern frontier of Mississippi, he decided to receive a quality education, mainly because of his brilliance and strong intelligence. He attended many schools before he went on to complete a four year term at West Point Military Academy which later appointed him a Second Lieutenant in 1828. Davis was then commissioned to

Born Ulysses Hiram Grant, on April 27, 1822, Grant was the son of Jesse Root Grant and Hannah Simpson (Ulysses S. Grant). Soon after Ulysses turned of age, with the help of local congressman, his father enrolled him into the West Point Military Academy (Williams, Jean Kinney). Grant had to abandon his life of tannery and horsemanship, and move from Ohio to West Point, New York (Humanist Profile). Upon graduation from West Point in 1843, he was admitted into the U.S Army as a second lieutenant. He was sent to post in St Louis, and he met Julia Dent, his future spouse. Under the Polk administration, Grant was sent to Texas to serve under General Zachary Taylor in the Mexican War (Williams, Jean Kinney). After resigning from the army, he returned to Julia in 1854 (Ulysses S. Grant).

Charles’s birth name is Charles Milles Maddox. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio and on November 12, 1934. His mother was an alcoholic and prostitute who sold him for beer. She was 16-years old when she had him and placed him in a boys school. At age 12 he was in and out many reform schools trying to reunite with his mother.

Frederick Douglass, born a slave around 1818 in Talbot County, Maryland. His mother passed when he was around 10. He lived with his maternal grandmother, Betty Bailey, but at a young age he chose to live with the plantation owners. He learned the alphabet when he was around 12 years of age but it was forbade for him to be taught anymore. He continued to learn from others in the neighborhood and the white children. His intelligence helped him be the first black citizen to hold high rank in the U.S. government.

George Armstrong Custer was born on December 5, 1839 in New Rumley, Ohio. He had grown up in Monroe, Michigan and lived a poor lifestyle. After graduating from high school he decided he wanted to go to West Point, although he did not have the the proper qualifications. In 1857, he had entered West Point and graduated in 1861. After graduating, Custer had took on the job of an office, where he had failed to stop a fight between two cadets that had lead him to a court martial. Instead of being punished, he became an officer for the civil war. He was assigned the duty to aide General George McClellan. Soon after he had a calvary assignment and his achievements in war brought to him promotions, He was the youngest brevet brigadier general in the Union army.

Brigham Young was born in Vermont to a family of eleven children, he was the ninth child. His family moved to New York city when he was Three.After they moved to New York City, his mom passed in 1815, he left his home to make his living as a carpenter. After he moved he was baptized as a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day saints, aka Mormonism in 1830. Soon after he became a ardent missionary and a disciple. He moved to Kirtland

In this essay, I will discuss my experience during middle and late childhood. I will address three stages which are the physical, cognitive, and socioemotional development. The physical development consists of body and brain growth, health issues, and motor skills. The cognitive development consists of language, memory, and attention. Socioemotional development is based on relationship, employment, and personality.