Martinez, who had always helped her sons with homework in their former bi-lingual school, displayed great concern that "`their grades will fall, because I"m no longer going to be able to help them as much [due to the language barrier]."" ... Martinez was unable to read the words in the textbooks and in their homework, and thus could not oversee her sons" work. ... Martinez stated, "`The resolve to educate my children has been the underlying theme of everything I have done."" ... Without the use of their native language, they don't have a base to build on."" ... The goal of bi-lingua...

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• Approx Pages: 19
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

He was the second son of nine children. ... His mayor themes would be racism, liberty of rights and expression and also of individualism, emphasizing in his writings the word "I". ... The themes of the poems were education, temperance, slavery, prostitution, immigration and democratic representation. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

His wife, two sons, mother, brother, and sister survive him. ... New hip-hop artist Pastor Troy, a Georgia native, is somewhat of an underground rapper who is slowly becoming mainstream with very different philosophies concerning damnation. ...

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• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

The American Civil War, widely known in the United States as simply the Civil War as well as other names, was a civil war fought from 1861 to 1865 to determine the survival of the Union or independence for the Confederacy. Among the 34 states in January 1861, seven Southern slave states individually declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America. The Confederacy, often simply called the South, grew to include eleven states, and although they claimed thirteen states and additional western territories, the Confederacy was never diplomatically recogni...

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The American Civil War, widely known in the United States as simply the Civil War as well as other names, was a civil war fought from 1861 to 1865 to determine the survival of the Union or independence for the Confederacy. Among the 34 states in January 1861, seven Southern slave states individually declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America. The Confederacy, often simply called the South, grew to include eleven states, and although they claimed thirteen states and additional western territories, the Confederacy was never diplomatically recogni...

• Word Count: 7511
• Approx Pages: 30
• Grade Level: High School