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region tend to believe these stereotypes, and the life of an Appalachian tends to revolve around coal mining. The Film, October Sky, was directed by Joe Johnston in 1999, portraying the life of Homer Hickam. The movie takes place in Coalwood, West Virginia revolving about the main character Homer Hickam, played by Jake Gyllenhaal,…

The battle was the outcome of the Union army pursuing the South to Virginia, but led to a Confederate victory. After the battle, Grant’s defeated troops were hungry and tired. They used to the railroad system to quickly replenish their supplies, so that they could continue on. As the Northern armies proceeded towards the…

River was a river that flowed north and north west in Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, Virginia, and West Virginia. The river was named after the valley found in Putnam County, WV (Teays Valley). Teays Valley was named after Stephen Teays who was an early settler. A few places I was familiar with that the river ran through was Scioto County and Chillicothe in Ohio and along the Interstate 64 in West Virginia from Charleston toward Huntington. The river during this time was used a drain for…

in high school and graduating college at the age of 18. A phenomenal young African American woman accomplished this which could be considered mediocre compared to her other achievements. Katherine Johnson was born in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia on August 26, 1918. She was handpicked to be one of the three black students chosen to integrate West Virginia’s graduate schools. Her brilliant skills in schools and at home gave her the ability to advance through her educational experiences.…

During the early 1900's miners in southern West Virginia were fighting, literally, for simple rights that every worker deserves. A 40-hour work week, decent pay that wasn't in scrip, and a sense of safety. On May 19 of 1920, members of the Baldwin-Felts detective agency arrived in the town of Matewan to evict union miners from houses owned by the Stone Mountain Coal Company. After catching wind of the detectives’ activities, Matewan Mayor Cabell Testerman and a pro-union sheriff named Sid…

parenting can adopt parentless children. The opportunity to be a parent is so highly sought after that entire businesses are built around it; still the details of how to successfully fulfill the responsibilities themselves are unclear. In her Memoir, Virginia Woolf discusses her own childhood and how the parenting choices of her father positively impacted her. Woolf argues that through allowing children to navigate aspects of their own lives, parents prepare children for the psychological…

The Civil War was much more than a war to preserve the Union and give the South its independence; it was a war against slavery between the North and the South. In the war, each side had its own advantages and disadvantages. Without the success of the North during the Civil War, America would not be as unified as it is today. The North had the advantage of being more industrialized than the South. They had 90% of all of the United States industrial capacity. The Union needed a million uniforms…

Mrs. Dalloway, Virginia Woolf comments on the corruption of society and the lack of care for those affected by mental illnesses. Sir William, a psychologist with a superiority complex in Mrs. Dalloway, treats all of his patients the same way: he prescribes them bedrest, a lesson in proportion, and ultimately conversion. Although this treatment may help some, it is not a “cure-all” and, conversion causes more harm than good. Through Sir William’s treatment of his patients, Virginia Woolf…

Virginia Woolf changed the way novels were written. Her unique style and advocacy for women made her one of the greatest writers in history. She was able to accomplish great success because she incorporated many famous literary theories into her literature. Virginia’s style of writing can be derived from Terry Eagleton’s theory in his essay, What is Literature? Virginia also incorporated Friedrich Nietzsche’s theory on truth into her writing and themes of her works, including Jacob’s Room. Her…

The task of our ADI was to find out what strategies, battles, and people affected the outcome of the Civil War. Our guiding question was, “How does time, place, strategie, political, economic and geographic leadership affect the outcome of the Civil war?” Our group used a pie chart and a map of the Civil war that shows the battles. With the map we marked the important battles, minor battles and the Gettysburg Address. In the pie chart we marked the advantage and who had it. Take the cotton…