There were four pieces of history that really jumped out at me and I liked being able to look at. First was a dugout canoe‚ it was made from pine and carbon dating tells that it was made sometime between 1430 and 1660. The canoe was found buried in the sand on the shore of Lake Ossipee‚ although it is not a whole canoe‚ it is amazing to see how simple they were at one point in time. Second was Katharine W. Pecker’s wedding dress from 1882‚ she wore it when she married
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John Steinbeck describes pearl diving consisting of two ropes tied one to a stone and the other to a basket. The basket remained in the canoe while the rock went down under and lead him to the bottom of the water. "Kino had two ropes‚ one tied to a heavy stone and one to a basket. He stripped off his shirt and trousers and laid his hat in the bottom of the canoe. The water was oily smooth. He took his rock in one hand and his basket in the other‚ and he slipped feet first over the side and the rock
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Sea is a novel about the adventures of a small wooden canoe carving named Paddle-to-the-Sea. This novel is also presented as a short movie produced by Canadian filmmaker Bill Mason under the National Film Board of Canada. The story begins with a young boy living in an isolated cabin in Nipigon Country. Carving a piece of pine wood‚ the boy creates Paddle who is a small wooden carving of a Native Canadian sitting in a canoe. The bottom of the canoe has instructions carved into it asking anyone who finds
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The modes of transportation and the shelters of a First Nation is really important as it is an essential for their survival.Their most fundamental mode of transportation was walking‚ a lot of their traveling was done on foot. In the winter they would wear snowshoes to make walking easier and would have sleds or toboggans to carry loads‚ which were carried by themselves or dogs‚ however not all bands had dogs. There were two types of snowshoes‚ bear paw snowshoe was made to carry for weight and narrow
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The representation of Maori women in early 20th century advertising. Figure 1: “The Canoe Poi Dance’ 1957 The representation of New Zealand culture/society that is created in this first advertisement- “The Canoe Poi Dance” published by New Zealand Tourist and Publicity Department‚ (see Fig. 1). There is a beautiful Maori woman‚ partly silhouetted‚ sitting down wearing the traditional Maori women costume‚ which consists of a traditional Maori patterned top and a flax skirt called ‘piupiu.’ Here
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a chief’s house b. a traditional canoe c. a woman’s hut d. a ritual club 4. What (or who) is the grandfather trying to find? a. the sacred carved steering paddle for his carved war canoe. b. a leader who will lead his people into the next generation. c. a new husband for his spinster granddaughter. d. all of the above 5. What does the grandfather
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Advertising is the chief profitable industry in the United States today. Billboards‚ signs‚ magazines‚ newspapers‚ radios‚ televisions‚ and computers are just some of the places where advertisements are found. At the heart of any one company’s advertising campaign is the consumer. The consumer has complete control of their own money and can choose to buy any product or service they desire. Advertising does not control the consumers on what they buy. It only informs them on what they can buy
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The Pearl By: John Steinbeck Book Report THE PEARL John Steinbeck was born in February 1902 in Salinas‚ California and died in December 1968. Steinbeck enrolled in Stanford University however he never graduated. After an unsuccessful try to establish himself in New York he returned to California to do what he did best: write. Steinbeck’s first novel was published in 1929 but his first critical success was achieved with Tortilla Flat which won the California Commonwealth Club’s Gold Medal
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The Bass‚ The River‚ and Sheila Mant Internal and external conflicts revolve around the main character. Internal conflicts take place within the mind of a character. External conflicts are between a character and an outside force. In ‘The Bass‚ The River‚ and Sheila Mant’‚ there are frequent struggles based within the story. Not only does the main character have problems to solve‚ but also the desire of something he most likely won’t get. The main character‚ who is 14 years old‚ is crushing hard
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The pearl Whether by prayer‚ quest‚ or lottery ticket‚ humans have long expressed their dreams of a better life. Many are the tales about this phenomenon and‚ more often than not‚ the tales end in tragedy for the pleasure seeker. One lesson that we all can learn is that money and power can corrupt people because are greed. One example or quote that is in the story about greed‚ is that when Kino‚Juana‚Coyotito went to the doctor’s house and banged on the gate the servant answered and said yes why
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