The Race in Space: The U.S. Remains Victorious As the entire world watched from Earth on July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong stepped foot on the moon. He was not only the first human, but the first American in doing so. The race to the moon ended on that day and the United States proclaimed as the victor among their immediate competitor, the Soviet Union. Over the next 4 years, an additional eleven men would leave their footprints in history, all similar Neil, being American. Since then, countries all
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On October 11, 1968 the United States sent the first Apollo out into space with humans inside the rocket. The Apollo program is a program that NASA created that resulted in American astronauts making a total of 11 spaceflights and be able to walk on the Moon. Apollo 7 was one of the first ones to launch out into space with American astronauts inside. It was also the first manned test of the Command and Service Module. The CSM consisted of two segments: the Command Module, which was a cabin that
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classmates I am going to talk about the first man ever to walk on the moon. His name was Neil Armstrong. His quote was “one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” I chose this speech because it stuck out to me not because he recently passed but they it sounded it just spoke to me. I am going to tell you about how he was brave, a true American, and how he is important to me. I think Neil Armstrong was very brave for multiple reasons. First is that he had gone out there without knowing anything
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| Leader / Event | Crossing the Delaware River | George Washington | Gettysburg Address | Abraham Lincoln: “Four score and seven years ago...” | Apollo 13 Space Mission | “Failure is not an option.” | First Person To Walk On Moon | Neil Armstrong: “One small step for man; one giant leap for mankind.” | Kennedy Presidential Speech | John Kennedy: “Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country.”
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Race for the Moon “I’m glad I was at NASA at that particular time because we had a mission. We had support. And the reason we had that mission and the support was basically because we were in a political war… with the Soviets” (Borman). The space race, as it was known, had been a major competition between the United States and Russia during the mid-to-late twentieth century, also the time of the Cold War. During this era, the moon landing was the biggest success for the Americans and a symbol
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Cheating in any form in my opinion is wrong. Cheating is a common practice in schools, businesses, sports, relationships, and so forth. Although cheating happens to others, the cheaters are also cheating themselves. I believe cheating in schools common due to the pressure students feel. Schools set high academic standards in which students are expected to live up to. Parents of students also expect their children to do well and exceed in school. Student feel they must do well in order to impress
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Alan Miller Instruction Alex Powell Music Appreciation 29 April 2012 Duke Ellington (1899-1974) Edwin Kennedy Ellington was born on April 29, 1899 in Washington D.C. He was a son of a butler who had occasionally worked at the White House. He was a major figure in our history of jazz music, his career spanned more than half a century. He started playing the piano in the jazz band, during that time he composed thousands of songs for the stage, screen and contemporary songbooks
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trend and the trumpet reigned king ever since. King Oliver was a very influential band to bring out the best of what the trumpet could offer. Musician Louis Armstrong began his ride to fame with this group in 1922. Armstrong's playing technique was honed by constant practice, which extended the range, tone and capabilities of the trumpet. Armstrong also almost single-handedly created the role of the jazz soloist, taking what was essentially a collective folk music and turning it into an art form with
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During the Harlem Renaissance The Cotton Club was one of the most famous nightclubs in history. The cotton club was located in New York City in Harlem. The club operated from the 1920's to the 1930's. The Cotton Club was mostly about jazz. Jazz is the art of individuals working in unison to make one sublime sound. This establishment was for whites only, all though it featured some of the best black entertainers and jazz musicians this era had to offer. In 1920, heavyweight boxing champion Jack
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| |Lead In/Create interest | |Armstrong | |minutes | |To contextualize song |Show picture of Louis Armstrong. | | | | |To introduce themes of later tasks
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