Frank Lloyd Wright’s Impact on Modern Architecture Ever since I was told when I was a young little league baseball player that my great-great uncle was one of the architects that worked on the Houston Astrodome‚ I have taken a liking to architecture and building designs. Growing up I visited Montreal and marveled at Olympic Stadium and the majestic buildings of Old Montreal. I remember trips to Chicago and was left breathless at the view of the Chicago city-scape high atop the Sears Tower‚ which
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The Diary of Anne Frank By Frances Goodrich and Albert Hacket Literature Circle Packet Common Core Objectives: RL 2 Determine a theme of a text and analyze its development‚ including its relationship to the characters‚ setting‚ and plot. RL 10 Read and comprehend dramas. L 4 Determine and clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words or phrases Directions for this packet: Most of this packet is designed for you‚ the reader‚ to read and acknowledge the concepts listed
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Anne Frank wrote‚ “....in spite of everything‚ I still believe people are really good at heart‚” in her diary. This statement is true‚ people really are good at heart. Anne wrote this during the Holocaust‚ which is when Hitler came to power in Germany. During this time the Jews and many other groups of people (ex. Gypsies‚ the disabled‚ and some Slavic peoples) were thought of as “inferior” to the Germans. The Germans would persecute and force the Jews to work. But even though all these bad things
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Hunter June 4‚ 2007 LA- Book Report The Diary of Anne Frank 1. The Diary of Anne Frank is about a young Jewish girl who lived during Hitler’s time in power. I chose to read about Anne Frank because I wanted to know how the Jewish people were treated in the time of Hitler. I also have had many friends who have read this book‚ and said that it is very good. By reading this biography‚ I learned that it was very hard for Jewish people like Anne to survive back then‚ and that the Germans were very
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everything in Anne Frank’s family. Fear changed these people and their identities. Anne Frank and her family feared getting killed‚ getting caught‚ and feared getting sent to the concentration camps. Anne Frank was a smart‚ brave girl and the fear shaped her for who she is. With fear constantly in their lives‚ it made them who they were. First‚ Anne’s family got the news that the Nazis were going to kill all jews that were in Germany. They were scared and startled of all of this so Edith Frank‚ her
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Frank Wedekind’s play Spring Awakening represents an adult’s reflection on childhood‚ the repercussions of ignorance‚ and the consequence of inhibiting the spread of knowledge to those without it. Although very brief and lacking in extreme detail‚ this work has a profound aura; it leaves the reader with thoughts of how things could have resolved themselves better had key characters acted differently. It also gives a sense of the sanctity of youth and the dangers of growing up too fast. When we are
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Anne Boleyn was the most important person in bringing about the kings divorce in the years 1529 – 1533.’ (24 marks) Many people believe Anne Boleyn was the most important person in bringing about the kings divorce. She was an essential individual in the decision and need for the divorce and she was a catalyst which helped to speed it up. There are 4 main reasons she was important in this process and they are‚ Anne Boleyn introduced Henry to some religious texts that undermined the power of
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Frank Lloyd Wright born in Richland Center‚ Wisconsin on June 8‚ 1867 and died in Phoenix‚ Arizona in 1959. Due to his father’s labor inconstancy‚ he lived an itinerant childhood in several states of the American Union‚ and finally settled for a short period in Madison‚ Wisconsin‚ where he studied English‚ French‚ mathematics and engineering without completing high school. Until then his adolescence had been in contact with nature‚ which influenced his later architectural perspective. At age 19‚
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themselves. It is helpful at such times to narrow our focus to an instance or two‚ to close our eyes to the devastation played out on a vast scale‚ in order to appreciate the suffering each individual or families experienced. At Stratford‚ "The Diary of Anne Frank‚" written by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hacket‚ which is adapted by Wendy Kesselman permitted me to do just that. This compelling play confines the action of the story to a concealed storage attic‚ in which the claustrophobic realities
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him to do great things (“Otto Frank Biography”). After the Holocaust Otto devoted himself to human rights‚ and making Anne’s story famous ("The Story of Anne Frank: Otto Frank’s Struggle for Reconciliation"). Otto gave Anne a diary when they went into hiding‚ so she could record her thoughts and feelings (“Otto Frank”). After the Holocaust Otto published the diary in 1947‚ under the title “The Diary of a Young Girl”. He also created an organization called the “Anne Frank Fonds” to spread knowledge about
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