5 W’s –When (year), Where (did they come from and where did they move), Who (name of people, title related to you), How did they get to the new location, Why did they move)
Have you moved to Eau Claire form somewhere else (student)?(5 W’s)
Lapeer is beautifully historic. The city was founded by Alvin Hart who was born in 1804 in New York. Alvin, his brother Oliver, and a friend left New York in 1831 to seek out land in Michigan. After a stop in Pontiac, MI, the trio learned about the area that is now Lapeer after talking to a judge who owned a sizable chunk of land in the area.…
1. Why did the French abandon the policy of permanent settlement along the St. Lawrence? What did they decide on as their means of profiting from the New World? The French could not set up a colony along St. Lawrence because of the extremely cold weather that made it difficult to permanently settle.…
1. Identify a city or area of a country within your new region: Seattle, Washington 2. Location: Describe the absolute and relative location of your city or area within your new region. Support your description with current examples in 2 to 3 sentences. Include citations for your resources using APA style guidelines as needed.…
New France was the first major French settlement in what is now the country of Canada. Prior to French settlement in the early 17th century, various aboriginals tribes lived in the region for millenniums. The encounter between the French and the aboriginals during the establishment and development of New France affected the aboriginal population in several ways. In the following, the establishment, government, trade, and the following developments of New France will be described with specific intent to demonstrate how each of these affected aboriginal population. From this, it will be concluded that French settlement and the development of New France led to the decrease of aboriginal population due to disease and conflict, the dependence of…
New Berlin United’s season ended after losing 1-3 in the State Semifinal game against Catholic Memorial. United lost the first two sets 17-25, 20-25 but gained some momentum and took back the third set by winning 25-23. Catholic Memorial came back and won 25-19 in the fourth set. After winning this game, Catholic Memorial moved on to the championship game to beat Marquette and win the State Championship.…
Dorothy Schwieder challenges the traditional view of Iowa from one of an open, friendly, and helpful environment to one of constant transitions and developments into the state known today. Schwieder’s book is about the history of Iowa but instead of just listing the facts and history, she describes how Iowa has evolved into the state it is today. Its location and topography as well as its history has influenced Iowa and turned it into the middle land. This book challenges the stereotypical view of Iowans and delves in deeper about Iowa’s history and the transition of how it became the state its citizens know of today.…
In Erik Larson’s The Devil in the White City, Larson brought up the stories of origins if the fair, its purpose, and the impact that it had on America. Many unpopular products have become trends and the presence of those trends can still be seen today. The Chicago Fair made electricity a popular demand in business, brought new cultural trends to life, and guided us towards a more consumer-based society such as the modern one in which we live in; it even invented the Juicy Fruit gum. Due to the vast amount of people the fair brought in, the influence remained long-term.…
Along with his family history he will “record information about our forbears” (p. 20). The diary begins with a brief family history and where they were from. There were three Pitti branches originally…
The Traverse City Record-Eagle is a day by day morning daily paper situated in Traverse City, Michigan. It calls itself "Northern Michigan's Newspaper". also, is the daily paper of record for Grand Traverse County. The daily paper in the past was possessed by Dow Jones & Company, additionally distributers of the Wall Street Journal.…
Founded in 1973 by Paul Weyrich, Edwin Feulner and Joseph Coors, The Heritage Foundation is a conservative research and educational think tank based in Washington, D.C. Their vision for America is to build a country where freedom, opportunity, prosperity, and civil society flourish. They plan on achieving this by promoting conservative policies based on those instilled by our founding Fathers, such as a strong national defense, individual freedoms, free enterprise, limited government and traditional American values. The Heritage Foundation has a variety of areas of research, such as American Leadership, Education, Family and Religion, HealthCare and Rule of Law. The Heritage is broken up into three institutes that specializes in fighting and…
“Boarding School Seasons”: Struggling to Live in a Structure Without a Home. By Brenda Child. University of Nebraska Press, 1998. In Boarding School Seasons: American Indian Families, 1900-1940, Brenda Child works through letters written by Ojibwe students and parents, a perfect primary source, to best observe the perspectives of Native American families who endured the harsh conditions of boarding schools.…
Powhatan Tribe Research Paper I am doing my report over the Powhatan Tribe. The Powhatan Tribe is a group of Algonquian-speaking-people that were native to the New World, specifically, the Northeast Woodland Region, before the English had colonized it. The Powhatan Tribe chose to live in this region because the rivers there helped them stay clean, transport places, and irrigate crops easier. The Powhatan Tribe established in 1580 by Wahunsonacock, who created the Powhatan Confederacy that consisted of about 30 tribes. The Powhatan Confederacy was unlike democratic tribes in the way that their leaders had absolute control and their lifestyle was extremely organized and civil.…
The five chapters that I read from Ethnicity and Family Therapy (McGoldrick, Giordano & Garcia-Preto, 2005) where about Native Americans, Native Hawaiian families, British West Indian families, and Haitian families (2-4 & 8-9 chapters). I was very excited about this assignment and very much enjoyed reading about these cultures. Any and all details I can learn about Native Americans I find really enjoyable. These details will help me with my current job as well.…
The History of Gallaudet University Before Gallaudet University was a university, it was an idea that started in 1856, with Amos Kendall. Kendall donated two acres of land from his Washington DC estate to establish a school and housing for twelve deaf students and six blind students. Kendall called this grammar school, the Columbia Institution for the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb and Blind. This school was the first school in the world dedicated to advancing the education of the deaf and hard of hearing. Edward Miner Gallaudet was appointed as superintendent of the school.…
“Who am I?” This is a question that everyone my age has likely asked themselves. The first thing that needs to be figured out is, what defines a person? Does family history decide who you are going to be? I believe it is the things you pick up from the people you are around, the things you go through, and the things you learn in your life that decide who you will become.…