Voyager

Prior Knowledge of Native Americans When I was young and still living in the Philippines, my knowledge about Native Americans are almost to none. The only Indians I knew are the Indians from India. We never had any class lecture or topic about American Indians. In fact, at that time, I thought white Americans were the original settlers in the America, and I could not remember any class teachings contradicting this assumption. When I was younger, I always watched Peter Pan, and Tiger Lilly, the…

The Aztecs were a legendary people that still leave an imprint on the modern Mexican world today. Although they are nowadays known to be gory sacrificing killers, they made some achievements that today people take for granted. Think about the modern Mexican food, like tacos or fajitas. They were influenced by Aztec love of maize (corn) and foods they made such as tamales. The Aztecs were a creative bunch, too. Their artifacts most certainly show the importance of Aztec life and the mark they…

Ohio Standards Ohio Standard one (Students) states that teachers understand student learning and development and respect the diversity of the students they teach. (1.1) Teachers display knowledge of how students learn and of the developmental characteristics of age groups. Ohio Standard five (Environment) states that teachers create learning environments that promote high levels of learning and achievement for all students. (5.4) Teachers create learning situations in which students…

Underlining lyrics from a song, he proclaimed the joy of living in destitute. “...Two years he walks with the earth. No phone, No pools, No pets, No cigarettes. Ultimate freedom. An extremist. An aesthetic voyager whose home is the road…” (Krakauer 179). Chris longed for the feeling of liberty, to go out into the world and live life on the road. For him, this was the ultimate freedom. He wasn 't interested in having luxury material possessions or even contact…

“Fate is the endless chain of causation, whereby things are; the reason or formula by which the world goes on” (Zeno of Citium). In the nineteenth century, new movements in literature were developed due to changes in society after the Civil War: Realism and Naturalism. The main intent of Realism was to exclude romantic and fantastic ideals in literature, interpolating what is real. Authors who describe themselves as Realists explain things without decorative language or sugar-coating events, and…

100 years before Columbus took a voyage to America, there were several metropolitan areas home to the Native American population. These areas could hold up to twenty thousand people, a huge populated area in this period of time. The coming of Columbus was the forefront for the immigration and settling of Europeans who followed in Columbus’s footsteps. The people of Europe saw opportunity in America, almost a blank canvas as they could express the culture originated from their homeland and infuse…

Table 1: Experimental data for standardization of iodine solution. Calculation of standardization factor Standardization factor = (mass of vitamin C titrated) / (Volume of iodine solution used) = (125g) / (41.3ml) = 3.03 mg vitamin C/ml iodine solution Experiment B: Vitamin C titration using fresh fruit sample to determine the content The tabulated experimental data for this experiment is shown below (Table 2). In this experiment, the amount of vitamin C was calculated by multiplying…

Throughout my childhood, I saw my father more as an engineer (he pursued mechanical engineering in the college) than as a business-man handling our family business as he always used to apply his engineering logics for every household problems. Be it repairing any machine in the kitchen or handling logistics in the business, he always proved that an engineer always find a unique out-of-the-box solution for every problem. And thus, in my high school, I realized that I share the same passion as my…

Table of contents 1. Introduction 2. General information 3. History 4. Morphology 5. Active constituents 6. Therapeutic uses 7. Toxicity 8. Safety aspects 9. Side effects 10. Contraindication Introduction Early modern voyagers to America, including the Central America, parts of Peru, and Chile, found so many forms of peppers, amongst of them were the very hot ones. In Spain, the very hot peppers are usually called ‘chili’, the meaning is gotten from the country Chile, and in India they are…

Water is the ultimate contradiction. Its serene at times, while at others it wields devastating power. It is the source of all life, yet it can rip it away with one swift swell. For this reason alone, I find the oceans, lakes, and rivers offer such an array of enjoyment while it commands my respect for its authority. Water not only has the ability to drift from natural states, but it also brings pleasure and pain from its temperature. On a recent vacation I had the pleasure of experiencing…