Money is issue that can dictate what goes in a history book. ... In a book called public opinion and the teaching of history in the u.s. pierce tells us that some things are left out due to censorship, meaning some things are to vulgar are graphic to be told. ... In an online journal called rethinking schools.org there is an article by a 5ht grade teacher by the name of bob Patterson. ... Chances are if a child goes home to tell her mother that our 15th president was gay, I feel certain a parent would make an appearance soon after. ... But I am certain you will think twice when sitting in a hi...

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• Grade Level: High School

The torment that came with the chains of bondage, that people once called skin was indescribably atrocious. ... The reason why Spanish colonists came to the Caribbean in the first place was because they were searching for gold. ... She then fetched home the sheep, and penned them in the fold; drove home the cattle, and staked them about the pond side; fed and rubbed down my master's horse, and gave the hog and the fed cow their suppers; prepared the beds, and undressed the children, and laid them to sleep (pg.6)". ... The church was a place that made slaves feel joy, solace, enligh...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Millions of other Blacks were torn from their African homes and carried to the New World before the slave trade was ended. ... This network was called the Underground Railroad. ... "Stations" along the way--barns, attics, storerooms, secret rooms, and even straw mattresses--were places where the fugitives were fed and sheltered. ... The book does have a small anti-slavery message, but there is still a negative view of slavery in her book. ... The book does not talk about the horrors of slavery. ...

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She is a good Christian who " was going to live so as to go to the good place."... She states that she has respect for all life and calls herself a woman of God and even instructs Huck to look for "spiritual gifts", but in turn she cannot even give her slaves the gift of freedom. ... So in turn they treat Jim accordingly when they have him at their home. ... The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was a book filled with religious satire from start to finish. ...

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She is a good Christian who " was going to live so as to go to the good place." but in turn owns many slaves. She states that she has respect for all life and calls herself a woman of God and even instructs Huck to look for "spiritual gifts", but in turn she cannot even give her slaves the gift of freedom. ... So in turn they treat Jim accordingly when they have him at their home. ... The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was a book filled with religious satire from start to finish. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

They weren't able to tell people back home about the poor treatment, and the poor living conditions they were experiencing. ... They called this trade system The Atlantic World, or better know as the Triangular Trade. ... Ira Berlin, author of the book Many Thousands Gone writes "that the nature of the slaves' labor changed with place and time, so did the relationship between slave and master, and between slave and society." ...

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In 1666, there was a puritan colony in Massachusetts where The Scarlet Letter took place; this was a time of new English settlement. ... This shows social part on religion because everyone else believed that one should live by the book, the Bible. ... In history this was called the Sabbath. ... Witchcraft was used in the Scarlet letter when Hester and other women were in her home speaking about God. ...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

They weren't able to tell people back home about the poor treatment, and the poor living conditions they were experiencing. ... They called this trade system The Atlantic World, or better know as the Triangular Trade. ... Ira Berlin, author of the book Many Thousands Gone writes "that the nature of the slaves' labor changed with place and time, so did the relationship between slave and master, and between slave and society." ...

• Word Count: 934
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