I did all of my reasearch on biography.com it was very helpful and it gave me a lot of info on both people. I bet if you looked up any famous person, It would come up.

Thomas Alva Edison was born in 1847. He was the last of seven children of Samuel and Nancy Edison. Tom was nearly deaf as a child. In 1854 Tom only went to school for 12 weeks. His mother pulled him from school and homeschooled him. At 11, he wanted more knowledge, reading books on each subject.

At age 12, Edison put that education to work. He convinced his parents to let him sell newspapers to passengers on the Grand Trunk Railroad line. Thomas began publishing his own small newspaper, called the Grand Trunk Herald. The articles were a hit with passengers.

Edison used his access to the railroad to do chemical experiments in a “laboratory” he set up in a train luggage car. A chemical fire started and the car caught fire. The conductor ran in and smacked Thomas upside the head, probably lost some of his hearing. He was Fired from that train and forced to sell his newspapers at various stations along the route.

While he worked for the railroad, a near-tragic event happened. After Edison saved a 3-year-old from being run over by a train, the child’s grateful father thanked him by teaching him to operate a telegraph. By 15, he had learned enough to become a telegraph operator. In 1866, at 19, Edison moved to Louisville, Kentucky, working for the press. The night shift let him spend most of his time reading and experimenting.

In 1868, Edison came home and his mother was in a mental illness and his father was out of work. Edison realized he has to control of his future. His friend said he should go to Boston, landing a job for the Western Union Company.

In 1869, Edison moved to New York City and made his first invention, an improved stock ticker, the Universal Stock Printer, which synchronized several stock tickers’ transactions. The Gold and Stock Telegraph Company was very impressed, they paid him $40,000 for the rights. With this success, he quit his work as a telegrapher to devote himself full-time to inventing.

In 1870, Thomas Edison set up his first laboratory in Newark, New Jersey, and gave people several jobs as machinists. With his increasing success, in 1871, Edison married age 16 Mary Stilwell, who was a worker at one of his businesses. During their marriage, they had three children, Marion, Thomas and William, (who became an inventor). Mary died of a brain tumor at the age of 29 in 1884.

By the early 1870s, Thomas Edison had a great reputation as an inventor. In 1876 Western Union wanted him to make a communication device to compete with Alexander Graham Bell’s telephone. He never did. But in December of 1877, Edison invented a way for recording sound: the phonograph. The invention brought him to be famous.

The 1880s were busy for Edison. After being granted a patent for the light bulb in January 1880, Edison set out to make a company that would deliver the electricity to power and light the cities. The same year, Edison created the Edison Illuminating Company.

In 1884 Edison’s wife, Mary, died, and in 1886, he married Mina Miller, 19 years his junior. In 1887, Edison built an industrial laboratory in New Jersey, which served as the primary research laboratory for the Edison lighting companies. He supervised the development of light tech . He also perfected the phonograph, and developed the motion picture camera and the alkaline storage battery. The next decades were not so good for Edison. He was losing money.

Thomas Edison died of diabetes on October 18, 1931, in his home, “Glenmont,” in West Orange, New Jersey. He was 84 years old. Many around the world turned off the lights to commemorate his passing. Thomas Edison was one of the people to start up the electrical world.

Teddy Roosevelt was a very important part of society. This is what this biography is about.

Theodore ( Teddy ) Roosevelt junior was born on October 27, 1858, in NYC, to Theodore Roosevelt, and Martha Bulloch. His family owned a plate-glass import business. As a young boy, Roosevelt spent a lot of time inside his house  homeschooled. He was ill and had asthma. He had a passion for animal life, but by the time he was a teenager, his dad made him work out. Teddy’s father died during his second year at Harvard. Roosevelt channeled his grief into working even harder. In 1880, he enrolled at Columbia Law School and got married to Alice Lee.

Roosevelt didn’t stay at law school,  instead, he joined the New York State Assembly (NYA) to represent New York City. He was the youngest to serve in that position. Later, Teddy was going to one public service positions to the other. However, the tragic deaths of his mother and his wife, which just happened  to be on the same day (February 14, 1884), made Roosevelt want to leave for the Dakota Territory for 2 years. He lived as a cowboy and cattle rancher, leaving his baby daughter in the care of his sister.

In 1886, Roosevelt was defeated for the New York City mayorship. Around the same time, he married his second wife, Edith Carow. He worked as a civil service commissioner, then as a NYC  police commissioner and Assistant U.S. He was interested in the Spanish-American War. Roosevelt left his post to organize a cavalry known as the Rough Riders, which he charged up San Juan Hill in the Battle of San Juan Heights, in 1898. Roosevelt was a hero, and he won the Medal of Honor. Roosevelt was elected governor of New York in 1898.

Teddy tried to go against the president in the election, but he lost. After his re-election in 1901, President McKinley was assassinated. At  42, Teddy Roosevelt became the youngest man to be president. In 1905, Teddy Roosevelt walked his niece, Eleanor Roosevelt, down the aisle during the wedding ceremony for Eleanor and her 5th cousin once removed, Frank Roosevelt.

beleving that America needed to take its rightful place in the world, Roosevelt initiated a massive public relations effort. Engaging his unofficial policy of “Speak softly and carry a big stick,” Roosevelt bulked up the U.S. Navy. He also helped with the completion of the Panama Canal. President Roosevelt was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1906 for negotiating the end of the Russo-Japanese War. Roosevelt believed that if Japan had ruined Russia, it would lead to unballanced power in the Pacific.

FUN FACT:

Roosevelt has also been crowned the country’s first environmental president. 

When Teddy Roosevelt left office in 1909, he would be embarking on an African safari.  Roosevelt was shot in the chest in an assassination attempt by John Nepomuk Schrank he continued a speech for 90 minutes before seeing a doctor, later he told authorities about the incident.Roosevelt lost to Wilson in the 1912 election, in a rather close vote. He considered running again in 1916, but he decided not to.

When the U.S. finally declared war, Roosevelt asked for permission to head a volunteer group for service in France in World War I, but Wilson had turned him down. Roosevelt was happy that all four of his sons enlisted for service during WWI, but tradgedy occurred when his youngest son, Quentin, was shot in Germany.

Theodore Roosevelt died in his sleep on January 6, 1919, at Sagamore Hill. He was 60 years old. He was buried at the Youngs Memorial Cemetery in New York. His face was carved in Mount Rushmore. He will always be remembered as a hero, president, father, and a Legend.

TITLE: Journey 2, the Mysterious Island.

DIRECTOR: Brad Peyton

Journey 2 was a great movie. I decided to do a critical review on it because it had amazing effects. It was also very action packed. 

The characters were Sean, Hank, Kalani, Gabato, Alexander, and Liz. Sean was the Son of liz and step-son to hank. At first, Sean was the only one who believed in the mysterious island. Hank help Sean decode a message his grandpa sent him. He discovered a map to the island. Alexander is the grampa who traveled to the island 2 years ago. The reason they go to the island is to find him. Liz is the mom, but she wasn’t very important. She stayed home.

Kalani is Gabato’s daughter. Sean likes her, she has a dream of going to college. Gabato is Kalani’s dad. He will do whatever it takes to get his girl into college. He flew the helicopter to the island for 2,000 dollars he wanted the money for Kalani’s college.

MY FAVORITE QUOTE:   “If we die, mom’s gonna kill us.” 

This is the summary of the movie. Sean’s grandpa sent him a message and he needed to decode it with his step-dad. They figured out that he is on the mysterious island where the big animals are small and the small animals are big. Now he needs to go to Palau. He makes a deal with Gabato and Kalani. They go in a helicopter and get sucked in to a tornado that leads to the island. They find Alexander after an encounter with a giant lizard. They go to the city of Atlantis and find out that the island is sinking. The only way of is the Nautlis. So Hank and Sean find the Nautilus. And bring it up to the island with an erupting volcano that is sinking. They make it home and a few months later, Kalani decides to go to Sean’s birthday and miss a few days of collage to see him. Alexander comes too. He wants everyone to join him on a trip to the moon.

I like when Hank sang “what a wonderful world”. It was really funny, and he changed the lyrics a little bit. He sung it to make Sean fell better after he dislocated his knee. I didn’t like how Sean hurt himself. But he did it to save Kalani.

I rate this movie 5 stars. It was amazing. It might even be my favorite movie. The graphic were amazing. It had me on the edge of my seat. I suggest you watch it, you won’t regret it.

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Have you ever seen a movie before you read the book? I bet you regret it . To be honest, I saw divergent before I read the book. It is not a good idea. Plus it’s nothing like the movie. Same things apply to many movies. That is what my essay is about. In this essay, you will see the true difference between books and their movies.

This paragraph is about the things books and movies have in common. First of all, the author is the same. Second, most of the time, the characters are the same. And almost always, the characters are the same.

this paragraph is about the many differences between books and movies. I will start with this: the movie leaves important scenes out. The movie takes a hour usually, and the average person takes weeks to read a big book. Some times the movie replaces characters. Books have way more details. But in the movie, the book comes to life. But personally, I prefer the books.

Some might say the movie is better than the book, I dont agree. But that is their opinion. The movies are okay though. I think the books are better. I hope this essay inspired you to read.

Have you seen 101 Dalmatians? Do you now what Cruella devile was famous for? That’s right, fur! That’s exactly what my essay is about. Thousands of animals are killed every year for their fur. No wonder animals are becoming endangered; some go extinct.

Big cats are known for their beautiful pelt, and we humans wanted it for ourselves.because of its softness, hunters kill them and sell them as coats. What if a big cat is a parent and it gets killed? The babies become orphans. Because of this, it became illegal to hunt them, but bad people who are payed by others who want their fur, kill the cats. Like Cruella devile, people who want the cats pelt, use it to look rich. And if we take the cats out of their environment, there will be an over population of prey. And I’m not standig up for just big cats, I’m standing up for all  mammals. If prey over populates, there will be a shortage of grass. Rich people some times use big cat fur for car seat covers.

if Cruella Devile used artificial fur, she wouldn’t have to try to kill the puppies. I believe if people used artificial fur, big cats wouldn’t be endangered.

Some people refuse th do that because it’s not as fancy. Even if we did use artificial fur, they would be used for other purposes but it’s illegal to do so.

In my essay, you can clearly see that I’m against the hunters. And I hope that someday, someone, maybe even you can stop the hunters. In conclusion, I believe in saving the gentle beasts called big cats.

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Marx was born in Prussia on May 5, 1818. Karl Marx’s father was lawyer and he turned into Christian at age 35. Marx was baptitzed at age 6. He was home schooled and later went to high school, he also went to 3 different universities.

He was secretly engaged to a girl named Jenny. But he had a job editing newspapers. Later, he finally married Jenny and moved to Paris. He published a book called The holy family with a man named Fredric. He was expelled from France because of an article he wrote. So he moved to Belgium.while there, he wrote The German Ideology which was not published until after his death. In 1867, he published the first volume of Das Capital.

The rest of his life was spent writing the additional volumes, which he did not complete. It was continued and published by someone else. He died of pleurisy in London on March 14, 1883. His tombstone has the last line of the communist manifesto which was written by Marx and Fredric engles, written on it, as well as a quote.

I used google and bio.com for my reasearch. Same as Adam smith, bio.com was better because it had all the info I needed.

Adam Smith was a Scottish philosopher, he was born on June 16, 1723 Kirkcaldy England.
He attended School, where he studied Latin, ma

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thematics, history and writing. He attended University when he was 14 and in 1740 he went to Oxford.

In 1748, he gave lots of public lectures at the university of Edinburgh.
He also made a friend named David Hume.

In 1759, Adam smith published the theory of moral sentiments.
Because of this, he became the tutor of a future duke. He traveled with him to France and met people such as Benjamin franklin.
In 1776, Smith published An inquiry in to the nature and causes of the wealth of nations. It is a book about politics. It describes how we are guided by an invisible hand.

Because of the book, smiths reputation was great. He became rector to the university of Glasgow in 1787. Sadly, he died 3 years later. He was 67
DEFINITIONS:
Supply and demand=the amount of things
available and who wants it, price
Laissez faire = Letting things take place naturally without disturbing it

Division of labor= assignment of work for better efficiency
The websites I used are Wikipedia and bio.com these websites are both good.But I prefer bio.com. The Wikipedia didn’t have much on his early life. And it was a little too confusing. Bio had lots of info. and it was easy to understand.

I hear the sizzling of the camp fire in the morning. But something’s not right, my dog isn’t whining

” have you seen Theo,” I ask my brother Nick.

” No, I haven’t seen him ,” he responded

“Seen who?” Asked my little sister Lynn

” I was talking to Shana” Nick snapped

“Where could he have-” before I can finish my sentence, I see a little white tail in the bushes

We all eventually follow him to a dark forest.The trees are burnt and they look like they might jump out and strangle me.

” Look!” Lynn mumbled.
I turn around and see the little dog run into the forest

Oh god

” If you think I’m going in there, you’re crazy” Nick mumbles

” Don’t be a Pansy-cake Nick,” I say as I walk into the forest.

They follow about five minutes later I think, my watch went crazy, so did my phone,weird.
I see no sign of my dog except dull footprints. I feel like I’m being watched. I think I’m going crazy because I hear voices telling me “you shouldn’t have come here.”

” do you hear that?” Lynn looks petrified
” hear what?!” I’m not insane, but I can’t decide if that is good or bad

” I heard someone telling me that I shouldn’t have come here”

I hear a crack in the bushes before I can turn around, my sister shrieks:

“There you are Theo!” With a sigh of relief, we start walking to the camp site.
But then I realized something.

We’re lost

“What’s up with Theo?”
The dog is barking at a particular tree.
But then I realize that the tree is breathing.
And then it blinks, I scream.

“What?!” Lynn seems scared

“The tree blinked!”
We inch toward the tree, I touch it.
A dark figure grabs us.

I want to scream but his hand is on my mouth.
Nick bites him as hard as he can.

” OW”

Why does that voice sound familiar?

” That hurt”
No, it can’t be! I refuse to believe it

I look behind me and I see his hazel eyes. I start tearing up

Dad

” Dad!” We say in unison

” But you disappeared, everyone thinks you’re dead!”

“I’ve made a life out here” he says

“So you’re not coming back with us?” Lynn asked

” Oh I’m definitely going with you, I said I made a life, not a good one.”

So we start heading back to the camp again. But how did our phones go crazy?
I hear a rustle in the bushes. I look inside the bushes and there is a man with a computer laughing.

” Who are you?” Nick asked

Startled, he explains how he hacked into our devices and made us think the forest was haunted.

“‘Don’t hurt me, I was only messing with you”

Without a word he runs away with his laptop. I thought we can get back to the camp without worrying, but I was wrong. I hear a growl, at first I thought it was Theo, but he was barking at the growling noise. But then I see what it was.

A grizzly bear

We all scream and start running.

” Theo no!” Lynn is now crying
The little dog is still barking at the bear.

” run,” my father says as he runs toward the bear.

” Daddy no!” Lynn yells

He grabs the dog and sprints back to us but the bear claws him in the leg. He shrieks in pain.
I throw a rock at the bear to get him off my dad. He snarls at me and we climb up a tree. I help my dad up and we are stuck now.

I can now see the camp site. I call for help for hours. Then Theo starts barking at a part ranger. Thank god he has a tranquilizer gun. He shoots the bear and we get down. And I can’t believe we’re alive. The end