A)”look for the good that is hidden inside every bad situation”pg 33 “we should let bygones be bygones.”pg 34 “and she knew the time had come to ask for help” pg 37 These are some quotes that I think teach very valuable lessons. An alternate lesson that could be taught is that the fox could just let the wolf “bully” her by taking her stuff and be the bigger person and let it go and not mess with him, because if she hadn’t of messed with him maybe he wouldn’t of had to make a plan to get her back for out smarting him. The new lesson would be to just be the bigger person and ignore the bully because after a while he would get tired of messing with her if he got no reaction out of her.

B) “Cooking the Duck” is the story I chose from the Chinese Fables. I chose this story because it relates to me because I also have siblings and we disagree on food all the time! We argue about what food we would all want and since we couldn’t agree, none of us got what type of food we wanted.

C) I believe children will respond to these books and stories after a parent figure explains it to them because reading it on their own they might not get the message loud and clear.

Thinking about my own childhood stories was definitely hard to remember. I watched Blues Clues and Dora The Explorer along with Mickey Mouse. Theses shows all had different ways of teaching children different lessons. Blues Clues was all about finding the clue in the room and where each clue leads. Dora was about problem solving and what the next best move would be to get to where they need to be. Mickey Mouse helped children figure out what tool to use to help fix the problem and help the ‘story’ along.

Stories and Tv shows play a huge role in children’s life. Children learn what the stories potrae and what the Tv shows are trying to teach them. Kids learn how to put pieces of a puzzle together and they start to connect the dots and then they just continue to learn and grow. Children learn to be apart of their culture by what their parents show them and decide to teach them. Dora helps children learn some Spanish because it is a bilingual show.

A) World Literature to me means that there are famous pieces from all around the world that are impactful and should be studied. I think they are from all different styles of writing and different types of writers. The writes all want to be impactful in their own ways and have their work heard. To me literature is writing, different styles of writing. Any types of literature I think would be good to study in “World Literature” because we learn all different styles and perspectives. I think how people interpret these questions will be a nice point of view to see where everyone stands on these topics and maybe see how they were raised and what their culture is and learn more about people.

B) The variations of the Little Red Hen made people see that there is always different versions to every story. That the story line is very similar yet the end goal of the story is the same. The author wanted the readers to understand that even though the Red Hen did all the work and clamed it for herself and sometimes her children that the Hen was still able to show the other animals that if they helped out around the farm that they to could claim the reward with the Hen and that if they put in the work they all could have the cake/bread. It doesnt matter that it was cake or bread non the less it was a ‘reward’ and that all wanted it. Then Hen showed them that hard work pays off and if you all contribute as a team the work load is not just only on one animal but spread out and fair and they all were able to enjoy the cake/bread at the end. I was always taught to help out in anyway I can and that hard work pays off in little or big ways. It doesn’t matter if you don’t want to do it because if you decide not to put in the work then there will be no reward.

C) The most important lesson from Latchkey Stew was sharing. When you share people will then in turn share with you. I feel you should treat others as you would like to be treated. Like in the story how the neighbors never wanted to share with the girl and how I think about it is, if I was in a pinch and I need a cup if milk I would want my neighbors to share with me. Just like if they were in a pinch and needed an egg I would gladly give them one because at the end of the day wouldn’t you rather want to help someone out than be a mean person and turn them away and be selfish. I believe this story definitely has a lesson and that is about being selfless and share.

D) Do you think you would be the person to turn someone away or help them out? Why? What are your beliefs? Would you share your reward for all your hard work with someone who just sat there all day and did absolutely nothing? Would you tell them maybe next time if you help me out I will be more than willing and glad to share with you?

The reason my claim is true is because people of the same sex have taken it to court and have fought to make same sex marriage legal.

https://www.hrc.org/blog/four-cases-that-paved-the-way-for-marriage-equality-and-a-reminder-of-the-w

The reason my claim is true is because people who are of the same sex and have gotten engaged and have married just like a “normal” people.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/same-sex-marriage-and-being-normal_b_2289720

The reason my claim is true is because of the experts that have written multiple articles on same sex marriage and how it became legal.

https://www.newsweek.com/where-gay-marriage-legal-1445268

I am going to interview my friend Nick. He is a friend from high school who struggled with being gay for a very long time.

When did you know you were gay?

How was it for you when you realized?

Who was the first person you told, and how did they take it?

Is there anything you regret?

When you came out how did they take it?

Did their reactions surprise you?

Were you ever hurt physically mentally or verbally?

How has your life changed?

The reason my claim is true is because of the experts that have written multiple articles on same sex marriage and how it became legal.

The reason my claim is true is because people who are of the same sex and have gotten engaged and have married just like a “normal” people.

The reason my claim is true is because people of the same sex have taken it to court and have fought to make same sex marriage legal.

This topic is very controversial. People are for it and there are plenty of people against it. There are big festivals and marches to support same sex marriage. I would argue that it should be legal to marry whom ever you so choose.

I have a few friends who I could talk to about being gay. However they are not married and unfortunally I do not personally know people of the same sex who are married. My friends can talk about how hard it was coming out and how they think of themselves as a normal person because that is there normal.

Other than a few of my friends I don’t know anyone personally to ask them about their experiences.

My topic is same sex marriage. Same sex marriage is a real issue. People who are trying to just be themselves can’t. This is important to me because I would like every one to have the same rights. It should be important to other people because if they can love who they want freely then people who love the same sex should be allowed to love freely.

The issue with my topic is that it was not “normal” or allowed. Loving the same sex and marrying them is a whole new thing and people who are stuck in there ways, they don’t know how to deal with it. People who are religious are against it because the Bible says it is wrong. People who are very faith driven don’t want this life style nor approve it because it is not the Catholic/Christian thing to do. It is people who are not with the times and who haven’t evolved just yet who are against it and fight it.

My argument with this topic is that we are all human. We are all different but the same. We are different because we were all raised differently and have different beliefs. We are the same because we are all people, we are humans, we make mistakes, we have good days and we have our bad days. WE ARE HUMAN. We need to treat others as we would want them to treat us. They might have different opinions on issues but as long as you respect them and they aren’t personally affecting you let people be. Let them be there selves let them love who they love. They love just the same as “normal” couples do. So why is there love any different? Yes it is with the same sex but so what who cares they aren’t doing anything wrong but being them selves and loving the way they love and I don’t see anything wrong with that!

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Now There are a lot of people who are out there that are very open with themselves and willing to talk about there lives. Now I have a very close friend who is openly gay and his opinion on the matter. I could contact him in almost anyway. There are legal reps that I can get incontact with from a legal point of view. I also can get incontact with people who have made a youtube channel about their experience, it might be a bit harder but not impossible.

My topic is same sex marriage. Same sex marriage is legal, but still not truly accepted. Today in 2020 people are becoming more accepting to this but it seems that the “old timers” are just not there yet. It may be the way they were raised and what they were taught, but that’s how it was back then. Now people who are growing up are seeing that it is more common and it will eventually be considered “normal”. There is nothing wrong with same sex marriage. You can’t change or tell someone who they love. Love is love, the definition of love states ” a great interest and pleasure in something or an intense feeling of deep affection.” In that definition I do not see nor do I read anything about only a man and a woman can marry or be in love. You should not be judged for you love, now you don’t necessarily have to like it but you also don’t have to like your daughters boyfriend but you do have to respect them. I read an article that a gay couple couldn’t help his husband when he was on life support and he couldn’t make any of the decisions or even be in the room because he wasn’t ‘family’. Reading that and thing about myself and how upset I would be if I couldn’t see my significant other while they were in a life or death situation or make any decisions on their behalf, that’s awful. I would never wish that on anyone and its just a hard thing to wrap your mind around that people who aren’t “normal” have to go through such hoops to just be a married couple and be treated the same way and have the same rights.

94-95: Julie searched for information by going to a screening of An Inconvenient Truth and then a discussion immediately following it. The discussion helped her figure out a specific issue.

100: Articles in magazines can give topics on current issues. They are also written for anyone to be able to understand rather than just people in the field. Newspapers are similar. Audiovisual materials can be photos of videos. Websites include all of these things and more.

102: use keyword searching, phrase searching, boolean searching, and subject words.

115: Find home page. Reading the site mission can give a lot of information about the sites goals and biases. Reading about credentials can help you understand how reliable the information is. If it has funding or donors, they might influence what is said on the site. How current it is can also help you understand how reliable it is and how updated the information is.

152-161: states topic in introduction, gives details to support topic. gives her opinion on the new homes and then goes into the environmental impact. Introduction has a little introduction to the topic but then has a longer more detailed introduction before getting into the environmental aspect.