John Williams is a British redcoat stationed in the colonies of the Americas. He goes through many experiences as he lives through the American revolution. The American Revolution. The fighting and conflict mostly started over being taxed by their own government, but then snowballed into an all-out revolution. The British colonies in the Americas became … [Read more…]
Small individual colonies in the south of northern America, joined together to fight against the most powerful military at the time. The British. Leon, Alex, and I created a ‘Plain English’ video all about explaining the key points of the Revolution. The Boston tea party and the battle of Lexington and Concord, to the olive … [Read more…]
The book “Salt” by Mark Kurlansky is about making, selling, and using salt throughout history. This book talks about routes used by animals to how the vikings used it to cook to the empires and economies built off of salt. One of the main themes expressed in this book was “the importance of something is … [Read more…]
The Boxers did not deserve a bad reputation because the Boxer rebellion was an effect of the Christian missionaries trying to convert the Chinese people unfortunate timing after the unequal treaties allowed foreign power onto Chinese territory. The foreigners that entered the country built the Beijing Legation Quarter. The foreign legations quarters were home to … [Read more…]
Read here for tips on dealing with stubborn people: https://www.businessinsider.com/an-etiquette-expert-explains-how-to-handle-stubborn-people-2016-9 Read here for what it means to elope: https://www.thespruce.com/the-definition-of-eloping-3489843
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The story, “A Sound of Thunder,” by Ray Bradbury, shows how anything has the potential to change everything. “A Sound of Thunder” is about a man named Eckles who went to a time-traveling safari in hopes of being able to kill a tyrannosaurus rex. However, when he, Travis and Lesperance, the safari guides, and two … [Read more…]
Course reflection This is a reflection for the course “Circuits, e-Textiles, and Code, Oh My!-2 Blk 2E Tresohlavy 2020 S1”. Describe your favorite circuit experience in the class to date and explain why it’s the best. My favorite circuit experience was making the project circuit because I could make stuff and I enjoy making stuff. … [Read more…]
This found poem is written with the words in the story, “The Bass, The River, and the Shela Mant”, written by W.D. Wetherell. In this story, the narrator faces an internal conflict about what he wants to do and what his girlfriend, Shela, wanted him to do. There is the imagery of a moon and … [Read more…]