His mother enrolled him in the Gori Church School in September 1888 when her son was nine and he graduated six years later, despite various interruptions as when Stalin's father took the young boy to Tiflis to work alongs side him in a shoe factory. ... Before a series of strokes prevented Lenin from working, he wrote a secret note warning that Stalin must be removed as general secretary. ... The leading Bolsheviks finally learned of the secret note warning against Stalin, but they ignored it. ...

• Word Count: 2506
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

In the book Measurement and Assessment in Teaching, authors Miller, Linn and Gronlund note that complications can arise when students are not treated fairly. ... He shares the story of a boy who was having difficulty learning and paying attention within class. ... As a result, the boy found his teacher's classroom not only different but also challenging. ... While the students work on crafting an essay or journal, the teacher can select from a variety of relaxing songs such as Baroque, Chinese, Celtic and others. ...

• Word Count: 2625
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

And yet, when Noriega was finally indicted in Miami in 1988, all the charges except one were related to activities that dated back before 1984, when he was our boy, helping with the U.S. war against Nicaragua. ... The fact was that at exactly the moment it invaded Panama because of its outrage over Noriega's abuses of human rights, the Bush administration announced new high-technology sales to China, noting that $300 million in business for US firms was at stake and that contacts had secretly resumed a few weeks after the Tiananmen Square massacre. ...

• Word Count: 3327
• Approx Pages: 13
• Grade Level: High School

It was Bauza who comforted Dizzy when he was dismissed from Cab Calloway's band for incorporating his Be-Bop ideas into Calloway's music every night on the bandstand, or as Calloway called it, "Playing that Chinese music."" ... Boy, he could catch them. ...

• Word Count: 3210
• Approx Pages: 13
• Grade Level: High School

Lion (1987) is a novel which takes place in Toronto in the years following the First World War. Ondaatje's next novel, 1992's The English Patient, won the Governor General's Award and the Booker Prize, and was made into an award-winning film. In The Skin Of A Lion is a love story and an irresistib...

• Word Count: 3985
• Approx Pages: 16
• Grade Level: High School