WRITING YOUR SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION ESSAYS 1. Keep it simple · Don't use unnecessary words (i.e. don't use three words when one will do) · Don't include unnecessary information just to "fill the page" 2. Keep it neat · Type ALL your application materials (refer to the scholarship application form for specifics i.e.: double spacing, margins, font, etc. · SPELL CHECK your essay make sure words are used correctly (i.e.: two, to too, there their, they're, its it's, etc.) · Have someone else read your essay for clarity 3. Talk about your accomplishments · Be clear and to the point · Don't brag or over market yourself 4. State your need · What is your financial situation? Do you work? Do you receive support from your family? Do you receive financial aid? 5. Plan ahead · Don't procrastinate! · Give yourself plenty of time to review...
American literature The literary history of this nation when the first humanbeing living in what has since become the U.S used language creatively. · Mid to late 18 century put down · Words are powerful, magical · Words must be remembered · Native Americans stories creation of the world · Attidude thought their land/language · Similar stories Dates and names · America was discovered in 1492 by Columbus · 1497 John Cabot went to Canada · 1579 San Fransisco/St. Fransis · 1607 Jamestown collony/John Smith · 1620 a boat called MayFlower · 1630 Boston was established · 1636 Harvard University · 1773 Boston Teaparty · 1775 War of Independence · 1776 4 July Declaration of Independence · First President George Washington Christopher Columbus Chris...
Some of the things you will learn in THE CODEBREAKERS • How secret Japanese messages were decoded in Washington hours before Pearl Harbor. • How German codebreakers helped usher in the Russian Revolution. • How John F. Kennedy escaped capture in the Pacific because the Japanese failed to solve a simple cipher. • How codebreaking determined a presidential election, convicted an underworld syndicate head, won the battle of Midway, led to cruel Allied defeats in North Africa, and broke up a vast Nazi spy ring. • How one American became the world's most famous codebreaker, and another became the world's greatest. • How codes and codebreakers operate today within the secret agencies of the U.S. and Russia. • And incredibly much more. "For many evenings of gripping reading, no better choice can be made than this book." —Christian Science Monitor THE ...