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“The Discovery and Conquest of Early America from 1492-1776” The New World and the Struggle to Build a Nation A quick overview of early explorers and European settlers in the New World, with analysis of their methods, principles, religions, and treatment of indigenous populations, leading to the destruction of Ancient Empires and establishment of new colonies. Starting in the late 1400’s, Spain began looking towards the West, across the Atlantic Ocean, to expand their growing empire. Recent…

I attended the concert of Surcari presented by Maxwell Shepherd Concert Series on Thursday, November 10, 2016, at 7:30 p.m. The venue was the University of Connecticut Greater Hartford Campus. The program began with Vientos del Sur, which is traditional Bolivian song that translates into South Winds. The sheer energy of that first chord from the acoustic guitar marked the beginning of a night of beautiful cultural music. It opens up with the quick strumming of the acoustic guitar and later…

Samuel L. Clemens is an amazing writer, but he did not only write he taught and flied steamboats. Samuel inspired people all over the world to pick up a pencil and paper and express your feelings. In joy life while you can because there is death all around people. He has been through deep, bad times and every time he is there he rose up again.Samuel L. Clemens Was Born November 30, 1835, In Florida, Missouri (Gribben). He was two months premature with poor health and had to take medicine (Qurik)…

met people that were willing to help him in his journey of helping Alice and people who were just like her. When he returned to America he began working on ways for people who were deaf to learn and go to school. On April 15, 1817 in West Hartford, Connecticut the first American School for the Deaf was open. The very first person to become a teacher of the deaf in America was Laurent Clerc. They called him “ The Apostle of the Deaf in America”. He was from France, Thomas taught him English and…

Born on March 2 1904 in Springfield Ma Theodor was the second of two children to Theordor Geisel and –Henierra Seuss. His parents families both owned were shops, his mother came from a well-known German bakery family, making pies in town. His father came from a German family known for making the Kalmboch & Geisel Brewery, which was one of the largest beer companies in the New England area. Growing up in Forrest Park neighborhood, Theodor rarely needed for much, as he would often play with is…

Special education has come a long way since 1817 when the Connecticut Asylum for the Education and Instruction of Deaf and Dumb persons opened in Hartford CT. (SPED Book pg8) There have been many positive changes to special education since then, many trials and tribulations many parents and educators in need of answers and help. Now almost 200 years later there are many barriers broken and more to be tackled. Special education is always and forever changing with time and knowledge. We will…

History of Special Education and Recent Effective Practices Between the 1965 and 1975, state legislatures, the US Congress and the federal courts pushed for strong educational rights for children with disabilities. Out of the fifty states, forty-five state legislatures passed laws which mandated, encouraged and funded special education programs. Federal courts than followed by ruling that schools would no longer be able to discriminate on the basis of a student’s disability and that parents…

Massacre at Mystic: On May 26th, 1687 a very one-sided battle between a group of Puritans from the Massachusetts Bay Colony and members of a large Pequot village called Fort Mystic took place late at night. In this battle, the Puritans set fire to the Pequot village, killing most of the people in the village, including tribe leaders, women and children. Led by Major John Mason and Captain John Underhill, a mix of Puritans, Mohegans and Narragansetts, attacked the Pequot village at around 2 a.m…

Gallaudet University Gallaudet University ― It is home to some two thousand undergraduate students and eight hundred and ninety employees (“Fast Facts”). The students walking the campus or on the sidewalks of Florida Avenue are not all that dis-similar to any other walks of life in the Washington, DC area. In fact, you wouldn’t notice a difference if you were just observing or people watching. They are a university that has multiple athletic programs, including football, basketball, and baseball…

NFA loses an icon The summer of 2012 was hot and dry. In August, a branch split and fell from NFA's iconic European weeping beech tree initiating a process which led to a heart – wrenching decision. The tree was unsafe. Lindon Arborists of Hartford, who were intimately familiar with and had treated the tree for years, were called, completed an assessment, and made a recommendation to the Board of Trustees. Fagus sylvatica Pendula, the Weeping European Beech, a fixture on the campus for years…