The rods sizzled and blackened and, after a while, unexpectedly exploded because bamboo grows so fast that pockets of air and sap get trapped inside of the plant. This causes the plant to expand and burst when heated (Morgan 19). ... The firecracker was widely used, but until the 19th century, fireworks lacked an essential characteristic: color. ... First, the plant where fireworks are made is far away from civilian homes. ... Further, anyone entering a plant must touch a copper plate (Davis 11). ...

• Word Count: 1438
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

In order to understand this movement, it is important to understand the origins and the characteristics of it. ... Huge factories and plants were not what they were used to and the working conditions were terrible without safety regulations. ...

• Word Count: 2419
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

While modern science has disproved this illogical theory of innate superiority through the use of electrophoresis and other such studies, the idea had somehow planted itself in the soil of America and taken root. ... Instead of attributing the Indians with human characteristics, the scientists totally ignored the fact that the "savages" may have created the art, so the question of who the mound builders were occupied the attention of professional archaeologists and other scholars for years. ... Basically, human nature planted the seed and human nature fertilized the idea. ...

• Word Count: 1439
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

While reading this poem, it's easy to see that this family is and has been in the farming business for generations, which is stressed in the line, "we planted corn one Spring at Acu/we planted several times/ but this time was different." This line stresses the idea that the family, and more the father and son, plant corn every Spring together as a business and tradition. ...

• Word Count: 2322
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: Undergraduate