Although he had little formal schooling, he educated himself through reading. ... The second section of the book, "The Fateful Summer," describes the movement of the war southward from Boston to New York, where the British and the Americans fought for control of the city through the late summer of 1776. ... Readers interested in a wider view of the year 1776 ought to consider reading John Adams with 1776. ...

• Word Count: 1576
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

It was the summer after senior year and I was incredibly hyped up after finishing the last book I read in high school which was none other than Jon Krakauer's "Into The Wild," and I was thirsty for an adventure. Before reading the book, I already has a profound love for nature but after reading the inspiring story, I found myself experiencing this outlandish fantasy to be like Chris McCandless and wanting to escape society by any means necessary. ... While reading Abbey's essay, I found myself spiritually relating to similar intense emotions and instances of joy that he experienced i...

• Word Count: 1281
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The summer temperatures in the region could reach very high levels it was not uncommon for the temperatures to reach as high as 120 degrees and also the very hot temperatures made it that much more unbearable for the people who lived in the region when there was a drought involved. ... I personally enjoyed reading this book and I learned a lot about the different challenges that the dust bowls created for the people who lived in the region. Also after reading this book it wasn't hard for me to see that it was also a very scary and uninviting place to live as well. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Benson the music master who gave the children weekly half-hour lessons in singing and reading music"(11) Mellor states. ... On June 22, 1816, at the age of 18, Mary had her "waking dream" that then inspired her to write Frankenstein, Or, The Modern Prometheus (Kimberly Woodbridge Summer of 1816) while staying with Lord Byron. Despite her startling young age, this work was completed in May of 1817, published eight months later on January 1, 1818 (Woodbridge Summer of 1816), and incited a tremendous response from the general public thus creating the fame of her life. ... Frankenstein's t...

• Word Count: 1927
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

For instance, you may be standing in line at the supermarket and you smell a familar scent that takes you back to when you were a child and your mother had just called you in to lunch on a hot summer's day; only to then realize that you are standing next to lemons and the scent that brought about that memory was the smell of the lemons, reminding you of the lemonade she would pour in to your glass as you stood waiting patiently for that thirst quenching drink. ... Granted, our sense of smell plays a big part in our lives, but the thought that losing my sense of smell and then possibly los...

• Word Count: 1253
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The Great Depression Starting in the summer of 1929 and continuing over the course of the next four years, financial markets, labor markets, and goods markets all virtually ceased to function. ... After reading a passage from the Federal Reserve Bulletin it shows that the Federal Reserve Board thought that the increase in debt somehow used real resources, and reduced the level of real investment. ...

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Over the years, I have had the privilege of working at a summer camp tutoring young females on the Southside of Milwaukee in subjects such as reading and mathematics, and mentoring them in different characteristics such as respect, work ethic, or honesty in order to make them honorable members of society. ...

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When we enter our house after a long day at work or a summer's vacation, we never think twice about how our physical environment plays an extremely significant role in our lives. ... After reading this novel, I realized that much of the world suffers in their physical environment, a theme clearly presented by Dostoevsky. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

When reading "The Yellow Wallpaper", a reader cannot miss noticing the importance of the setting in which the action takes place. ... The author takes the opportunity to relate elements of setting with symbols and meanings beyond the first reading's impressions. The house that the characters rent for the summer as well as the surrounding scenery is introduced right from the beginning. ...

• Word Count: 2394
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

She at once commenced medical reading, under the direction of Dr. ... In 1852 she entered the Rush Medical College, at Chicago, reading also with Dr. Daniel Brainerd, of that city, and spending the summer vacations in such attendance as was permitted her at Bellevue Hospital, New York, and graduated at the Cleveland College in February, 1854. ...

• Word Count: 1922
• Approx Pages: 8
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

To Kill a Mockingbird has endured as a mainstay on high school and college reading lists. ... Scout and Jem meet and befriend seven-year-old Dill Harris, a boy who has arrived in Maycomb to stay with his aunt for the summer. ...

• Word Count: 2287
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From the first prints in the early 20th century, comic books had been intended as children's entertainment, though often laced with "adult" issues such as politics, war and social problems in America. Comic strips had been featured on newspapers since the earliest days of news print, however comic ...

• Word Count: 1791
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John arranges for them to move to an isolated house for the summer "solely on her account " in order for her to have "perfect rest and all the air [she] could get. " Although the narrator asserts, "I believe that congenial work, with excitement and change would do me good, " she adheres to her husband's orders and moves into the old nursery at the top of the house. ... In a feminist reading of the text, Triechler further cl...

• Word Count: 1676
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

There are three factors over which parents can exercise their authority: student absenteeism, reading materials in the home, and excessive television watching. ... Schools can increase parent involvement by setting up programs like workshops to help parents provide learning experiences at home, provide summer enrichment programs for parents and children, and by having parent involvement in the classroom. ...

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Death And Disaster In the summer of 1962, Warhol's friend Henry Geldzahler laid out a copy the Daily News while the two were having lunch. ... The electric chair is shown from the front, fully visible, showing a sign reading "SILENCE," the sign exclamating the emptiness of the execution chamber. ...

• Word Count: 1897
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Many children of middle or higher-class families enter school with knowledge of a hidden curriculum such as having basic reading and numeric skills. ... He also found that the black and white achievement disparities grow mostly during the school year, while class gaps widen mostly during the summer. ...

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Reading about the perilous counterfeit fat in a few stories distributed indicated how trans fat is covered up in a significant number of the prominent nourishments Americans consume. ... The Institute of Medicine, a limb of the National Academy of Sciences, the previous summer affirmed that trans fat is straightforwardly connected with coronary illness and increments in LDL cholesterol, the kind that can obstruct courses. ...

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Personal and Cultural Characteristics During any social interaction, people present themselves while simultaneously reading the presentations of others. ... When I was age four to six I repeatedly hid in the closet to cut my hair short, and emulated my brothers by opting not to wear a shirt on hot summer days. ...

• Word Count: 2124
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Assessment in special education is the process used to determine a student's specific strengths and deficits (Pierangelo & Giuliani, 2008). Assessment also determines if a student is eligible for special education support and services. This process involves much data and information collection whi...

• Word Count: 1979
• Approx Pages: 8
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate