Much of the cocoa beans harvested for -------- come from the rich soils of farms from Ivory Coast, Africa. ... Likewise, "[a]s president, Nkrumah took over the cocoa marketing board from the British and soon after attempted to create a cartel through which cocoa producers could collectively fix the price of the bean...the -------- archive reveals some of what the company did to crush the nascent African movement when it reared its head in the early 1960's"(Off 99). ...

• Word Count: 2438
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Poverty The Young girl thought to herself as she sat under the Cypress tree in the blazing sun watching the heat waves shimmer above the blinding brightness of the hot sand, "I wish I had food in my stomach. ... In the last week, I have eaten only rice and beans. ...

• Word Count: 2145
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

Before the Europeans came to North America, the Iroquois were an "agricultural people and good farmers," mainly they grew corn, which they supplemented with pumpkins, beans, tobacco and orchard fruits. ... Nations conquered by the Iroquois were not always treated poorly "the survivors were often brought under the Tree of Peace and absorbed" into the Iroquois population. ...

• Word Count: 3521
• Approx Pages: 14
• Has Bibliography