Lower East Side

Many people wonder why there is so many memorials or monuments around the world for specific things. For every memorial there is a meaning behind it and there is value in the monument to the people. Something had happened to change the life of someone or something big enough would change something around the world. In this essay I will explain to you why memorials and monuments are meaningful to people and to everyone in the world. The monument I picked out was the Jefferson National Expansion…

Child’s Background and Developmental History: Both Riccardo’s parents are from Mexico in the city of Puebla. Matilda, the mother of Ricardo, is very fluent in English. Upon their arrival in the USA, she was encouraged to take ESL classes, which she did twice a week. Matilda and Antonio both have a history of diabetes and hypertension in their families. Only one grandma is still alive and lives in Mexico; she is seventy six and has hypertension. Matilda is very concerned for herself and Riccardo…

system. A bill must be approved by both houses before it may become a law. The lower house in a bicameral system is based proportionally on the given population of each faction, while the upper house represents the different factions or provinces in general (Dickovick, Eastwood 203). Members of the upper house typically serve longer terms than those of the lower house, and the upper house is often smaller than the lower house. Adopting a bicameral legislative system would benefit Oz for many…

The prime minister is chosen by the majority in the lower house and approved by a two-thirds majority in the upper house in order to avoid total party dominance. He or she, in turn, chooses the cabinet members. The upper house elects the president with a two thirds majority, and while the president is mainly…

they race up the coconut tree. At first, the lower case letters climbed up the coconut tree, but as the letters kept on climbing the coconut tree started to bent. After all the letters were on top, Chicka Chicka Boom Boom! the coconut tree was unable to support all the weight and all the letters ended scattered all over the ground. Later, the mothers, fathers, aunts and uncles ( the upper case letters) help the little ones up the coconut tree. All the lower case letters had some kind of injury…

Thousands of lives were taken. Hundreds of families lost important members. Numerous friends were never heard from again. These are only some of the devastating results that 9/11 had on the citizens of our country. Many people’s lives were changed forever on that horrible day. Not only did the attacks affect the victims and those who were close to them, but the events also impacted a group of people who had no idea it did / would. When we think about the people that 9/11 had an impact on, we…

The third activity in which Allison and I completed was practice with writing lowercase letters as part of the language domain. After reviewing the previous week’s take home activity, it was clear that Allison preferred writing with capital letters rather than lowercase which suggested she needed more practice with learning lowercase letters. For this activity, I cut small orange pumpkins and wrote each lowercase letter of the alphabet on the pumpkins and mixed them up in the pile. Allison…

UniteCloud “provides education and actionable steps to resolve tension and restore dignity to all St. Cloud, MN area people” (UniteCloud handout). They educate others by telling their personal stories, they have a blog, Facebook, Twitter, and they also make radio and TV appearances. UniteCloud promotes getting to know your neighbors, and to not assume misinformation and stereotypes. “You don’t have to agree with your neighbor’s lifestyle to promote a culture of respect. You don’t have to agree…

Lesson Elements Observations/Notes Learning Objective • Group 1 o When given a list of 26 upper-case and 28 lower-case letters, the student will be able to identify at least 85% of the letter names correctly. o When the student is shown 25 sight word flashcards, the student will be able to identify at least 80% of the words correctly. • Group 2 o When given a list of 26 upper-case and 28 lower-case letters, the student will be able to identify at least 90% of the letter names correctly. o When…

in their depiction of the marital crisis. In the novel Eat a Bowl of Tea, the main character Ben Loy lives in Chinatown in the 1940s with his wife, who is having an affair with his cousin. In the novel Falling Man, the main character Keith lives in lower Manhattan in 2001 (post- 9/11) and is having an affair with another survivor of the attack. These affairs and their consequences were the results of drastic cultural and societal events taking place in New York City at the time. The affair and…