Fictional narratives were usually told for entertainment purposes especially for the children. ... These books deal with policies that forced the Indians onto reservations and the children into schools ran by whites to make them more acceptable in white society (Ruoff 7). ... They also believed in place such as the mountains, lakes, and rivers. ... Many of these stories were intended to teach a lesson especially to children (Harvey 52-54). ...

• Word Count: 1765
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

Angola is a country that has been detrimentally affected by colonization and imperialism. It has experienced years of war and conflict as a result of the Portuguese colonizer's consistent exploitation and disregard for human life. Through examining the religious and ethnic make-up of Angola, the e...

• Word Count: 1582
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Kingsolver uses a structure that tells the narrative from three perspectives: Codi, in first person, tells her story of isolation from all but her sister; while the distance of Homer's third person narrative exemplifies his distance from his children, and his family community; and although Hallie is never met directly in the narrative her first person letters continue to develop a picture through images of the only member of the family who is connected to life, ironically while being the absent daughter and sister who is working out of the country in Nicaragua. ... It is not until she ...

• Word Count: 1765
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

And he wanted this guaranteed forever, for him, for his children, for their children, in perpetuity," (Au 74). ... He mentions the "magnificent rivers . . . which bear gold," and the, "many spices and vast mines of gold," (Columbus) etc. ...

• Word Count: 1689
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

American Revolution of 1765-1783 was one of the most important events in the U.S. history. Its outcome was foundation of the United States of America. Relationship between the Native Americans and the colonists, which later founded the U.S., were different in different time periods. Initially, colon...

• Word Count: 1546
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The Indians would put a wooden trap with small holes across the stream or river. ... The women wore their grass dresses, and the children wore nothing at all. ... Many Indians died along the way, especially older Indians and children. ...

• Word Count: 2409
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School