Memorial Day. Once known as “Decoration Day,” this holiday commemorates the men and women who have died serving in the U.S. Military. How would you commemorate our Military if you were in charge of creating a holiday?

i dont get what the question is asking me.

The last full week before Memorial Day is "National Backyard Games Week" so start planning! Create an afternoon or night of fun for your family! Plan several games that you could all enjoy.

uno!

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Socks come in many colors and designs. If you could design a pair of socks that would best describe you, what would those socks look like? What type of colors would you use? What designs or patterns would be on them?

I would make my socks purple with my name on them.

The thing I love most about my mom is she doesn't judge me in what i want to do in life. 

history of immigration

• when did your family come to the US?

My family was always in the US.

• where did your family come from?

It depends on which part... my mothers 

side is from America. My dads side

is from panama. 

• why did your family move?

My family never moved its still the same.

My mom's side is still in America. My dad's

side is still in Panama. 

• what are some of the reasons that people have migrated to the U.S?

lack of interest on part of the worker, the state's refusal to grant such permits to categories of foreign workers, institutional racism.For     centuries, people from around the world have been coming to the United States. They come to work, get an education, escape oppression,start a    new life, do business, visit friends, or sight see. Over the years, the United States has seen tremendous diversity in the countries immigrants come from and their reasons for coming here. In response to the incredible demand for permission to enter this country, the federal government has established a complex set of laws that determines who may enter this country and for what reasons. This chapter      discusses legal immigration and travel to the United States and the responsibilities of employers under these laws.

• what groups have immigrated to the U.S. throughout history?
  

Scots,Italians, Poles, Russians, Swedes, Chinese and, more recently, Mexicans,and Norwegian.

• how have they already treated people here?
  

Racial segregation is the separation of different racial groups in daily life, such as eating in a restaurant, drinking from a drinking fountain, using a rest room, attending school, going to the movies, or in the rental or purchase of a home. Such as allowing a person of one race to work as a servant for a member of another race. Segregation can involve spatial separation of the races, and/or mandatory use of different institutions, such as schools and hospitals by people of different races. 

• how has immigration laws prevented certain groups of people from coming to the U.S.?
  

From 1776 until 1875, the United States had an open-door policy on immigration. Some of the earliest laws authorized the President to expel a foreign national who was deemed dangerous for the security of the U.S. Believe it or not, in 1864, the U.S. Congress passed legislation to encourage immigration into the United States!

Thereafter, in 1875, we had the first statutes excluding convicts and prostitutes. In 1882 came laws excluding "idiots," "lunatics," convicts and those who were likely to become a financial liability on the U.S.

• Whom did there laws exclude?
  

 Chinese Exclusion Acts,laws were passed to protect U.S. workers.

• whom did these laws allow to enter?
  

Japanese, no Asians were allowed to enter the U.S.,Asia,Western Hemisphere.

• who influenced these laws, and why?
  

In 1954, the McCarran-Walter Act established the basic structure of our present immigration law system. This Act instituted special racial quotas for Asians. It also created the Preference System for those with special skills, which translates into the present employment based categories.

• how have different groups challenged injustice?
  

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• What can we learn from their experiences to help us today?
  
We can learn a lot because racism is very serious and should be taken seriously. The same for immigration because it can hurt a persons feelings in calling a person a(n)immigrant. The reason i know this is because i am from panama and i would now how it feels to call a person something that can really hurt them now and in the long run.     

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The second week of May is “National Pet Week.” Dogs are America’s most popular pet. Why do you think so many people in America own dogs? If you have a dog, what do you enjoy most about them? If you don’t have a dog, would you like to own one? Why or why not?

• I think so many people have dogs because to guard there houses, to have company. (etc.)
  
• No i don't own a dog.
• No, i wish not to own a dog because a dog does what a person does most of a time.(eat,sleep,use the restroom,.&&. play)

Your in charge and the world the way you know is changing forever! you can only save 10 people! Who would it be and why? would you take family and friends or a doctor, scientist...ect???

1.My brother- Cause he my brother 

2.My cousin-Cause with out her there would be no me

3.My Niece-she my tee tee way way.

4.My god mommy-i love her w. all my H.E.A.R.T.

5.My vay vah vah vey -my baby :)

6.kevin-my boyfriend 

7.My jaki-o- Cause shee my all (no homo)

8.Dajuan-My love

9.My docter-imah need her

10.My untie-she need too be with us 

May 5th is “Cinco de Mayo.” This day marks the Mexican Army’s victory over the French at the Battle of Puebla. Using the internet, learn five (5) facts about this event, Mexico and/or the Mexican culture. Summarize your findings in your own words.

Cinco de Mayo (Spanish for "fifth of May") is a regional holiday in Mexico, primarily celebrated in the state of Puebla, with some limited recognition in other parts of Mexico.The holiday commemorates the Mexican army's unlikely defeat of French forces at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862, under the leadership of Mexican General Ignacio Zaragoza Seguín.

The outnumbered Mexicans defeated a much better-equipped French army that had known no defeat for almost 50 years. However, Cinco de Mayo is not "an obligatory federal holiday" in Mexico, but rather a holiday that can be observed voluntarily.

While Cinco de Mayo has limited significance nationwide in Mexico, the date is observed in the United States and other locations around the world as a celebration of Mexican heritage and pride. However, a common misconception in the United States is that Cinco de Mayo is Mexico's Independence Day,which actually is September 16 (dieciséis de septiembre in Spanish), the most important national patriotic holiday in Mexico.

In 1861, Mexico ceased making interest payments to its main creditors. In response, in late 1861, France (and other European countries) attacked Mexico to try to force payment of this debt. France decided that it would try to take over and occupy Mexico. France was successful at first in its invasion; however, on May 5, 1862, at the city of Puebla, Mexican forces were able to defeat an attack by the larger French army. In the Battle of Puebla, the Mexicans were led by General Ignacio Zaragoza Seguín. Although the Mexican army was victorious over the French at Puebla, the victory only delayed the French invasion of Mexico City; a year later, the French occupied Mexico. The French occupying forces placed Maximilian I, Emperor of Mexico on the throne of Mexico. The French, under U.S. pressure, eventually withdrew in 1866-1867. Maximilian was executed by President Benito Juarez, five years after the Battle of Puebla.

According to a paper published by the UCLA Center for the Study of Latino Health and Culture about the origin of the observance of Cinco de Mayo in the United States, the modern American focus on the people of the world that day first started in California in the 1860s in response to the resistance to French rule in Mexico. The 2007 paper notes that "The holiday, which has been celebrated in California continuously since 1863, is virtually ignored in Mexico."

That it happened all over a war.

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The first week of May is “Teacher Appreciation Week.” Take a minute and think about all of the teachers you have had in school. Write a paragraph describing the qualities of a “great” teacher.

There is never a great teacher. A good teacher maybe But never a great one. The reason i say this is because no one is considered great because God is great. The teacher that i liked tho was ms. mullizon. she let me get away with a lot. not going to say what school it is tho. :)