During the summer of 1833, Henry took the Harvard entrance exams. ... Finally in the summer 1838 he established a private school in his home, with out of town pupils boarding with his mother. ... Then shockingly 1842, John Thoreau died of lockjaw. ... In the late summer of 1837 Henry and John had taken a vacation rowboat trip on the Concord and Merrimac Rivers and now he was determined to write an elegiac account of that trip as a tribute to his brother. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Following Jimi Hendricks by two weeks, Janis Joplin had died of complications following an injection of heroin (Faris and Faris, p.169). ... In time, the body of work produced during this summer of narcotic dieting carried him, and the Doors, a long way (Hopkins, p.59). In the summer of 1966, Jim met the most important person in his life, Pamela Courson. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

I plan on researching the effects of rap on today's youth. As Glenn Collins explains, "the influence of rap is now evident in the nation's language, music, fashion and advertising" (C15). I also plan on researching the effects of good clean lyrics that Will Smith uses, compared to the vulgar and violent lyrics of past rap artists such as Tupac Shakur and Chris Wallace a.k.a. Notorious BIG. I became aware of this topic because I listen to rap music. ...

• Word Count: 5064
• Approx Pages: 20
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School