In 1879, author Robert Louis Stevenson traveled from Great Britain to New York. From there, he took a train across the United...
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Women’s History Month is traditionally held in March, but the study of women’s history is valuable all twelve months of the yea...
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Helen Keller (1880-1968) was an inspiration to many. Although she was born with normal sight and hearing, she lost both at a ...
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Forty-four men have served as President of the United States. They have lead the country through wars, economic depressions, ...
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The United States and Canada observe Black History month in February; the United Kingdom observes it in October. While the co...
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For centuries, humans have attempted to codify the rights, privileges, responsibilities, and freedoms each person has in a so...
Macabre, dark, foreboding; these adjectives are often used to describe the works of Edgar Allan Poe. While this is true of ma...
by Robert Louis Stevenson from Across the Plains
While more famous for his adventure novels such as “...
510 Words, 7th-9th Grades, Context Clues and Summary
“Across the Plains” was Robert Louis Stevenson’s tra...
322 Words, 7th-9th Grades, Context Clues and Figurative Language
Robert Louis Stevenson traveled across the United St...
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