Craig Kielburger Reflects on Working Toward Peace” Response Questions: 11. What do you think Kielburger’s purpose in describing the particular children he has met was?
12. Personal essays often include the following elements:
• Descriptions of personal experiences in which the author gained significant insight or learned a lesson.
• First person point of view using the pronouns I and we.
• A mixture of storytelling personality facts in wisdom.
• Casual language that seems like conversation with the reader. Review Kielburger’s personal essay and find an example of each of the above elements.
13. Reread lines 20-41, What does the last sentence of each paragraph reveal about Kielburger’s perspective?
14. The author’s perspective has a blend of his ideas, values, feelings and beliefs. Explain what the text reveals about him.

All of the following statements point out negative aspects of the gilded age except: a. politicians gave government jobs to political supporters. b. political bosses cheated large cities out of millions of dollars. c. industrialists bribed members of congress to ensure favorable votes. d. in 1903, wisconsin became the first state to hold primary elections.

According to this chart, which country is likely to have the most economic freedom with regards to entrepreneurship?

The persians landed in the plains near athens. as their army greatly outnumbered that of the greeks, the greeks hoped to find aid from nearby sparta. a long-distance runner named pheidippides was sent from athens to sparta to request , but the spartans were not able to send more soldiers at the time. regardless, the greeks were still able to win the battle. centuries later, legend developed that a runner had been sent from the battle to athens after the greek victory. after reaching athens, the runner proclaimed, "we are victorious! " and then fell to the ground and died. this legendary story is the inspiration for the modern long-distance runs that are performed today. this passage refers to the events of which battle during the persian wars? a. battle of thermopylae b. battle of salamis c. battle of plataea d. battle of marathon