... friends to volunteer. That night, he played his only song. But he played it as a waltz, tango, fox trot, and others. The audience never knew the difference (Turkell 81-85). Ellington was an artist. At Armstrong High School, Duke loved to paint as well as play piano (Turkell 82 ... Thompson became Mrs. Ellington in 1918. Edna was Duke's, now 21, high school sweetheart. A year later, Mercer Ellington was born (Turkell 86). In the mid twenties, Duke left Edna, and went to live with a dancer named Mildred Dixon. In 1938, Duke left her, and finally settled down with ... 1932, Lawrence Brown'...

• Word Count: 1581
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... villages and also to trade with other tribes. In the agricultural fields, Indians would put most of their seeds together because they knew it would be more beneficial to the soil. Plus, their vegetables and fruit would grow to amazing sizes when planted together. As the "plants began to sprout, the land turned into an agricultural jungle. Beans, squash, and corn grew together in a ... tangled mass of leaves and stalks. Because the larger fields served an entire village, no fences delineated individual shares ... ." The Indians did not have to put a fence to designate their section. They...

• Word Count: 2113
• Approx Pages: 8

... by Emilio Aguinaldo, who had helped America overthrow the Spanish a year earlier. America had found itself a weak adversary on the battle field, but a fierce opponent in the jungle as the Filipinos dragged the insurrection on with guerilla warfare. In 1901, the insurrection was crushed when Aguinaldo was captured, but the carnage on both sides deeply affected American views. Subsequent to the war, McKinley perceived it essential to assimilate, though ... awfully slowly, the Filipinos so that neither the Spanish nor anarchy would rule the country. He poured millions in to the Philippines...

• Word Count: 1378
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate