3 résultats pour "pioneers"

• AN ERA FOR NEW PIONEERS

  1. Commentaire dirigé 1) This text was written in 1943. How far is it "modem" in its preoccupations? 2) America could be "a physical, economie, and social para­ dise". From what you know of America, has it become such a paradise? What is y our idea of such a paradise? 3) Can you imagine why the American minorities have become "selfish"? 4) Is it only an American attitude to criticize "the men who sit in libraries working out theories"...

• American Westward Movement - U.

  British expansion. However, Native Americans of the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley lashed out against the English in an attempt to preserve their independence, theirland, and their way of life. With the Ottawa chief Pontiac as their most visible leader, the tribes waged a bloody and costly war. As a result, the British governmentdecided to keep the white settlers apart from the Native Americans. It issued the Royal Proclamation of 1763, banning all white settlement beyond the Appalachians andstatin...

• Toys. I INTRODUCTION Toys, objects that serve as playthings for children. Although the

  clay. These readily available elements were also used to make more elaborate toys as human society advanced. Archaeologists have found primitive, handmade toys such as wooden or cloth dolls, clay marbles, and terracotta figures that date back thousands of years. In ancientEgypt, Greece, and Rome, people placed dolls or clay figures in the graves or tombs of children for them to play with in the afterlife. The yo-yo may seem like a 20th-century fad, but it actually dates back at least 2,500 years...