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    The early 1850’s, Harriet started to help the enslaved escape and lead them to freedom. Harriet started out by rescuing family members, which she knew the location of. She also went back to her get her husband, only to find out that he was remarried and did not want to see her. Even though her husband was free she still felt the need to save him from the south. From that point on she vowed not to waste another trip, and rescue other enslaved people. She helped reunite families and loved ones despite

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    frequently to discuss new vocabulary, context clues, and to ask deep order thinking questions about the text. The guided reading would happen one day before our field trip to the theatre. At the theatre, we would watch a wonderful performance about Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad. The next day in class, we would debrief the play by taking about similarities and differences between what we learned from the play and what we learned from our guided reading book. During this discussion, I would

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    Book Report For my book report I choose to read Harriet Tubman by Rebecca Price Janney. Harriet Tubman is a great inspiration to all people with her motivation and passion to free all slaves. One of Harriet's many famous quotes is “I would fight for my liberty so long as my strength lasted, and if the time came for me to go, the Lord would let them take me.” That famous quote just proves how determined she was. From this book I learned that with great determination , passion, and trust in the Lord

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    Rather than remain in the safety of the North, Harriet wanted to rescue her family and others living in slavery. In December 1850, Tubman's niece, Kessiah, and her two children were going to be sold. Kessiah’s husband, a free black man, made the winning bid for his wife, niece, and children at an auction. Harriet then helped the entire family escape to Philadelphia. This was the first of many trips by Harriet Tubman, who earned the nickname, “Moses.” In 1850, the Fugitive Slave Law was made.

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    about Harriet Tubman. She made a stand against slavery by helping free hundreds of slaves back in the day when it was very big. She had to travel hundreds of miles over her 8 years of working on the underground railroad. While also freeing more than 300 hundred African American slaves. This was one of the big starts for the civil rights movement for African Americans. These are some of the things that were left behind from Harriet Tubman’s great legacy. Childhood Born into slavery Harriet Tubman’s

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    After Tubman stopped her journey freeing slaves, she joined the union army, which she was a nurse, a cook, and a spy. According to America’s Library “Her experience leading slaves along the Underground Railroad was especially helpful because she knew the land well”. In other words, she knew what she was doing when she was assigned to design an escape route for trapped slaves and a rope to use for life-saving. On June 2, 1863, Tubman guided a troop of 150 black soldiers on a gunboat in South Carolina

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    Heroism is selflessly persevering and helping people who are in need, but not always being respected as a hero in society’s view. Heroism is persevering and standing up for what is right, even when society is not standing with you. For instance, Harriet Tubman. She is proclaimed a hero after leading in the Underground Railroad during the 1800’s. She showed

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    Many people think train conducting is not important. Train conducting gets us our goods by taking them to the train yard so semis can pick the up and take them to stores. Train conductors also help us travel by driving the trains. Train conducting sounds like a fun job because you get to travel to a lot of places. History of Train Conducting Train conducting began by being a transportation system for people in the 1830’s. In North Carolina conductors had been steamboat captions. This career evolved

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    'A Christmas Carol' as Allegory The novel 'A Christmas Carol' by Charles Dickens can be represented in different ways. It can be represented as a simple story with a moral, where a man named Scrooge is visited by four ghosts who give him a chance to mend his ways. However Dickens also gives the novel a more profound meaning by using symblosim and so it can be represented as an allegory. The four ghosts are repeated symbols that give structure to the novel. The book is divided into chapters

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    Introduction The study of urban spaces, especially with respect to gentrification, has increased dramatically in significance and relevance in the past several decades. With the resurgence of city living’s popularity, urban revitalization has occurred in neighborhoods across the United States and brought with it significant economic and social change. Gentrification is known as a process of moving in wealthier residents and thereby increasing property values. From this, many conclude that it constitutes

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