European History
In the Roman society education had three different levels called Primary School, Grammar School, and Rhetorical school. Primary School Primary school started when children were seven years old. These kids would go to school at the crack of dawn. If they failed a quiz, or they could not memorize something
Poems
Faces is a poem which is about what Sara Teasdale is seeing in the faces of people while walking through the city; She sees many people's faces that she does not recognize. The author says to herself that she will never remember them again and that she could
Biology
The metric system, or International System, is the world's most-used measurement system and the preferred system for scientists. Its abbreviation is S.I., which stands for the French Système Internationale, meaning International System. The metric system can be used to measure many things, from mass to volume, and
Poems
The Star is a poem written by the American author Sara Teasdale. This poem is about a star shining its light into a puddle because the sea is not calm enough for the star's reflection to shine back at it. The star in this poem "loves"
History
Contrary to popular belief, the Plymouth settlers didn't invite the Indians over for a Thanksgiving Feast. Neither did they even call the feast they had “Thanksgiving”. So, what really happened? After their first successful harvest, the settlers decided to make a feast for themselves to celebrate the fact
Poems
By Elizabeth Jennings (1926 – 2001) The Enemies is a poem about how an army invaded a town without any violence. After they took over everyone was suspicious of each other and are less friendly than before. The mysterious men who invaded the city did not take it by force but
History
The Plymouth Colony was founded in 1620 by Separatist colonists fleeing from England. The Separatists were a group of people who left England because they felt that the Church of England was departing from the Scripture. They wanted to found a church that exactly followed the New Testament. A good
Biology
The scientific method is used to verify whether a hypothesis is true or not. This involves making an observation, then a hypothesis, and developing an experiment, gathering data, and then communicating the results. The first part of the scientific method is developing an observation about a problem that needs to
History
The Romans were famous for building many structures, one of these being the giant building we now know today as the Colosseum. This colossal building was used by Romans as an arena where gladiators would spar, wild exotic animals were paraded, and "naval battles" took place. The original
American History
Nathaniel Bacon was a settler who came to Virginia in 1674. He became a farmer but was not satisfied by the way that the governor, William Berkley, ran Jamestown. Jamestown was at this point one of the world's largest exporters of tobacco, and this continuous sale of the
Zoology
Invertebrates have five main traits: They are multicellular, they have no backbone, they can't make their own food, most of them can move, and they do not have cell walls. 1. When we say that an invertebrate is multicellular that means that all of its cells are working
Poems
By George MacDonald (1824 – 1905) Blind Bartimaeus is a poem about a blind man in the Bible who is healed by Jesus Who is on His way to Jericho. Bartimaeus and his friend who is also blind shout to Jesus "Have mercy, Son of David." Jesus then stops