Our Town

the birds were always chirping. I had spent a plethora of days with my friends doing various activities around town like playing at the park and running around at a football field. But sadly, like all good things, it was coming to an end. My hours upon hours of free time were about to change into 8 hours of school five days a week. But no summer was complete without our annual visit to a town located in the southeast corner of Nebraska called Falls City. I had almost forgotten about this trip…

I share the house with a mother, a father, a sister, and a dog. This house was more than we thought we'd get. We live two blocks from town, live close to my friends, and don’t have to lose money on rent. We can walk outside without hearing cars and beeping constantly. Our back yard holds humongous trees that tower over the house. At first, we started with a plain back yard and later added a jungle gym with a swing set soon after arriving. The texture…

Crime and Punishment in Colonial America In Colonial America, crime and punishment were a new idea that was just starting to be formed. During this time, they had a different set of rules and regulations that had to be followed in their towns and states. For each town, or even state, they had their own rules to follow, based on the men in charge during this time. Colonial America had forms of punishments that would not be allowed during this day and age because they would be considered inhumane…

(according to bendsource.com) Which doesn't sound like a lot, but for the citizens who have lived in the small town for many years, many wish the town would stay small. Bend is a town in central Oregon with a growing population. From 2000-2010 Bend's…

Settling in Charles Town If an explorer found open land without hostile native tribes then he would be as happy as a clam at high tide! Back then many countries wanted to claim and create settlements in new land. Settlers wanted to settle in Charles Town but it was very difficult, many died, but after a lot of hard work Charles Town was settled. Charles Town was difficult to settle because of three things geography, resources, and disease. One of the difficulties of settling Charles Town was…

Streets of your Town Streets of your Town is a two-part ABC series, hosted by Tim Ross - successful comedian, broadcaster, social commentator and enthusiastic - lover of all things modernism. The series explores the story of our Australian suburban landscape over the last 60 years, focusing on the development of our post war suburban architecture. It examines the success and popular culture of visionary architects from the 1950 's and 60's. Architects like Robyn Boyd, Sydney Ancher, Roy Grounds…

often thought of as a location of a town, city, or region on the Earth’s surface. More specifically, place can define the unique characteristics of a certain location whether it have a very significant meaning to you or no meaning at all. Places not only includes visual characteristics and features of a location but also the associations and feelings that come over us when we are reminded of it or go there. Place and landscapes are the most significant impacts of our life. As Grieder and…

yuma. Those are the affects that irrigation has on yuma/ Southern Arizona.  Geography impacted the development of Yuma county a lot by letting us develop as a town and with farming. Before irrigation in Yuma started there was plenty of problems with are location and the nature that is around us even though now it is beneficial to our city income and the people of Yuma. In the past because of the Colorado river Yuma was prone to flooding. I don't know about you but I'm pretty sure it's hard…

“To Kill a Mockingbird” was written in a very interesting time frame in the history of America. The sleepy town of Maycomb, Alabama is plagued with racial injustices-and it’s sadly no surprise. In the novel, Tom Robinson, a black man, is convicted of the crime of raping a white woman. The difference in race is what makes the case more unfair in Tom Robinson’s case. One of the main characters, Atticus, is the lawyer selected to take up the Tom Robinson trial and defend him. Atticus already knows…

Self-censorship is what a person does to themself in order to avoid criticism from whom they live around or their peers. When we keep ourselves from writing and expressing our creativity we become our own self-censors. In the poem, “Burning a Book,” by William Stafford, the reader is able to imagine the burning of a book in a creative way, and compare something that is thought to be a more severe situation. A book written by, Ray Bradbury, named, “Fahrenheit 451,” provides the reader with an…