Literature
Summary: Bill and Sam decided to kidnap a child from a prominent family in a rural town because rich people could afford ransom, and that they believed that “Philoprogenitiveness, is strong in semi-rural communities” meaning that people loved their children more in country towns. The kidnapped child at first struggles
Biology
Birds do not have lips, they have beaks. Different types of birds have different beaks;hawks have curved and sharp beaks, while ducks have flat and blunt beaks. Woodcocks have beaks that are used to probe the ground. They use their beaks to search for insects inside the dirt and
Physics
Energy can’t be made or unmade. If one object loses energy, another object will gain that energy. Energy can be converted into different forms; like how a hairdryer turns energy into heat. When an object’s movement changes, its energy changes too. If a car slows down, it loses
Literature
The author of this story was a man named Edger Allan Poe. He liked to write short stories that were of the genre horror and mystery. He wrote stories between 1846 and 1850. The main theme of this story is revenge. The main character, Montresor, had vowed to take revenge
American Government
The Alien and Sedition Acts were a series of four acts created by the Federalist party in the late 18th century. These laws were supposed to protect American citizens, but they only served to silence their Democratic-Republican opponents. These four laws were: The Naturalization Act lengthened the residency requirement for
History
The chivalric code was the acceptable way knights acted in the Middle Ages. Knights were praised for being courageous and honorable, and scolded for running away from battle and using subterfuge. Knights could do many things to prove their courage. Being valiant in battle was usually rewarded with land or
European History
Like Germany, Italy used to be a collection of states sharing a similar culture and language. These states would come together in the 19th century and form the Italy we know today. Before unification, the area today known as Italy was composed of six different states, four of which were
Physics
A wave is a repeating disturbance that moves through matter or space. There are two main types of waves: mechanical and electromagnetic. Mechanical waves travel through matter, but electromagnetic waves pass through space. A wave’s crest is its highest point, and its trough is its lowest point. The amplitude
Literature
The author of this story was a man named William Sydney Porter, whose pen name was O. Henry. He wrote short stories about common people, focusing on the themes of struggles with life, love, and money. Most of his books were written in the 1900s. The Gift of The Magi
Literature
In the first chapter of Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography, he writes to his son about his life experiences. He writes about his father, Josiah Franklin, and that he was the fifteenth child out of seventeen and about some of his childhood adventures, like the adventure of the dock. My
Physics
Newton's three laws of physics are some of the most basic laws of physics. They deal with motion and how it takes place. Newton's first law (the law of inertia) states that if a body is at rest or moving at a constant speed in a
Literature
The Canterbury Tales are a collection of fictional tales written by Geoffrey Chaucer in the Early Middle Ages. The book is important because it is the first work of literature written in English. It uses the format of tales told on a pilgrimage to bring together stories from all classes