The book that I have read is Fast food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal By Eric Schlosser. Published in 2001, and is nonfiction. This book tells how fast food chains started, how fast food is cooked and processed, and the effects that fast food restaurants, and the restaurants suppliers have on the towns they are in. Why the food tastes the way it does, why they employ mostly teenagers, how some of the suppliers cheat people, and how the amount of cattle ranchers in the U.S. are are thinning. Don't judge a book by its cover. I chose this theme because say the outside of a McDonald's appeals to you but that doesn't mean that what is inside will.
Don't judge a book by its cover. A slaughterhouse is where they kill and process cattle to make burgers, Eric Schlosser took a tour of one in the book. He said that the building from the outside looked like any other factory, but on the inside there were illegal Mexican immigrants cutting the meat on conveyor belts with long knives, and at the beginning of the line the 'knocker' shoots the cattle in the head with a captive bolt stunner, then a 'sticker' severs the carotid artery of a steer every ten seconds or so. A Big Mac meal looks really nice but that does not mean that it has a good nutritional value. They have playgrounds that kids think are there for them to have fun but they are designed to attract children (and their parents) to its restaurants so that they can make profit. This them shows up in many places in the book with very different topics but the relevance is the same.
The theme is the same in a historical context. In southern California McDonald's chains were born. In the the 1940's most of southern California was farm land with citrus groves. Now it is mostly a bustling city. Back then they would have never known what it would be like now. The them was the same way back when as it is know.
Don't judge a book by its cover. This theme shows up in many places in the book with very different topics but the relevance is the same. The them was the same way back when as it is know. This book shows the theme well in many instances all through the book. It is important to understand this theme because it is everywhere in life, even when you don't think it matters, it matters.
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Friday, May 16, 2008
Valley Forge Letter
Dear Pa,
This year has been long and hard on me, right now I am stationed at Valley Forge, it is cold here so cold that it seeps into my bones and sitting around a fire doesn't help. My clothes are worn and shabby, my boots have the bottoms worn off, so I've wrapped some rags I found around them. We have been on the run all year and have not a single battle won. We live in ramshackle huts with 12 men in each, that have no doors only pieces of cloth to keep out the never ending cold. Sometimes I wish that I had stayed home in North Carolina with you, ma and sis and farmed like you wanted, tell everyone I miss them.
The camp is so dirty, the stream is dirty, the men are dirty, and I'm dirty. No one uses the out-houses they go wherever they feel like, they go upstream in the water that we have to drink. the only food we have is flour, so we make fire cakes by mixing the flour with water and cooking it for every meal. It has snowed and rained many times during the three weeks we have been here. Many have died from the cold so far, and many have also died from illness. General Washington is a good man and I would follow him till death many others would not. I believe we can win this war so I will be signing up again next year. Well its time for dinner here, have to go if I want any fire cakes.
Love, James
This year has been long and hard on me, right now I am stationed at Valley Forge, it is cold here so cold that it seeps into my bones and sitting around a fire doesn't help. My clothes are worn and shabby, my boots have the bottoms worn off, so I've wrapped some rags I found around them. We have been on the run all year and have not a single battle won. We live in ramshackle huts with 12 men in each, that have no doors only pieces of cloth to keep out the never ending cold. Sometimes I wish that I had stayed home in North Carolina with you, ma and sis and farmed like you wanted, tell everyone I miss them.
The camp is so dirty, the stream is dirty, the men are dirty, and I'm dirty. No one uses the out-houses they go wherever they feel like, they go upstream in the water that we have to drink. the only food we have is flour, so we make fire cakes by mixing the flour with water and cooking it for every meal. It has snowed and rained many times during the three weeks we have been here. Many have died from the cold so far, and many have also died from illness. General Washington is a good man and I would follow him till death many others would not. I believe we can win this war so I will be signing up again next year. Well its time for dinner here, have to go if I want any fire cakes.
Love, James
Thursday, May 8, 2008
Essay #2
I believe that Britain has too mush control over the colonies the king is overtaxing us and getting our money from it, our hard earned money. Taxing ridiculous prices on ridiculous items, they tax us on our sugar and our tea, when will it end I ask? the answer is never as long as we are ruled by that British tyranny. This is why I believe we should rebel and not succumb to the king. The future of the colonies is in the hands of the colonists not the king if we let the king control us any longer we will never be free.
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
William Prescott
William Prescott was born in Groton, Massachusetts on February 20, 1726. Before the Revolution he was successively major, lieutenant-colonel, and colonel in the militia, early in 1776 he was appointed a brigadier-general(Nathaniel Greene also reached the rank of Brigadier-general during the Revolution) of militia for the county of Middlesex. In 1774 he was appointed to command a regiment of minute-men, with which he marched, on 19 April, 1775, to Lexington, to oppose the expedition that was sent out by General Thomas Gage. Before Prescott arrived the British had retreated. The towns of Lexington and Concord were warned of the British attack by Paul Revere, Samuel Prescott, and William Dawes.They were told to warn Lexington and Concord by Dr. Joseph Warren and to ride from Boston to Lexington to warn John Hancock and Samuel Adams(Cousin of John Adams) of the movements of the British Army.
He was an American Colonel in the Revolutionary War who commanded the forces in the battle of Bunker Hill. His famous words at the battle were "Do not fire until you see the whites of their eyes," he said this because they needed to conserve ammunition. A large British force commanded by General William Howe attacked the Colonists with three waves of troops, the first two failed to make the colonists retreat, but the third succeeded. After the battle, his militia unit was adopted into the newly created Continental Army which was led by Genral George Washington, and he was commissioned the colonel of what became the 7th Continental Regiment. The regiment was active in the battles for New York City in 1776 and the Saratoga Campaign of 1777. Benedict Arnold also served at Saratoga. Early in 1777(Before the Saratoga Campaign) he resigned and returned home, but in autumn of that year he joined the northern army under General Horatio Gates as a volunteer. Prescott was present at the surrender of General Burgoyne after Saratoga as was Colonel Daniel Morgan, and Horatio Gates.
I believe that William Prescott should be recognized more for what he did, because many people probably don't know much about him. I think he should have a holiday to celebrate for him like when we celebrate Martin Luther King day.
He was an American Colonel in the Revolutionary War who commanded the forces in the battle of Bunker Hill. His famous words at the battle were "Do not fire until you see the whites of their eyes," he said this because they needed to conserve ammunition. A large British force commanded by General William Howe attacked the Colonists with three waves of troops, the first two failed to make the colonists retreat, but the third succeeded. After the battle, his militia unit was adopted into the newly created Continental Army which was led by Genral George Washington, and he was commissioned the colonel of what became the 7th Continental Regiment. The regiment was active in the battles for New York City in 1776 and the Saratoga Campaign of 1777. Benedict Arnold also served at Saratoga. Early in 1777(Before the Saratoga Campaign) he resigned and returned home, but in autumn of that year he joined the northern army under General Horatio Gates as a volunteer. Prescott was present at the surrender of General Burgoyne after Saratoga as was Colonel Daniel Morgan, and Horatio Gates.
I believe that William Prescott should be recognized more for what he did, because many people probably don't know much about him. I think he should have a holiday to celebrate for him like when we celebrate Martin Luther King day.
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
The Boston Massacre Essay #1
Gentlemen of the jury, on the day of the murder the sentinel was at his post and some boys came up to talk with him about a debt he owed, the sentinel struck one of them with his gun, knocking him to the ground. A crowd gathered around taunting him. He called for help and the church bell rang calling for the soldiers to help him. People came out of their houses at the sound of the bell, making the crowd larger and louder. Captain Preston came leading is troops and ordered them to load their muskets, and ordered them to fire, mercilessly murdering 5 and wounding 6 innocent civilians.
I believe that Captain Preston is responsible for the massacre because he and only he gave the order to fire murdering 5 civilians. The soldiers under his command carried out his order which makes them responsible for the 5 murders also.
I believe that Captain Preston should be hanged and the soldiers should also be hanged for the murder of 5 innocents. This will make the king see how undisciplined his army is and coerce him to make improvements on discipline. The people of Massachusets will be releived to see that the murderers were brought to justice by being hanged, and won't have to fear for their families innocent lives.
I believe that Captain Preston is responsible for the massacre because he and only he gave the order to fire murdering 5 civilians. The soldiers under his command carried out his order which makes them responsible for the 5 murders also.
I believe that Captain Preston should be hanged and the soldiers should also be hanged for the murder of 5 innocents. This will make the king see how undisciplined his army is and coerce him to make improvements on discipline. The people of Massachusets will be releived to see that the murderers were brought to justice by being hanged, and won't have to fear for their families innocent lives.
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Quarter Four Notes
Revolution and War
1763-1789
1764—Grenville Acts (direct tax)
Sugar (molasses, wine)
Stamp
Quartering
Currency
Virtual/ Direct Representation
5 people were killed propaganda was used in the picture to make people fight. picture made by Paul Revere.
1773—Boston Tea Party
November 30, 1773--Dartmouth sails into Boston Harbor
December 16, 1773--Tea dumped into harbor
340 chests of tea dumped (value of 10,000 British pounds)
1763-1789
Revolution Notes
1763—Proclamation Act
Line that tells what the Indian's can have and Britain cannot take, the Appalachian mountains.
1764—Grenville Acts (direct tax)Sugar (molasses, wine)
Stamp
Quartering
Currency
Virtual/ Direct Representation
Direct tax of sugar and stamps, British troops were quartered in the colonists home and they couldn't do anything about it.Britain wanted them to use their currency.
1765—Stamp Act Congress
Sons of Liberty
Samuel Adams
Paul Revere
John Hancock
Propaganda
Boycotts
Lobsters (Lobster-backs, Thomas Lobster)
Sons of Liberty
Samuel Adams
Paul Revere
John Hancock
Propaganda
Boycotts
Lobsters (Lobster-backs, Thomas Lobster)
First time colonies sent delegates to discuss issues against Britain.
1766—Declaratory Act
Britain took away the taxes but declared that they have the power to tax them anytime they want.
1767—Townsend Acts (indirect tax)
Charles Townsend
Writs of Assistance (search warrants)
Revenue used to pay Royal officials in the colonies
Tea Act (glass, paper, paint) support British East India Company
Charles Townsend
Writs of Assistance (search warrants)
Revenue used to pay Royal officials in the colonies
Tea Act (glass, paper, paint) support British East India Company
Taxing glass, paper, and paint second attempt to tax colonies.
1770—Boston Massacre
March 5, 1770
Local reaction (primarily)
5 dead colonists
John Adams defends British soldiers/5 exonerated-2 convicted
Convicted men discharged and thumbs branded
March 5, 1770
Local reaction (primarily)
5 dead colonists
John Adams defends British soldiers/5 exonerated-2 convicted
Convicted men discharged and thumbs branded
5 people were killed propaganda was used in the picture to make people fight. picture made by Paul Revere.
1773—Boston Tea PartyNovember 30, 1773--Dartmouth sails into Boston Harbor
December 16, 1773--Tea dumped into harbor
340 chests of tea dumped (value of 10,000 British pounds)
British taxed their tea so Samual adams got men angry and had them throw 340 chests of tea into the sea. This cost the the british 10,000 pounds which started the intolerable acts.
1774—1st Continental Congress
September to October (7 weeks)
Carpenter’s Hall, Philadelphia
New England—John Adams, Paul Revere, Silas Deane
Virginia—Washington, Patrick Henry, Peyton Randolph, Richard Henry Lee
Pennsylvania—John Dickenson, Joseph Galloway (Plan for American council under Parliament, to avoid war)
New York—John Jay, James Duane
Maryland—Samuel Chase (future Supreme Court Justice), Charles Carroll (richest man in Maryland, Catholic)
Declaration of Rights—rejects Parliamentary authority over internal colonial affairs, colonies manage own defense, united aid to Boston if Intolerable Acts continue, absolute boycott of British goods to be enforced rigidly
1776—January, Common Sense
Written by Thomas Paine
120,000 copies sold in three months
1776—Declaration of Independence
June 7, Richard Henry Lee (Virginia) introduces legislation to declare independence from Britain
Before voting on Lee’s proposal Congress appoints five-man committee to draft a formal Declaration of Independence (Thomas Jefferson, 33, does most of the writing)
June 28, Declaration presented to Congress
July 2, Congress approves Lee’s legislation to declare the United States of America independent of Great Britain
July 4, Congress officially adopts the Declaration of Independence
The Declaration intended to:
Undermine loyalty to King George III
Outline basic principles of representative government
Establish the “right” of rebellion
1776—December, Battle of Trenton
Howe believes war almost won
1,400 Hessians stationed at Trenton
Colonel Rall (Hessian) builds no fortifications
Washington “Crosses the Delaware” Christmas night
2,500 men; 18 artillery guns
Surprise attack at dawn
106 Hessians killed, 918 captured
No colonial casualties
Washington retreats in secret to avoid Gen. Cornwallis counter-attack
1777-1778—Winter at Valley Forge
Under-funded troops
Low morale
10,000+ troops
4,000 troops listed as “unfit for duty” due to poor supplies (boots, blankets, coats, etc.)
2,500 troops die of disease (typhus, typhoid fever, dysentery, pneumonia)
George Washington mentioned a lack of shoes so severe that the men's "marches might be tracked by the blood from their feet”
Local farmers would sell produce to Brits who could pay cash
1774—Intolerable Acts (Coercive Acts in Britain)
Close the port of Boston
Shut down Provincial and Town Governments
All offices appointed
Named General Thomas Gage as Governor
Gave all western lands north of the Ohio R. to Quebec, allowed Catholic Church to practice
Close the port of Boston
Shut down Provincial and Town Governments
All offices appointed
Named General Thomas Gage as Governor
Gave all western lands north of the Ohio R. to Quebec, allowed Catholic Church to practice
Because of the boston tea party they closed the port of boston and shut down our government.
1774—1st Continental CongressSeptember to October (7 weeks)
Carpenter’s Hall, Philadelphia
New England—John Adams, Paul Revere, Silas Deane
Virginia—Washington, Patrick Henry, Peyton Randolph, Richard Henry Lee
Pennsylvania—John Dickenson, Joseph Galloway (Plan for American council under Parliament, to avoid war)
New York—John Jay, James Duane
Maryland—Samuel Chase (future Supreme Court Justice), Charles Carroll (richest man in Maryland, Catholic)
Declaration of Rights—rejects Parliamentary authority over internal colonial affairs, colonies manage own defense, united aid to Boston if Intolerable Acts continue, absolute boycott of British goods to be enforced rigidly
1775— January
William Pitt urges Parliament to withdraw troops from America because the idea of managing the colonies through force was “too ridiculous to take up a moment of your lordships’ time”
William Pitt urges Parliament to withdraw troops from America because the idea of managing the colonies through force was “too ridiculous to take up a moment of your lordships’ time”
1775—April 19 Lexington and Concord
Gen. Gage sends 700 men to Concord to seize the powder supplies
Paul Revere and William Dawes raise alarm the night before
Town of Lexington is on the way to Concord
Minutemen are assembled on the town common
“Shot heard round the world”
18 colonials killed and the rest run away
British march on to Concord and find the munitions were moved overnight
Minutemen ambush the British the whole way back to Boston
430 Redcoats make it back to Boston
30,000 Colonists surround Boston
Gen. Gage sends 700 men to Concord to seize the powder supplies
Paul Revere and William Dawes raise alarm the night before
Town of Lexington is on the way to Concord
Minutemen are assembled on the town common
“Shot heard round the world”
18 colonials killed and the rest run away
British march on to Concord and find the munitions were moved overnight
Minutemen ambush the British the whole way back to Boston
430 Redcoats make it back to Boston
30,000 Colonists surround Boston
1775—May
Gen. Howe, Gen. Clinton, Gen. Burgoyne
5,000 British troops
Ethan Allen, “Green Mountain Boys” seize Fort Ticonderoga
Henry Knox uses canon to lay siege on Boston
Benedict Arnold (Connecticut) takes Fort Crown Point to impede an invasion from Canada
Gen. Howe, Gen. Clinton, Gen. Burgoyne
5,000 British troops
Ethan Allen, “Green Mountain Boys” seize Fort Ticonderoga
Henry Knox uses canon to lay siege on Boston
Benedict Arnold (Connecticut) takes Fort Crown Point to impede an invasion from Canada
1775—May 10, 2nd Continental Congress
Sam Adams pushes for Independence
John Dickenson (Penn.) urges restraint
Agree to form Colonial Army
Delegates unanimously agree to Washington as Commander of Continental Army (John Adams suggestion)
Sam Adams pushes for Independence
John Dickenson (Penn.) urges restraint
Agree to form Colonial Army
Delegates unanimously agree to Washington as Commander of Continental Army (John Adams suggestion)
1775—June 17, “Battle of Bunker Hill”
Actually fought on Breed’s Hill
Gen. Howe leads assault without canon support (his canon had been matched with wrong-sized cannonballs [Amherst at Ticonderoga])
Militia waited to within 30 yards (some say 15 yards)
Militia target British officers
Militia ran extremely low on ammunition
On the third assault, led by Gen. Howe, British troops overtake the colonial position
Britain losses almost 1000 men (about half the attacking force)
Colonials lose about 500 men
Actually fought on Breed’s Hill
Gen. Howe leads assault without canon support (his canon had been matched with wrong-sized cannonballs [Amherst at Ticonderoga])
Militia waited to within 30 yards (some say 15 yards)
Militia target British officers
Militia ran extremely low on ammunition
On the third assault, led by Gen. Howe, British troops overtake the colonial position
Britain losses almost 1000 men (about half the attacking force)
Colonials lose about 500 men
1776—January, Common SenseWritten by Thomas Paine
120,000 copies sold in three months
1776—March
Gen. William Howe evacuates Boston
July 2, lands in Staten Island, New York (Loyalist base)
Gen. William Howe evacuates Boston
July 2, lands in Staten Island, New York (Loyalist base)
1776—Declaration of IndependenceJune 7, Richard Henry Lee (Virginia) introduces legislation to declare independence from Britain
Before voting on Lee’s proposal Congress appoints five-man committee to draft a formal Declaration of Independence (Thomas Jefferson, 33, does most of the writing)
June 28, Declaration presented to Congress
July 2, Congress approves Lee’s legislation to declare the United States of America independent of Great Britain
July 4, Congress officially adopts the Declaration of Independence
The Declaration intended to:
Undermine loyalty to King George III
Outline basic principles of representative government
Establish the “right” of rebellion
War
1776—August, Brooklyn Heights, New York
Largest Naval group Britain will launch until the 20th century
British victory, city falls to England
As winter came “sunshine patriots” left the American Army
Initial colonial enlistments due to expire
Largest Naval group Britain will launch until the 20th century
British victory, city falls to England
As winter came “sunshine patriots” left the American Army
Initial colonial enlistments due to expire
1776—December, Battle of TrentonHowe believes war almost won
1,400 Hessians stationed at Trenton
Colonel Rall (Hessian) builds no fortifications
Washington “Crosses the Delaware” Christmas night
2,500 men; 18 artillery guns
Surprise attack at dawn
106 Hessians killed, 918 captured
No colonial casualties
Washington retreats in secret to avoid Gen. Cornwallis counter-attack
1777—January, Princeton
Washington ambushes British troops
Colonial victory establishes this will not be a quick war for Britain
Washington ambushes British troops
Colonial victory establishes this will not be a quick war for Britain
1777—September-October, Saratoga
Gen. Burgoyne plans a three-prong attack on colonials at Albany
Plan does not consider the terrain, forcing British troops to march through swamps, lakes, hills and forests full of rebels
Two of the three “prongs” never arrive (Howe goes to Philadelphia instead, St. Leger retreats to New York afraid of Benedict Arnold)
Sept. Burgoyne crosses Hudson River
Oct. 17, Burgoyne surrenders
Establishes American Army as real threat
Helps secure open French Alliance
Turning Point of the War
Gen. Burgoyne plans a three-prong attack on colonials at Albany
Plan does not consider the terrain, forcing British troops to march through swamps, lakes, hills and forests full of rebels
Two of the three “prongs” never arrive (Howe goes to Philadelphia instead, St. Leger retreats to New York afraid of Benedict Arnold)
Sept. Burgoyne crosses Hudson River
Oct. 17, Burgoyne surrenders
Establishes American Army as real threat
Helps secure open French Alliance
Turning Point of the War
1777-1778—Winter at Valley ForgeUnder-funded troops
Low morale
10,000+ troops
4,000 troops listed as “unfit for duty” due to poor supplies (boots, blankets, coats, etc.)
2,500 troops die of disease (typhus, typhoid fever, dysentery, pneumonia)
George Washington mentioned a lack of shoes so severe that the men's "marches might be tracked by the blood from their feet”
Local farmers would sell produce to Brits who could pay cash
1779—February, Vincennes
1780—August, Camden
1780—October, Kings Mountain
1781—October, Yorktown
British Gen. Cornwallis
American Gen. Washington (also “Mad” Anthony Wayne, Baron von Steuben)
French Gen. Rochambeau (also Marquis de Lafayette)
Essentially a French Naval victory
Last significant battle of the war
British Gen. Cornwallis
American Gen. Washington (also “Mad” Anthony Wayne, Baron von Steuben)
French Gen. Rochambeau (also Marquis de Lafayette)
Essentially a French Naval victory
Last significant battle of the war
1783—Sept. 3, Treaty of Paris
Britain recognizes American independence
America gets all land from Atlantic coast to Miss. River, Great Lakes to Florida
Fishing rights to the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and off the coast of Newfoundland
America must pay debts to Britain
American congress would “earnestly recommend” all Loyalist property returned (States ignore this request)
Britain recognizes American independence
America gets all land from Atlantic coast to Miss. River, Great Lakes to Florida
Fishing rights to the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and off the coast of Newfoundland
America must pay debts to Britain
American congress would “earnestly recommend” all Loyalist property returned (States ignore this request)
Thursday, March 20, 2008
3rd Quarter Book Portfolio
Animal Farm
Outline
I. Introduction
A. Title, author, and Publication DateB. Book Summary
C. Theme Statement
D. Significance of Theme
II. Theme of Book
A. Thematic Statement for Book
B. Mr. Jones
C. Napoleon and windmill
D. Napoleon and Mr. Jones
E. Significance of Theme for Book
III. Theme in History
A. Restate theme
B. Napoleon and Stalin
C. Mr. Jones and Nicholas II
D. Stalin and executions
E. Significance of theme in history
IV. Conclusion
A. Restate Theme
B. Significance of theme in book
C. Significance of theme in history
D. Effectiveness of book in showing theme
E. Importance of understanding theme
The book Animal Farm by George Orwell published on the 17th of August 1945 was a very interesting book that uses an English farm to depict a Stalinist Russia. The farm is run by Mr. Jones who is an alcoholic and not very good at running the farm, the animals rebel and take over the farm and make 7 commandments to live by. Two pigs that are the smartest eventually begin to fight over leadership and one takes over, changes the commandments and starts to dictate the farm and act like the humans. The theme of this book is "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely"(Quote by Lord Acton). This theme is important because anyone that comes into a form of power may become corrupt and anyone could be you.
"Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely"(Quote by Lord Acton). Napoleon represents Joseph Stalin during the Russian revolution, Spanish civil war and the Russian civil war, because he takes over Russia as a dictator and is very corrupt. Mr. Jones represents Nicholas II of Russia because he had been facing severe financial difficulties. Which lead up to the Russian revolution. Joseph Stalin had mass executions of his political enemies by having them tortured and forced to falsify confessions. This shows that having power can corrupt anyone and that corruption is not good and it helps no one but yourself.
"Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely"(Quote by Lord Acton). This theme is important because anyone that comes into a form of power may become corrupt and anyone could be you. Having power can corrupt anyone and corruption is not good and it helps no one but yourself. The author did a very good job in showing the theme by relating actual people and ideas with characters in the book. This theme is very important to understand because you might come into some sort of power and make you change your mind about something that you wouldn't have before, because I don't think that anyone wants to be corrupt.
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Idealism and Violence
I. Introduction
A. Thesis statement
B. Preview first major point
C. Preview second major point
D. Preview third major point
E. Significance of Thesis
II. First Major Point
A. Statement of position (or point)
B. Stabbed Indian with his own knife
C. Scared Indians looking for
D. Detail of Support
E. Significance of position (how it relates to thesis?)
III. Second Major Point
A. Statement of position (or point)
B. Killing of Philip
C. Detail of Support
D. Detail of Support
E. Significance of position (how it relates to thesis?)
IV. Third Major Point
A. Statement of position (or point)
B. Blue laws
C. New School
D. Detail of Support
E. Significance of position (how it relates to thesis?)
V. Conclusion
A. Restate thesis (not re-write)
B. Restate significance of first position
C. Restate significance of second position
D. Restate significance of third position
E. Summary of paper (why is it important)
The founding of English colonies in modern Massachusetts combined a strange mix of idealism and violence. Miles Standish contributed important protection to the early colonies by using violence. Benjamin Church provided vital leadership to protect the colonies during King Philip's War. Despite all of this violence, the colonies were also founded on religious idealism. It is important to understand the full history of these areas because this is what Americans generally consider to be our nation's beginning.
Miles Standish contributed important protection to the early colonies by using violence. Standish stabbed Wituwamat with his own knife, because he thought that he was going to attack them later. Also, he invades an Indian village and scares Indians and they try to run through walls of a wigwam.
Benjamin Church provided vital leadership to protect the colonies during King Philip's War. Church attacked the camp in a midnight raid were king Philip was an killed him.
Despite all of this violence, the colonies were also founded on religious idealism. They had the blue laws(only on sundays), no work, no hunting, no shopping, no shaving. Made a school (Harvard).
The founding of English colonies in modern Massachusetts combined a strange mix of idealism and violence.
A. Thesis statement
B. Preview first major point
C. Preview second major point
D. Preview third major point
E. Significance of Thesis
II. First Major Point
A. Statement of position (or point)
B. Stabbed Indian with his own knife
C. Scared Indians looking for
D. Detail of Support
E. Significance of position (how it relates to thesis?)
III. Second Major Point
A. Statement of position (or point)
B. Killing of Philip
C. Detail of Support
D. Detail of Support
E. Significance of position (how it relates to thesis?)
IV. Third Major Point
A. Statement of position (or point)
B. Blue laws
C. New School
D. Detail of Support
E. Significance of position (how it relates to thesis?)
V. Conclusion
A. Restate thesis (not re-write)
B. Restate significance of first position
C. Restate significance of second position
D. Restate significance of third position
E. Summary of paper (why is it important)
The founding of English colonies in modern Massachusetts combined a strange mix of idealism and violence. Miles Standish contributed important protection to the early colonies by using violence. Benjamin Church provided vital leadership to protect the colonies during King Philip's War. Despite all of this violence, the colonies were also founded on religious idealism. It is important to understand the full history of these areas because this is what Americans generally consider to be our nation's beginning.
Miles Standish contributed important protection to the early colonies by using violence. Standish stabbed Wituwamat with his own knife, because he thought that he was going to attack them later. Also, he invades an Indian village and scares Indians and they try to run through walls of a wigwam.
Benjamin Church provided vital leadership to protect the colonies during King Philip's War. Church attacked the camp in a midnight raid were king Philip was an killed him.
Despite all of this violence, the colonies were also founded on religious idealism. They had the blue laws(only on sundays), no work, no hunting, no shopping, no shaving. Made a school (Harvard).
The founding of English colonies in modern Massachusetts combined a strange mix of idealism and violence.
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Essay Quotes
They are gentle, loving, faithful, lacking in all guile and trickery. The words denoting lying, deceit, greed, envy, slander, and forgiveness have never been heard. They have no jealousy, no sense of possession.--John Smith (character)
We shall make a new start. A fresh beginning. Here the blessings of the earth are bestowed upon all. None need grow poor. Here there is good ground for all, and no cost but one's labor. We shall build a true common wealth, hard work and self reliance our virtues. We shall have no landlords 
to rack us with high rents or extort the fruit of our labor. --John Smith (character)
to rack us with high rents or extort the fruit of our labor. --John Smith (character)Friday, January 25, 2008
Wounded Knee Essay
Outline
I. Intro
A. Thesis
B. youtube video
C. youtube video
D. Essay
E. Significance
II. Body
A. Restate Thesis
B. Bad Interpeter
C. Disrespect
D. Racism
E. Significance of details
III. Conclusion
A. Restate Thesis
B.
C.
D.
E. Significance
Wounded knee illustrates one of the final events in a long series of violent conflicts motivated by racism, disrespect, and lack of understanding. One of the sources is a youtube video showing the monument of the wounded knee massacre, the monument is not very big and wasn't maintained very well. Next is another youtube video with a documentary from some of the survivors telling the story from their point of view, what they heard from their family. The last source is an essay on the massacre, which is saying that it is the 7th cavalrys fault that it happened. These sources are significant because they all tell different stories about the same event.
The massacre at Wounded knee is one of the final events in a long series of violent conflicts caused by racism, disrespect, and lack of understanding. The lack of understanding was caused because the interpeter did not like the Sioux because they had killed his father, so he would probably interpet it wrong to make the soldiers angry at the indians(essay). In the youtube video at the monument there was a plastic bowl with feces in it, this shows disrespect.
The massacre shows racism, disrespect, and lack of understanding which caused a long series of violent conflicts that which Wounded Knee was one of the last. This all shows that the massacre happend for the wrong reasons, and it souldent have happened at all.
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
2nd quarter Book Portfolio
I am reading the book Coal: A Human History which is written by Barbara Freese. This book to me is very boring, I have been reading it for about a month now an I am still not finished. Anyway, the book is about coal and the history of it, how it was formed, how it was mined, what it is used for, and its impact on the environment. Sounds boring doesn't it. This book is nonfiction, the theme is that you should never give up, because the author is trying to warn people of the dangers of air pollution and global warming. She is fighting to tell people that there is a problem with burning coal, that it causes heavy damage on the environment, and that the problem has to be fixed, and she is not giving up that fight. The author/narrator shows the theme by writing this book, because she wouldn't have written the book if she had given up. She wouldn't have taken the time to research all these facts or to organize them so it looks good. She also, in the book, tells some stories of other people that haven't given up but usually for different reasons than hers.
The theme relates to me because I don't like to give 
up on things so I try not to. The theme is good because if everyone gave up nothing would get done ever. Like George Stephenson did not give up in making a railroad for easier transportation (In book).
up on things so I try not to. The theme is good because if everyone gave up nothing would get done ever. Like George Stephenson did not give up in making a railroad for easier transportation (In book). This book is very believable because it is a nonfiction book. The characters are all believable because they were real people. This book has many ideas and comments about coal and the pollution it causes.
Midterm Exam: Prompt #1
1. Mao and Stalin both came to power by making the public believe that being a communist was a good thing because all of the people would be equal there would be no upper or lower class citizens all property would be public no private property money would be distributed equally. So the poor would be happy because they would get money, but the rich would be mad because they would have their money taken away. But the poor outnumbered the rich so the communists came to rule.
2. Mao and Hitler both came to power by becoming war heroes and were liked by the public so they think it will be good for the country.
3. Some of the signs of a building dictatorship are false promises that they give telling you that they are going to help the country in some way that will make it better for everyone, but it only makes it better for the dictator.
2. Mao and Hitler both came to power by becoming war heroes and were liked by the public so they think it will be good for the country.
3. Some of the signs of a building dictatorship are false promises that they give telling you that they are going to help the country in some way that will make it better for everyone, but it only makes it better for the dictator.
Thursday, January 10, 2008
Local History
How The Bryant Dairy Farm
Has Changed Over The Years
Michael Bryant
Ms. Lind
English 10
1/9/08
Outline
I. Introduction
A. Opening Strategy
B. Thesis
II. Farm
A. Cost
B. Size
III. Milk and Cows
A. Hood
B. Ice
VI. Bull Story
A. Why they switched to artificial breeding
V. Sons, Horses, and Tractors
A. How many
VI. Conclusion
A. Thesis
B. Summary
Michael Bryant
Ms. Lind
English 10
1/9/08
How The Bryant Dairy Farm
Has Changed Over The Years
I.
My thesis is how the Bryant Dairy Farm has changed over the years; this paper shows that at the farm many things have changed over time.
II.
My grandparents, Cedric and Emmajean Bryant, Bought the farm in 1948 for $2,500. Emmajean was 18 when they bought it, and Cedric was 32. It was 406 acres total. Half of the land was woods the other half was open land. The buildings came with the land.
The cow barn was 100ft long and 20ft wide, it could hold about 50 cows. The hay barn was 80ft long and 50ft wide, it held about 100 tons of hay. The ice house was about 18ft by 20ft. On the 1st floor of the house was the master bedroom, the kitchen and dining room were together, living room, hallway, and pantry.
The 2nd floor had three bedrooms (all had closets), a meat room, and a hallway with big walk in closet. There also was an attic. The first 8 years they lived there it had no electricity. When they moved in it didn't even have a road leading to it, there was only a wagon trail.
III.
They got 8 or 10 cows from Cedric's parents to start the farm with. They sold the milk to Hood. Every morning at 7:00 the Hood truck would come and pick up the milk. They owned approximately 50 cows at one time. They owned about 20 bulls over the time that they lived there. They only owned one bull at a time.
In January Cedric would go to Big Indian Pond in St.Albans to cut cakes of ice. He put the cakes in the milk tank during the summer to keep it cold. The cakes he cut were about 3ft long, 1 1/2ft tall and wide. They stored the ice in the ice house, and put sawdust on it to keep it cold during summer. He cut about 500 cakes everyday in January until the ice house was full.
IV.
In 1969 Cedric was trying to move a bull into a different part of the pasture, but the bull did not want to go. While Emmajean watched he tried to get the bull to go through with a stick. The bull knocked him down and every time he tried to get up the bull knocked him down again. Finally he grabbed the bulls horns, the bull pulled its head up and charged at the electric fence.
Luckily the bull was afraid of the fence, so when the bull stopped Cedric let go of its horns and crawled under the fence. He was bruised but was not hurt badly. The bull then went into the field they had wanted him in.
An hour or so later he called his brothers to help get rid of the bull. They brought a truck and drove into the field with Cedric in the back with a rifle. He shot the bull in the head; they sold the meat and never had another bull again. After that they switched to artificial breeding.
V.
They had three sons and no daughters. The first son was Frank who was born in 1949, the second son was Cedric (Junior) born in 1951, and last but not least was Caroll he was born in 1953.
They bought two horses in 1948 their names were Chub and Bub. They also bought a metal wheeled John Deere tractor. They sold it in the mid 60's as scrap metal. Bub died in 1956, and then they bought a new horse. They bought a John Deere tractor in 1965. Chub died and they sold the other horse a few years later. They bought an Allis Chalmers in the 1960's, and then bought an Oliver tractor in early 70's.
They owned the farm for twenty seven years. In 1975 they sold the farm to Ken Owens for $100,000. Then in 1982 it burned down.
VI.
The Bryant Farm has changed over the years in many ways. My grandparents started out small and with little, there were some hard and scary time for them but there were also many fun memorable and exciting times that will never be forgotten. As the years went by the farm and the family grew and moved on. Now there is no farm, other people have come to live on that land. Cedric has passed away, the family has grown even bigger, and everything is different.
Works Consulted
1. Bryant, Emmajean. Personal Interview. Dec. 15, 2007.
Has Changed Over The Years
Michael Bryant
Ms. Lind
English 10
1/9/08
Outline
I. Introduction
A. Opening Strategy
B. Thesis
II. Farm
A. Cost
B. Size
III. Milk and Cows
A. Hood
B. Ice
VI. Bull Story
A. Why they switched to artificial breeding
V. Sons, Horses, and Tractors
A. How many
VI. Conclusion
A. Thesis
B. Summary
Michael Bryant
Ms. Lind
English 10
1/9/08
How The Bryant Dairy Farm
Has Changed Over The Years
I.
My thesis is how the Bryant Dairy Farm has changed over the years; this paper shows that at the farm many things have changed over time.
II.
My grandparents, Cedric and Emmajean Bryant, Bought the farm in 1948 for $2,500. Emmajean was 18 when they bought it, and Cedric was 32. It was 406 acres total. Half of the land was woods the other half was open land. The buildings came with the land.
The cow barn was 100ft long and 20ft wide, it could hold about 50 cows. The hay barn was 80ft long and 50ft wide, it held about 100 tons of hay. The ice house was about 18ft by 20ft. On the 1st floor of the house was the master bedroom, the kitchen and dining room were together, living room, hallway, and pantry.
The 2nd floor had three bedrooms (all had closets), a meat room, and a hallway with big walk in closet. There also was an attic. The first 8 years they lived there it had no electricity. When they moved in it didn't even have a road leading to it, there was only a wagon trail.
III.
They got 8 or 10 cows from Cedric's parents to start the farm with. They sold the milk to Hood. Every morning at 7:00 the Hood truck would come and pick up the milk. They owned approximately 50 cows at one time. They owned about 20 bulls over the time that they lived there. They only owned one bull at a time.
In January Cedric would go to Big Indian Pond in St.Albans to cut cakes of ice. He put the cakes in the milk tank during the summer to keep it cold. The cakes he cut were about 3ft long, 1 1/2ft tall and wide. They stored the ice in the ice house, and put sawdust on it to keep it cold during summer. He cut about 500 cakes everyday in January until the ice house was full.
IV.
In 1969 Cedric was trying to move a bull into a different part of the pasture, but the bull did not want to go. While Emmajean watched he tried to get the bull to go through with a stick. The bull knocked him down and every time he tried to get up the bull knocked him down again. Finally he grabbed the bulls horns, the bull pulled its head up and charged at the electric fence.
Luckily the bull was afraid of the fence, so when the bull stopped Cedric let go of its horns and crawled under the fence. He was bruised but was not hurt badly. The bull then went into the field they had wanted him in.
An hour or so later he called his brothers to help get rid of the bull. They brought a truck and drove into the field with Cedric in the back with a rifle. He shot the bull in the head; they sold the meat and never had another bull again. After that they switched to artificial breeding.
V.
They had three sons and no daughters. The first son was Frank who was born in 1949, the second son was Cedric (Junior) born in 1951, and last but not least was Caroll he was born in 1953.
They bought two horses in 1948 their names were Chub and Bub. They also bought a metal wheeled John Deere tractor. They sold it in the mid 60's as scrap metal. Bub died in 1956, and then they bought a new horse. They bought a John Deere tractor in 1965. Chub died and they sold the other horse a few years later. They bought an Allis Chalmers in the 1960's, and then bought an Oliver tractor in early 70's.
They owned the farm for twenty seven years. In 1975 they sold the farm to Ken Owens for $100,000. Then in 1982 it burned down.
VI.
The Bryant Farm has changed over the years in many ways. My grandparents started out small and with little, there were some hard and scary time for them but there were also many fun memorable and exciting times that will never be forgotten. As the years went by the farm and the family grew and moved on. Now there is no farm, other people have come to live on that land. Cedric has passed away, the family has grown even bigger, and everything is different.
Works Consulted
1. Bryant, Emmajean. Personal Interview. Dec. 15, 2007.
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