Tuesday, October 28, 2025

Ameliorate Alice Paul

Directions: grammatically correct the sentence. There are 3 missing commas, 1 missing apostrophe.

Alice Paul an American suffragist and feminist helped to secure passage of the Nineteenth Amendment women's right to vote.


video bio of Alice Paul

suggested answer:
Alice Paul, an American suffragist and feminist, helped secure passage of the Nineteenth Amendment, women's right to vote.

Friday, October 24, 2025

Ameliorate Booker T. Washington

Directions: grammatically ameliorate the following sentences. There are 3 missing commas and a missing period.

Booker T. Washington was a Black educator author and orator between 1890 and 1915 Washington was the primary leader of the African-Americans in the United States. 


Video: BTW biography

video: Rivalry between BTW and WEB

video: BTW and his Racial Politics

video: bio of WEB DuBois

biography of C.M. Eppes, NCpedia article, Digital Encyclopedia of NC

video: VERY GOOD -- BTW & WEB Political Leadership

NEWSPAPER -- High Point enterprise  Oct. 26, 1910

Newspaper Winston-Salem journal. Dec 15, 1910

SEARCHABLE NC Newspapers about BOOKER T. Washington in 1910


 Suggested Answer to Sentence: 

Booker T.Washington was a Black educator, author, and orator. Between 1890 and 1915, Washington was the primary leader of the African-Americans in the United States. 

Thursday, October 9, 2025

Ameliorate Robert Gould Shaw

Directions:  grammatically correct the sentence below, in red.  There are two missing commas.

Robert Gould Shaw a White officer in the Union Army led the first official regiments of Black troops raised in the North during the Civil War.


VIDEO #1  Robert Gould Shaw  2 minute bio

Video #2  DOCENT Teaches about the Memorial

Suggested Answer: 

Robert Gould Shaw, a White officer in the Union Army, led the first official regiments of Black troops raised in the North during the Civil War.

Saturday, July 6, 2024

Anti Putin Display: Berlin,Germany, July 2024

The wife and I visited Germany in June-July 2024. We hopped on a train to Berlin from Potsdam; while walking up the Unter den Linden, we came across this display, a protest against Vladimir Putin and the Russian invasion of Ukraine.  I thought it important to at least take pictures of this for posterity.  
















Thursday, May 23, 2024

Armenian Genocide Arshile Gorky

 

Called the first genocide of the twentieth century the Armenian genocide refers to the physical annihilation of Armenian Christians living in the Ottoman Empire from 1915 to 1916.







Monday, April 22, 2024

WW I Propaganda posters

 

Directions: missing below are 3 missing commas

World War One propaganda posters included frightening depictions of the enemy to scare citizens into action justify the war recruit men to fight and raise money for war loans.





Tuesday, February 13, 2024

Ameliorate Charlemagne

Directions: grammatically correct the following sentence(s). There are two missing commas and three words that need to be capitalized.

Charlemagne who was the King of the Franks united most of Europe under his rule by power of the sword and was crowned holy roman emperor in 800 C.E.