Harriet Beecher Stowe was a famous American author. She was born June 14, 1811, the seventh child of a famous Protestant preacher. During her life, she wrote poems, travel books, biographical sketches, children's books, and adult novels. She is best known for her book, Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Through her work of fiction, she expressed her moral outrage at the institution of slavery and its destructive effects on people. The book helped build anti-slavery sentiments in America and abroad. When Stowe met President Lincoln in 1862, he is said to have exclaimed, "So you are the little woman who wrote the book that started this great war!"

Rachel Carson was an American marine biologist and a nature writer. She was born May 27, 1904. During her lifetime she wrote several books on nature, and her book, The Silent Spring, brought into focus the damage that mankind was doing to nature. She focused in particular on a chemical called Dichloro-Diphenyl-Trichloroethane (DDT), which caused the deaths of animals and birds. Her book was effective in placing a complete ban on the use of DDT.

How are Harriet Beecher Stowe and Rachel Carson similar?

A.
They were both scientists who worked to improve the health of animals.
B.
They were both women farmers who made cultivation easier.
C.
They were both women writers who created awareness among people.
D.
They were both homemakers who worked hard to create a stable home.
E.
They were both Americans who affected worldwide change.

Which of the following best describes the central idea of the article? a the tuskegee airmen started the civil rights movement by proving that black pilots are more skilled than white pilots. b the tuskegee airmen proved that black and white pilots had the same potential, which break racial barriers. c despite breaking racial barriers, the tuskegee airmen faced racial discrimination and were never recognized for their military success. d black pilots in the military had to work twice as hard as white pilots, and due to a lack of funds they were underprepared.

Plagiarism quiz read both the paragraph below and the information following it that identifies the source using the american psychological association format. then read each of the numbered statements and determine if each is plagiarized or not. circle “yes” if the statement is plagiarized, “no” if it is not, and then fix the “yes” answers). original source the presence of the taiwanese on everest was a matter of grave concern to most of the other expeditions on the mountain. there was a very real fear that the taiwanese would suffer a calamity that would compel other expeditions to come to their aid, risking further lives, to say nothing of jeopardizing the opportunity for other climbers to reach the summit. but the taiwanese were by no means the only group that seemed egregiously unqualified. camped beside us at base camp was a twenty-five-year-old norwegian climber named peter neby, who announced his intention to make a solo ascent of the southwest face, one of the peak’s most dangerous and technically demanding routes—despite the fact that his himalayan experience was limited to two ascents of neighboring island peak, a 20,274-foot bump that required little more than vigorous walking. krakauer, j. (1998). into thin air: a personal account of the mount everest disaster. new york: anchor books, 122 - 3. student samples yes 1. there was a very real fear that the taiwanese would suffer a calamity that would compel other expeditions to come to their aid(krakauer, 1998). no) 2. many climbers overestimate their abilities, as krakauer (1998) explains when he writes of peter neby, whose himalayan experience in the past “required little more than vigorous walking” (122 - 3). no 3. jon krakauer (1998) discusses other concerns besides those of unpredictable weather and his own climbing group’s capabilities. for example the existence of a taiwanese group on everest was a matter of serious unease to most everyone else on the mountain. yes/no 4. krakauer (1998) states that the taiwanese group was not the only inexpert climbers to attempt mt. everest: camped beside us at base camp was a twenty-five-year-old norwegian climber named peter neby. . [whose] himalayan experience was limited to two ascents of neighboring island peak, a 20,274-foot bump that required little more than vigorous walking (122 – 3). yes/no 5. the author asserts that the taiwanese “were by no means the only group that seemed egregiously unqualified.” yes/no 6. in his book into thin air, jon krakauer (1998) discusses many of the dangers he noted prior to his disastrous attempt to climb mt. everest in 1996. among them were encounters with other groups and individual climbers who were ill-trained and ill-equipped to handle the demands of such a climb.

3.06 unit assessment: critical skills practice 1 answers?