If one were to read Art Spiegelman's "Maus" and then research a timeline of events that took place throughout the Holocaust, one would find that there is a lot more information in the book "Maus." ... One night in 1938, Hitler sent a message out to all police head quarters throughout Germany, stating that terrorizing the Jews would start to take place on a night and burning of all Jewish homes was allowed. That night was called Kristallnacht, which is Night of Broken Glass. The fire departments were aware of what was taking place and were on duty to put out any fires of those who are...

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• Grade Level: High School

When John goes back home to Texas he gets a lot of hate mail saying that he disowned the white group. ... In 1954, there was a trial called the Brown vs. ... In the book Black Like Me, John Howard Griffin realizes how different the blacks are from the whites and knows that the whites try to put the blacks "in their place." ... There ain't no place you go I won't get you. ... World Book Encyclopedia. ...

• Word Count: 1860
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• Grade Level: High School

Steal away Steal away home! ... My Lord calls me! He calls me by the thunder! ... The words in these songs gave the slaves hope that one day change would take place and they would be free. ... Ooooh, then I be going home. ...

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The training consisted of an intense fourteen-month program designed to prepare the solider for a new warfare tactic, called airmobile warfare. ... Once the foundation had been laid, the book jumped quickly into the story of the battle. Here are a few examples of the most memorable short stories told in the book. ... By noon two NVA regiments were in place to attack the LZ. ... The television brought Vietnam into the homes of Americans and fueled protest against it. ...

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" Immigrants from the 1700s to modern day have all held one thing dear to their hearts that connect them and explain the reasons for why they come to America, and it is called the American Dream. ... She wouldn't feel at home in America until she was accepted for who she was and met a person who didn't look at her as if she was a roach and alien. ... In the book Ashes of Roses, it was not common for women to get high paying jobs and earn a lot of money. ... When Rose was able to find a job, she was given opportunities at places where women were subjected to being judged. ... ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Freedoms they could not have enjoyed in the countries they formerly called home. ... The second part of the book ends with probably the best evidence of how little control of their lives they had. ... The book Out of This Furnace often describes in depth the hopelessness of being a steel mill worker in the early 1900's. ... Without any sort of education or skill the so called freedom that America brags of are not fully realized. Fortunately labor unions that are in place today help to aid these types of people. ...

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One day after school, I came home to a little pink diary sitting on the kitchen counter. ... When I was in middle school, I took the junior high version of an english class called Communications. ... In his honor, I bought a Robert Frost poem book that I don't mind reading every once in a while to remind me of him. ... I believe that my culture and my place in the social spectrum has benefitted me in a way that I am able to receive a challenging education that has taught me how to read and write. ...

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Privacy between family members may have contributed to the original concerns over privacy but more modern feelings over privacy issues tend to revolve around the privacy of an individual's home and also privacy from their government. ... It is believed that by removing privacy these aspects of American culture will also be removed and the United States will be a safer place to live. ... According to Ted Gottfried in his book Privacy, the Fourth Amendment is the one used most often in support of personal privacy (10). ... The final protection of personal privacy is implied in the First ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

There are multiple differences between the sociological characteristics of Germany and this land that we call "free"". ... Normally in the U.S when your parents grow old and can no longer take care of themselves, we move them into a nursing home. ... Even in the deep-south places where everything was closed on Sundays has changed to a regular business day. ...

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According to her book Nickel and Dimed: On not getting by in America, Barbara Ehrenreich writes that "What surprised and offended me the most about the low-wage workplace was the extent to which one is required to surrender one's basic civil rights and- what boils down to the same thing-self-respect"(211). In other words, low-wage employees are being treated with indignity by inhumane employers of large corporations in order to keep them in their places for profit. ... According to the Office Slacker Stats, "Useful Employee Internet Abuse Statistics", 77.7% of major U....

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate