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Week 12: Ghost Tales

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mr jefferson did the native americans realy tell stories with ghosts as characters asked jason

yes they did mr jefferson said and the stories include many different kinds of ghosts

of all the ghost stories mr jefferson told i personally enjoyed the cheyenne story called the ghost owl

the cheyenne feared the owl they thought of them as a ghost that came back for revenge

in the story called the ghost owl a little girl captured by a owl

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with the help of hawks she escape and finaly returns too her village

a various ghost stories show a great deal of originallity

a ghost often appear as a skeleton and sometimes its deeds is kindly or helpful

lame warrior and the skeleton is a arapaho story that features a friendly skeleton

too ghost tales originally told by tribes in the northwest are the girl who married a ghost and the dance of the spirit monster

Week 13: Cuban Americans

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mr moskowitz explained many cubans came to the united states to find greatest freedom than they had experienced in cuba

better jobs houses and living conditions was obtainable in florida and other states

many cuban americans settled in miami florida the citys economy benefited from theyre arrival

an article entitled the second havana which was written about miami appeared in a magazine called the new yorker

in the story called the ghost owl a little girl captured by a owl

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the values of a new group and those of established americans said mr moskowitz are not always compatable

many cubans have reached the united states by boat the united states is only about ninety miles away from cuba

yes it is possible to reach key west florida by sailing due north from cuba

whom are some of the famousest cuban americans kele asked

these here are just a few tony oliva a former major league baseball player Fernando bujones an international ballet star and tito Puente a selas artist

Week 14: Richard Peck

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have you ever heard of richard peck the prominent author of books for adolescants

no i havent said lily but i always like to discover a new author to read

pecks hometown was decatur illinois it are the setting for his book dreamland lake

peck never writed not one line of fiction until the age of thirty seven

the ghost belong to me one of pecks first successful novels won the friends of american writers award in 1976

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lori asked is it as well as some of pecks other excellent books

Richard peck waid watching television is what you do with your life when you dont want to live it

one of his wishs is that students increase your vocabulary because words are a tools of writing

marty read father figure ghosts i have been and princess ashley when you can

here are three reasons first pecks plots are exciting second his tone is amusing and third his characters are believable

Week 15: Olives

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mrs hwang announced today we will study the olive an important member of the fruit family

olives been used as cleansers medicines and even as lubricants to assist in moving pieces of the pyramids

it may be hard to comprehend the importance of olives in ancient greece said mrs hwang

the olive she said was the basis of the greek economy and it was cretes major export

a rich oil derived from olives the greeks traded it for grain and other foods

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traders brought olive trees to spain in the fourth century b c olive trees reached france in approximately 640 b c

you might assume that greece is the most largest producer of olives in the world but spain actually produces more

italy also produce a largest number of olives than does greece

in the hot dry climate of egypt olives probably growed wild

the ancient egyptians did not eat no olives however they did burn olive oil in lamps

Week 16: The 1940s

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lindseys grandmother set her down to tell her about the 1940s

lindsey stated first grandmother said i remember when pearl harbor was bombed

japan attacked pearl harbor on december 7 1941 the united states entered world war ii the next day

during the early 1940s air raid drills were holded and sitizens draped black kurtains over theyre windows

at the casablanca conference in 43 winston churchill and franklin d roosevelt agreed on the gole of unconditional surrender

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victory over japan became a sertainty on september 2 1945 how everyone rejoiced

in 1949 george orwell published the novel 1984 and arthur miller published the drama death of a salesman

china became the peoples republic and east germany established as a separate kountry

during the 1940s frank sinatra was apopular singer girls wore bobby socks and nylon invented

disney a magician in the field of animated cartoons made movies such as bambi dumbo fantasia and pinocchio

Week 17: Stories People Tell

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cinderella and little red riding hood is familiar childrens stories

a collection of tales called the grimms german fold tales edited by francis p magoun jr contains these stories

aren’t there similarities among storys told in china and those told in the west

there is a chinese story called yeh-shen it tells about a mistreated stepdaughter whom marries a king

in the story called yeh-shen magic helps the girl go to the great feast in the land

a rich oil derived from olives the greeks traded it for grain and other foods

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there the king falls in love with these ordinary girl whom has a pure heart

a story about a wolf whom pretends to be a grandmother is also told in china

me and aretha uses our imagenations to compare this story to little red riding hood

in a poplar version of the chinese story the wolf wants to devour the children

one child says oh grandmother your hand has thorns on it