Cape of Good Hope

learning a new language these people still push forward knowing that one day their hard work will pay off and that not only will they become the heroes of their families but also an inspirational hero to all the children and families who need a spark of hope to shine the way to a new and better…

More Than a Mother “Love as powerful as your mothers for you leaves its own mark… to have been loved so deeply… to give us some protection forever.” My mother may not wear a cape but she is one of the greatest, strongest heroes I know. She has never let me down and she always makes sure I am thrilled and amazingly taken care of. She supports me and the decisions I make. My hero inspires me to be a better person. I know that she will always be right behind me every step I take in life. It is a…

government.” Adopted by many imperialists, this approach was mainly used for unfamiliar lands to avoid conflict and the disadvantage of poor knowledge of new territory. Another tactical approach that Britain had was using good relation with leaders to their advantage. In hopes to occupy the small vacant lands in Africa, Britain’s slow yet well thought out plan helped their advancement. The Ashanti Federation was known for their gold-producing region Kumasi. European powers became interested in…

understood and evaluated the time it took the gold to reach the ports of Spain, it was suggested in 1524 to Charles V, that by cutting out a piece of land somewhere in Panama the trips would be made shorter and the danger of taking the treasures through the cape. A plan for this canal was drawn up in 1529.However, the project got put on a permanent hold after war arose in Europe and the thirsts for the control of kingdoms in the Mediterranean Sea. The Canal would have been used as a shorter way…

in donations to causes that have saved more than 255,000 lives. Rita Marley today, she heads both the Bob Marley foundation and the Rita Marley foundation, organizations that work to end poverty in Jamaica and Africa. In July 2006, she told ABC’s Good Morning America. “We have been funding ourselves in whatever we have been doing, especially in Ghana and Ethiopia. We’ve been doing it out of our own pockets in terms of what Bob left us….[The greatest needs are] water, food, clothing, toothbrush…

of three continents. There is an estimate of twenty-five to thirty million people including, men, women, and children were deported from their homes and sold as slaves. The Portuguese ships were shipping the African slaves on sugar plantations in Cape Verde and Madeira islands in the eastern Atlantic. During the trade, some European countries had control over the different slave trades that was going on. The Spanish took some of the African slaves to the Caribbean for their rich soil. The…

directly affect me as well and when I do that I still see that its still tentatively good. The quality of life for a large amount of people has increased as first and second world countries moved some of their manufacturing jobs from high wage to lower wage countries. This shift of jobs helped because it prevented the first and second world countries from monopolizing manufacturing (John Green, 2013). I say "tentatively good" though because it still has its issues. Global capitalism oppresses…

Hero. A person noted for courageous acts or nobility of character. Many people in the world have heroes to look up to. Martin Luther King Jr., Nelson Mandela, Amelia Earhart, Anne Frank, Rosa Parks, Ruby Bridges, are all influential people kids learn about or know. But what about the ones we see in comic books, such as Captain America or Iron Man? They aren’t real people that saved the day. They only saved the day in comic books, TV shows, and movies. Common Sense Media states, “From…

rather than get her own place. The daughter and mother were so happy they started to cry. A second example is that Ellen uses her money for good. At the end of almost every single show she gives away $100 or more of some kind of gift to every member of the audience. People are always so happy and a lot of them start crying. A third example is the hope Ellen gives people through her humor and positive outlook on life. There was a woman…

I looked down and realized I had arms and, legs shooting out of the ends of my small, little body. The ones humans have, NOT pumpkins. Then, a cape rapped around my minute, round body. It had a ghost symbol on it! I had no idea what was going on, and I certainly did NOT like it! I suddenly heard this straight, strict, and serious voice in the back of my mind. This is what I heard, “Spirit Pumpkin…