Excerpt from “Shoes: Feet First!” from A History of Travel in 50 Vehicles
by Paula Grey & Phillip Hoose
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Match each sentence with the statement that explains why it is included in the passage.

to develop the idea
that different
materials have been
used to make shoes
to develop the idea
that scientist believe
humans have used
shoes for a long time
to refine the idea
that materials used
for shoes have
evolved over time
Most soles are made from synthetic materials such
as ethylene, vinyl, acetate, rubber, and polyurethane,
which provide better traction, durability, and water
resistance than leather soles.
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In studying bones of the smaller toes of fossilized
skeletons, scientists observed that the thickness of
these bones decreased somewhere between 40,000
and 26,000 years ago.
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The Masai of Africa used rawhide; the people of India
used wood; and the Chinese and Japanese used
rice straw.
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Read the selection below and answer the question. an open boat by alfred noyes o, what is that whimpering there in the darkness? 

 'let him lie in my arms. he is breathing, i know.
 look. i'll wrap all my hair round his neck' – the sea's rising,
 the boat must be lightened. he's dead. he must go.' 


 see - quick - by that flash, where the bitter foam tosses, 
 the cloud of white faces, in the black open boat, 
 and the wild pleading woman that clasps her dead lover 
 and wraps her loose hair round his breast and his throat.
 'come, lady, he's dead.' - 'no, i feel his heart beating,
 he's living, i know. but he's numbed with the cold. 
 see, i'm wrapping my hair all around him to warm him.' -
- 'no. we can't keep the dead, dear. come, loosen your hold.

 'come. loosen your fingers.' - 'o god, let me keep him! ' -
 o, hide it, black night! let the winds have their way! 
 and there are no voices or ghosts from that darkness, 
 to fret the bare seas at the breaking of day. the imagery and word choice in the second stanza creates a tone of liveliness and joy danger and gloom silence and peace anger and hostility

Critical thinking questions what factors led to the creation and implementation of operation reinhard? how did the residents of the ghettos respond to mass deportations and what occurred when the residents realized what happened to those deported? what did rudolf hoess’s testimony at the end of the war suggest about the final solution and planned deportation and resettlement? how did operation reinhard differ from earlier nazi actions and how was it similar? was resettlement seriously considered and why was it not used?

How and why does king use the word redemptive to link the concepts of freedom and religious faith