Consider the information and reading selections you have read about cultural diversity and socioeconomic differences. Write a one-page essay or a 16-line poem describing what constitutes your American identity. How do culture, religion, socioeconomic status, family, and background make you who you are? How do these factors make you unique? Make sure to include an introduction, a body, and a conclusion to your essay. If you choose to write a poem, try including figurative language or poetic techniques such as a rhyme scheme. To improve your essay or poem, try brainstorming, outlining, and revising drafts to your work.

Read the passage from sugar changed the world. but there is another story as well. information about sugar spread as human knowledge expanded, as great civilizations and cultures exchanged ideas. in fact, while sugar was the direct cause of the expansion of slavery, the global connections that sugar brought about also fostered the most powerful ideas of human freedom. how do the details in this passage support the authors’ purpose? the details about the expansion of sugar inform readers about how widespread the use of sugar was. the details about human knowledge inform readers about how humans learned about sugar. the details about ideas and global connections persuade readers that sugar’s story has multiple consequences. the details about the spread of information about sugar entertain readers with stories of travel.

What is the central idea in this advice from branch rickey to jackie robinson?  

What is the most accurate paraphrase for the title eros turranos? a) love is free b) errors in turkey c) lover who wears a turban d) lover who's a tyrant