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Ancient Egypt: Learn About Ancient Egypt. (n.d) Retrieved December 6, 2015, from https://jr.brainpop.com/socialstudies/ancienthistory/ancientegypt/ This video discusses the geography of ancient Egypt and things the Egyptians in Cairo heavily relied on. It also discusses the human characteristics, such as architecture and land use, for instance the Nile River and pyramids. We will learn about this ancient civilization’s remains, for instance the Great Pyramids, the Great Sphinx, and artifact.…

For generations, "don't judge a book by its cover" has been a common phrase in teaching children not to use appearance as a factor of identifying other people. The phrase is extremely necessary. How humans perceive each other at first depends entirely on appearance; it is impossible to ignore when making a first impression. Because of this, elements of people like their attractiveness, gender, and race create factors of one's identity, separating them from other humans who fit different…

The irony helps Marlowe’s objectivity. Through his presentation of a military hero who defeats all enemies, yet who is himself subject to ultimate defeat, death, because of his mortality, through his presentation of two challenges to natural order and his declaration of their futility, through his presentation of an enemy that Tamburlaine conquers but whose character is questionable as a worthy opponent, and through his presentation of opposing points of view regarding names applied to…

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian Should Absolutely Not Be Banned Quotes like, "Did you know that Indians are living proof that n*****s fuck buffalo?" (Alexie 64) is one of the reasons some parent may have challenged The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian written by Sherman Alexie. The novel is set in 2006 surrounding the life of a teenage Native American boy, Arnold (also referred to as Junior). He is going to school outside his reservation and faces trouble with the…

The Power of False Narratives Throughout literature, and even in our own lives, we are poisoned by the false narratives and stories that corrupt our minds and control our decisions. This is the driving force in Harper Lee’s novel, To Kill a Mockingbird. Our protagonist, Scout Finch, makes decisions and forms opinions based on stories she hears that simply aren’t true. This is prevalent among various other major and minor characters in the novel as well. They are also extremely commonplace in…

form out how the hurricanes would go after the conventional policy. Isaac Cline's editorial, printed before the storm of 1900, argued for the policy of storms based on the world’s revolution, deal winds, etc. Storms passed among the 65th and 75th meridians, therefore “storms could not as a regulation hit Texas” (p. 80). The two storms that strike Indianola “were disasters. Impressive is freaks” (p. 81). “When hurricanes did smash the policy, he argued, they are inclined to be feeble persons” (p.…

The European settlers of North America irreversibly changed the way Native Americans lived. These settlers brought different ideologies, convictions, religion and diseases, to the Indigenous peoples. There were frequent clashes between the settlers and the Natives over land rights and usage, religious and cultural differences, and, especially, broken treaties (Calloway 3). Some tribes embraced the new ideas and began to incorporate them into their own culture, while other tribes rejected them…

MRC is Mississippi’s only comprehensive rehabilitation hospital, featuring programs specifically designed to treat people who have has a stroke, brain injury, or spinal cord injury. They also provide services for people with neurological and orthopedic illnesses and injuries. MRC has, twice, been the only hospital in MS to be names one of America’s Best by U.S. New & World Report as well as, twice, named one of only 16 Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems in the nation. They have gained…

Cost Approach The first step of the cost approach is to determine the value of the property as vacant. The sales comparison approach is considered to be the most reliable method of valuing vacant land when there is an adequate volume of sales comparable in character to the subject property available for analysis within the local land sale market area. The market area appears to have an adequate volume of land sales within the Tri-County Region as defined by the Tri-County Regional Planning…

Alice Malsenior Walker is an American writer who was born in a poor family and now has a book that is an American classic. She used her experiences to help her write the majority of her work, the most famous being, The Color Purple. Walker had a BB gun accident when she was a child and it impacted her life tremendously and gave her opportunities to go to college where she was influenced to become a writer. Her writing style belongs to the Contemporary or Postmodern era of literature that is…