Embalming

America's idea of the death penalty arose from Britain in the 1600's. Around this time hanging was the usual sentence given for arson, piracy, treason, murder, sodomy, burglary, robbery, rape, horse-stealing, slave rebellion, and often counterfeiting. In 1767 the Italian jurist Cesare Beccaria, published On Crimes and Punishment. Beccaria's exposition on abolishing capital punishment was influential and had a strong impact on others. He believed that there was no justification for the state to…

Transitions to a New World Cherokee ceremonial and burial rites are held very sacred and with highest of respects. The Cherokee Indians who are descendants of their sister tribe the Iroquois, lived in the southeastern parts of the United States until forced off their land and onto reservations during the mid-1800s. The Cherokees were forced to sacrifice many of their customs and rites, by the White European settlers which considered it Paganistic according to their Christian religion. Surviving…

Is it possible to commit thirty-three separate murders and get away with it? One of America’s most famous serial killers was very close to doing just that. John Wayne Gacy, Jr. has to be considered one of our nations most notorious and evil serial killers of all time. He murdered and sexually assaulted 33 young men between the years of 1972-1978. Gacy was finally arrested and sentenced to death on March 13, 1980. The most surprising thing of all about Gacy was that people considered him an…

Every day we turn look online or turn on the television to see the latest news. There is always some kind of crime being committed. This is what makes the news and makes all of us so curious to what is really going on around us. Every time a vicious or heinous crime occurs we are all left wondering why it occurred, what could make a person do such a horrible act or what caused such a malicious outburst of anger. Crime happens daily and comes in every shape and form, from a horrific blood bath…

:Prohibition and Dispensary Confederate General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson once confessed, “I am more afraid of the effects of King Alcohol than all the bullets of the enemy” (Jones 443). To make such a firm statement, Jackson had to understand just how harmful the effects of alcohol on people and America as a whole has had throughout history. From 10,000 B.C. to today, alcohol and its effects have been evident (Hanson). In the 19th century, the consequences that come along with alcohol sprung…

them by the end of the lesson. All students will be able to read the definitions and descriptions of the crossword puzzle clues after the lesson. Key VocabularyHieroglyphics, Papyrus, Pyramids, Scribe, Sarcophagus, Pharaoh, Mummy, Delta, Embalming, Canopic Jars | Supplementary MaterialsVocabulary Words SheetVocabulary TestVocabulary Crosswords Puzzle | SIOP Features | Preparation | Scaffolding | Grouping Options | ✓ Adaptation of content✓Links to background ✓Links to past…