Works Cited:
"Kermode Bear." Wikipedia. 24 June 2008. 30 June 2008
Monday, June 30, 2008
Touching Spirit Bear entry 1
In the book Touching Spirit bear there's a boy named Cole. Cole has anger problems beats up a kid and now is on an island trying to change himself for the better. This takes place instead of him being tried as an adult and being put in prison. On the way to the island Edwin tells Cole about spirit bears, how they live in British Colombia but that he would never see them. A spirit bear is actually called a Kermode bear, this bear is related to the American black bear, the difference that the two have is a gene difference that makes them a different color. Kermode bears are apart of many Native American tribes history because the way they look gives them a sense of magic. Edwin is part of the Tlinglit tribe which is Native American and tells Cole about the bear. Native American tribes from what I've learned throughout the years is that they were big in believing that animals had a sense of power and could help them with either their crops or just something that they needed to learn. In this case i think that the spirit bear helped Cole make a change in his life. Kermode bears we find out become a big part in Cole's change, when Edwin is telling Cole about these bears he has a smug attitude and says he'd kill it if it came his way. Cole sees a spirit bear and when he turns to get something to kill it with and turns back around it's gone this angers Cole, anger is the whole reason Cole's on the island. Throughout the book the spirit bear helps change Cole into an angry boy to a boy who understands himself and can now control his anger.
Works Cited:
"Kermode Bear." Wikipedia. 24 June 2008. 30 June 2008.
Works Cited:
"Kermode Bear." Wikipedia. 24 June 2008. 30 June 2008
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Final Essay #2
Over the years there have been many wars fought. Some wars have made progress between us and other countries, but most of the wars fought were over greed. One country, person or group wants one thing and so doesn't the other side so they fight until one person gets what the other side want for example the French and Indian war and Pontiac's Rebellion.
People have always been greedy we see this in the French and Indian war both sided wanted total control of the fur trade neither side could just hand it over to the other side nor could they split the trade in half so they had a war that lasted over seven years fighting who would get the fur trade. The French and Indian war was not necessary for progress at all it was becuse back then people were greedy just like people are now.
The war in Iraq is just like the American Revolution war. Both the British and the Americans wanted the same thing and fought for it out of greed. We are in a war in Iraq right right now fighting over oil, oil compaines are rich now but they're charging even more for it. Oil and gas is a nesscitie for americans and they figure that if we need we'll pay as much as they can charge for it. This war is not making any progress at all between us and the middle east, we are in middle of a war because of greed. Owners of oil companies are greedy and that is why we are in this war.
People have always been greedy we see this in the French and Indian war both sided wanted total control of the fur trade neither side could just hand it over to the other side nor could they split the trade in half so they had a war that lasted over seven years fighting who would get the fur trade. The French and Indian war was not necessary for progress at all it was becuse back then people were greedy just like people are now.
The war in Iraq is just like the American Revolution war. Both the British and the Americans wanted the same thing and fought for it out of greed. We are in a war in Iraq right right now fighting over oil, oil compaines are rich now but they're charging even more for it. Oil and gas is a nesscitie for americans and they figure that if we need we'll pay as much as they can charge for it. This war is not making any progress at all between us and the middle east, we are in middle of a war because of greed. Owners of oil companies are greedy and that is why we are in this war.
Final Essay #1 What If ?
Valley Forge was when the patriots had no war tactic, we were dieing from hunger and disease. Soldiers were losing all hope of coming out of the war gaining anything. General Baron Steuben came and taught the patriots war tactic so they could fight. Nathaniel Green came and provided food, shelter,clothing for the soldiers so they could survive, Nathaniel Green also provided weapons for the soldiers so that they could fight. If Green and Steuben hadn't come then the patriots wouldn't have had a chance of gaining anything from the Revolution war. One because they would have kept running because they didn't know how to fight or because they died of hunger or disease
If one change could be made to history Steuben could have never come to teach the soldiers war tactic this is plausible because Steuben could have never gotten involved with the other party therefore he could have never met George Washington. The effect this could have changed in history is Britain would have won more battles because they had better war tactic. If Green hadn't come the soldiers may have died of either hunger or disease. significance of change today is with Steuben coming and teaching our soldiers tactic if her hadn't our army may not be as strong as it is today.
This event is important today because we need to be the same way as the soldiers that fought in valley forge never giving up during hunger, disease, defeat and death. Without common and learning tactic our army probably wouldn't be as strong as it today. Today would be different because other countries may not fear us as much as they do now because we wouldn't be as strong, we also may not be as emotionally strong and be under someone elses power because we gave up. Know our ancestors fought through death, hunger and disease gives us strenght today to fight through almost anything.
If one change could be made to history Steuben could have never come to teach the soldiers war tactic this is plausible because Steuben could have never gotten involved with the other party therefore he could have never met George Washington. The effect this could have changed in history is Britain would have won more battles because they had better war tactic. If Green hadn't come the soldiers may have died of either hunger or disease. significance of change today is with Steuben coming and teaching our soldiers tactic if her hadn't our army may not be as strong as it is today.
This event is important today because we need to be the same way as the soldiers that fought in valley forge never giving up during hunger, disease, defeat and death. Without common and learning tactic our army probably wouldn't be as strong as it today. Today would be different because other countries may not fear us as much as they do now because we wouldn't be as strong, we also may not be as emotionally strong and be under someone elses power because we gave up. Know our ancestors fought through death, hunger and disease gives us strenght today to fight through almost anything.
Monday, May 19, 2008
Book Portfolio on Night
In the book Night published in 1960 by Elie Wiesel the book is all about the journey and personal experiences of one person during the Holocaust. The author shows each step that he took place in during the Holocaust from being invaded by the Germans and forming a ghetto to being starved and working, seeing the ones you love die and at last sweet victory of beating Hitler and not dieing. The theme for the book Night is we can learn from our past so we don't repeat our mistakes. The significance of the theme is to show people that if we don't learn from the mistakes from the people before us what can happen.
The Thematic statement for the book Night by Elie Wiesel is to show the people that we can learn from our past mistakes in history and not repeat them, this is shown many times throughout the book. First throughout the book the Germans don't treat the Jews like humans ie. when they give them small rations of food, don't give them very many clothes and stick them in cattle carts like cows. In the beginning of the book the Jews have trust that the Germans aren't going to come for them or even harm them if they do come. The last thing we could learn from and not repeat is loosing faith just like the Jews did during the Holocaust for ie. Elie lost faith in God, why let bad things happen to good people, they lost faith in their family in friends. Elie wondered if his father was slowing him down so if he was dead would he be ahead of the game. This theme relates because when your not treated like human, you loose trust and faith therefore showing that if something like this ever happened again we might live longer knowing we can keep faith.
This theme is important now and has been through time. The Holocaust was a major genocide where about 6 million Jews were killed. The Jews weren't the only ones targeted during the Holocaust, Jehovah's witnesses, homosexuals and gypsies. Elie the author of Night wrote the book so that people would know of the tragic event and learn from the mistakes and not repeat them. America has learned from their mistakes but other countries haven't so they need make mistakes and learn from them. For example Rwanda which is a recent genocide that happened in the 90's is where the Hutu's tribe in Africa tried to take out the Tutsi's. 800,000 deaths happened in 100 days. We're supposed to learn from our mistakes like the holocaust. and yet Rwanda happened only 14years ago. Darfur which only happened in 2003 is massive genocide of women and children Many were kicked out of the country. 200,000 people died in Darfur because of disease, malnutrition and violence. Elie the author of Night wrote about his experiences. America has learned from the mistakes of the Holocaust, but many other countries haven't unfortunately so in order for genocide to stop, other countries must experience it for themselves and learn from their mistakes.
The theme in the book Night is to show that we need to learn from our past so we don't repeat our mistakes. Night by Elie Wiesel is all about the Holocaust the theme in the book is important because it shows that if we don't learn from our past there could be another big genocide within the Jews. The theme is important in history because we can learn from our past and not repeat the same mistake twice having another or multiple genocide's taking out big pieces of the population. Elie Wiesel shows the theme of the book very well, he talks about his own struggles through the Holocaust. For example the Germans not treating the Jews like humans, Among Elie and other Jews were tossed in cattle carts treated like cows and driven miles away for days. People loosing faith in not only God but the people that were around them Elie lost trust that his father was going to make and the rabbi felt like it was the end and they were never going get out. Everyone lost trust going from being oblivious and thinking the Germans weren't going to come and in the end thinking the Germans have every control over them. Elie lost trust in his friends and family when they started talking nonsense about dieing when they were so close to getting out of the concentration camps. It is important once again to understand the theme because if we don't learn from our past then history will keep repeating itself and we will never be able to learn anything.
The Thematic statement for the book Night by Elie Wiesel is to show the people that we can learn from our past mistakes in history and not repeat them, this is shown many times throughout the book. First throughout the book the Germans don't treat the Jews like humans ie. when they give them small rations of food, don't give them very many clothes and stick them in cattle carts like cows. In the beginning of the book the Jews have trust that the Germans aren't going to come for them or even harm them if they do come. The last thing we could learn from and not repeat is loosing faith just like the Jews did during the Holocaust for ie. Elie lost faith in God, why let bad things happen to good people, they lost faith in their family in friends. Elie wondered if his father was slowing him down so if he was dead would he be ahead of the game. This theme relates because when your not treated like human, you loose trust and faith therefore showing that if something like this ever happened again we might live longer knowing we can keep faith.
This theme is important now and has been through time. The Holocaust was a major genocide where about 6 million Jews were killed. The Jews weren't the only ones targeted during the Holocaust, Jehovah's witnesses, homosexuals and gypsies. Elie the author of Night wrote the book so that people would know of the tragic event and learn from the mistakes and not repeat them. America has learned from their mistakes but other countries haven't so they need make mistakes and learn from them. For example Rwanda which is a recent genocide that happened in the 90's is where the Hutu's tribe in Africa tried to take out the Tutsi's. 800,000 deaths happened in 100 days. We're supposed to learn from our mistakes like the holocaust. and yet Rwanda happened only 14years ago. Darfur which only happened in 2003 is massive genocide of women and children Many were kicked out of the country. 200,000 people died in Darfur because of disease, malnutrition and violence. Elie the author of Night wrote about his experiences. America has learned from the mistakes of the Holocaust, but many other countries haven't unfortunately so in order for genocide to stop, other countries must experience it for themselves and learn from their mistakes.
The theme in the book Night is to show that we need to learn from our past so we don't repeat our mistakes. Night by Elie Wiesel is all about the Holocaust the theme in the book is important because it shows that if we don't learn from our past there could be another big genocide within the Jews. The theme is important in history because we can learn from our past and not repeat the same mistake twice having another or multiple genocide's taking out big pieces of the population. Elie Wiesel shows the theme of the book very well, he talks about his own struggles through the Holocaust. For example the Germans not treating the Jews like humans, Among Elie and other Jews were tossed in cattle carts treated like cows and driven miles away for days. People loosing faith in not only God but the people that were around them Elie lost trust that his father was going to make and the rabbi felt like it was the end and they were never going get out. Everyone lost trust going from being oblivious and thinking the Germans weren't going to come and in the end thinking the Germans have every control over them. Elie lost trust in his friends and family when they started talking nonsense about dieing when they were so close to getting out of the concentration camps. It is important once again to understand the theme because if we don't learn from our past then history will keep repeating itself and we will never be able to learn anything.
Friday, May 16, 2008
Valley Forge Letter
My dearest sister Isabella,
The winter has been very cold and tough we've only been given fire cakes grilled on the grittle to eat along with water. We share a 16x4 foot long and walls 61/2 feet talll and a stone fire place and a cloth door with 12 men, the floors are dirt it's cold, damp and a very unhealthy place to sleep in. For a year we've been with Washington and runing away it seems like every living second along with being shot at. I tell you this because you are my on sister and I trust that you won't tell ma that things are going poorly. I know this would break her heart since the bad news of pa's death earlier in the war.
The whole time fighting we've only won one battle and that was at trenton crossing the delware river. I hate being in the war and all i want to do is come home to take care of you and ma. I hope that you have found a decent man that both pa and i would both like. Many men at Valley Forge have gotten sick from drink from the same stream that the soliders have gone to the bathroom in. Those of us who haven't gotten sick have been made to have vaccines. Genereal Nathanael Green is now the quartermaster and things are looking up for the war we are being taught new things to help us win more battles.
Isabella I think i'm going to try and stick it out for another 6 months becaue I hate the Britians so much that we're being taught the skills by Baron von Steuben a German whose a profesional solider he looks funny and can't speak english but we are learning so many skills that are need to kill the Britian's and rub it in their faces. I'm doing this only for myself, but for you and everyone at home and the fallen soliders that felt the same way I do. with all my love,
Noah
The winter has been very cold and tough we've only been given fire cakes grilled on the grittle to eat along with water. We share a 16x4 foot long and walls 61/2 feet talll and a stone fire place and a cloth door with 12 men, the floors are dirt it's cold, damp and a very unhealthy place to sleep in. For a year we've been with Washington and runing away it seems like every living second along with being shot at. I tell you this because you are my on sister and I trust that you won't tell ma that things are going poorly. I know this would break her heart since the bad news of pa's death earlier in the war.
The whole time fighting we've only won one battle and that was at trenton crossing the delware river. I hate being in the war and all i want to do is come home to take care of you and ma. I hope that you have found a decent man that both pa and i would both like. Many men at Valley Forge have gotten sick from drink from the same stream that the soliders have gone to the bathroom in. Those of us who haven't gotten sick have been made to have vaccines. Genereal Nathanael Green is now the quartermaster and things are looking up for the war we are being taught new things to help us win more battles.
Isabella I think i'm going to try and stick it out for another 6 months becaue I hate the Britians so much that we're being taught the skills by Baron von Steuben a German whose a profesional solider he looks funny and can't speak english but we are learning so many skills that are need to kill the Britian's and rub it in their faces. I'm doing this only for myself, but for you and everyone at home and the fallen soliders that felt the same way I do. with all my love,
Noah
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
William Franklin Research Essay
William Franklin was born in 1731 and was born in Philideliphia William died December 13 1813. William Franklin represented New Jersey. William Franklin is the son BenjaminFranklin.William helped his father conduct many of the experiments that he is famous for, for example the kite experiment with lightning. William was engaged to a woman named Elizabeth Graeme but while he was in England studing law he married and had a chiled name William Temple Franklin with Elizabeth Downes.
William Franklin was a loyalist to King George III. When William came home from England he became a Royal governor in New Jersey, while he was in office William signed the charter for the Queen college. William remained loyal to the king while his father sided with. George Washington. With son and father on different sides it strained the relationship. John Adams and Samuel Adams on the other hand were cousins and were on the same side.
One motivation that William Franklin had for sticking with the King was personal ambition. William Franklin was the Governor for New Jersey so for him living was good he was paid 1,800 pounds for the loss of all of his estates. William Franklin may have stayed a loyalist because he w thought England was on the wining side of the war. To be on the loosing side of the war like Thomas Paine and Thomas Jefferson would not be good for his appearance he had made with all of the people higher than him. Benjamin Franklin was William's father. Ben was a patriot during the war and was doing a great deal of leading on that side, William Franklin did a good job of resiting his fathers actions to get him to change sides.
William Franklin doesn't deserve anymore recognition then he already has. He did little things during the war but nothing major that stands out. If were not leaning about William Franklin in class is he that important to learn about?
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Boston Masacre
Gentleman of the jury:
Capt. Preston is indeed innocent on the day that the fight broke out between Sentinal and the teenager, Preston was not around as the mobed formed and things were being thrown at the soldiers by spectators, the mob was shouting fire, fire, fire, fire was interperted as a house was on fire so the fire bell starts ringing, this caused a lot of comotion and the soliders began to fire even though the order was not given.
Who's to blame for the five people being killed during the fight between Sentinal and the teenage boy? There was a lot of comotion going on that day with people throwing sticks and snowballs. The mob was shouting different things like fire, and when that was said the bell for a house fire started ringing and then soliders started to fire their guns without the command of their captin. There were may testomonies to say that they saw preston say fire but it was indeed a dark night out and you can not clearly see someone lips moving or hear them correctly from 18ft away when there is fighting, yelling, and church bell going off.
There is not any real evidence that Capt. Preston ever said the word fire. So most people would say that capt. Prestons men are guilty, But many people were saying fire fire and with all of the comothion going on Prestons men could have eaisly gotten confused thinking another mans voice was Capt. Prestons. Capt. Preston and his men should not be hung for the acidental deaths that occured the day of the Boston Massacre.
Capt. Preston is indeed innocent on the day that the fight broke out between Sentinal and the teenager, Preston was not around as the mobed formed and things were being thrown at the soldiers by spectators, the mob was shouting fire, fire, fire, fire was interperted as a house was on fire so the fire bell starts ringing, this caused a lot of comotion and the soliders began to fire even though the order was not given.
Who's to blame for the five people being killed during the fight between Sentinal and the teenage boy? There was a lot of comotion going on that day with people throwing sticks and snowballs. The mob was shouting different things like fire, and when that was said the bell for a house fire started ringing and then soliders started to fire their guns without the command of their captin. There were may testomonies to say that they saw preston say fire but it was indeed a dark night out and you can not clearly see someone lips moving or hear them correctly from 18ft away when there is fighting, yelling, and church bell going off.
There is not any real evidence that Capt. Preston ever said the word fire. So most people would say that capt. Prestons men are guilty, But many people were saying fire fire and with all of the comothion going on Prestons men could have eaisly gotten confused thinking another mans voice was Capt. Prestons. Capt. Preston and his men should not be hung for the acidental deaths that occured the day of the Boston Massacre.
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