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In addition to Native hunting, and American commercial hunting for desirable buffalo, almost eliminated the animals in the Plains region. An 1886 scientific expedition could find only twenty-five or so buffalo alive, even though the buffalo population in 1800 had numbered around.

5.1 Direct Object Pronouns Práctica 4. ¡Estoy preparándola! Escribe dos posibles respuestas para cada una de las preguntas, mostrando las dos posiciones posibles del pronombre de objeto directo. ¡OJO! A veces un acento escrito es necesario. MODELO ¡Hola, amiga! Ya son las 4:00 de la tarde. ¿Estás preparando la fiesta? Sí, ? estoy preparando estoy preparándola 1. ¿Estás barriendo el piso? Sí, 2. ¿Estás arreglando el balcón? Sí, 3. ¿Estás haciendo la sangría? Sí, 4. ¿Estás pidiendo la pizza? Sí, 5. ¿Estás limpiando las ventanas? Sí, 6. ¡Estoy hablando! ¿Me estás escuchando? Sí,

1 – TIP Tech enters into a contract to sell batteries to Honeycrisp. The contract specifies that title to the batteries (i.e., their ownership) passes to Honeycrisp after they are manufactured. However, the rule in UCC Article 2 is that title doesn’t pass to Honeycrisp until the batteries arrive at its facility. While the finished batteries are sitting in TIP Tech’s warehouse waiting to be shipped, who owns them?
Honeycrisp, because that’s what the parties agreed to.
TIP Tech, because that’s what the UCC says.
Honeycrisp, because the goods will eventually be sent to them.
TIP Tech, because it still has the goods.
2 – TIP Tech and Mobilio enter into a contract for the sale of some batteries. The contract states, “TIP Technologies shall provide written notice to Mobilio when the batteries have been identified, after which Mobilio will arrange for the batteries to be picked up from TIP Tech’s warehouse.” When TIP Tech gives Mobilio written notice that the batteries have been identified, ____________ owns those batteries, and ______________ bears the risk of loss if the batteries are damaged before Mobilio picks them up.
Mobilio; Mobilio
TIP Tech; Mobilio
TIP Tech; TIP Tech
Mobilio; TIP Tech
3 – In a conditional sale contract, risk of loss for the goods usually rests with which party?
The buyer
Whichever party benefits from the conditional sale contract the most
Whichever party benefits from the conditional sale contract the least
The seller

EPISODE DESCRIPTIONS 1. Foreigners in their Own Land (1565-1880) One hundred years after Columbus’ arrival in the Caribbean, Spanish Conquistadors and Priests, push into North America in search of gold and to spread Catholicism. With the arrival of the British in North America, the two colonial systems produce contrasting societies that come in conflict as Manifest Destiny pushes the U.S into the Mexican territories of the South West. Apolinaria Lorenzana provides a window to the Spanish Mission System while Mariano Vallejo personifies the era of the Californio rancheros an elite class who thrive after Mexico gains its independence from Spain. Juan Seguín, a third generation Tejano or Texan, is caught between two worlds; his commitment to an Independent Texas and his identity as a Mexican. Through the Mexican American War, the U.S. takes a full half of Mexico’s territory by 1848. Over seventy thousand Mexicans are caught in a strange land and many become American citizens. As the Gold Rush floods California with settlers, complex and vital communities are overwhelmed. The elites, including Mariano Vallejo and Apolinaria Lorenzana lose their land. Mexicans and Mexican Americans are treated as second-class citizens, facing discrimination and racial violence. Resistance to this injustice appears in New Mexico as Las Gorras Blancas (The White Caps), burn Anglo ranches and cut through barbed wire to prevent Anglo encroachment. At the same time, New Mexicans manage to transform themselves through education, managing to preserve Hispano culture in New Mexico and their standing in the midst of an era of conquest and dispossession. II. Empire of Dreams (1880-1942) Widespread immigration to the U.S. from Latin countries begins – first with a small group from Cuba, then a larger one from Mexico. Both flee chaos and violence in their home country and are attracted by opportunities in the United States. In 1898, the U.S. helps liberate Cuba and Puerto Rico from Spain but then seizes Puerto Rico as its colony. The first Puerto Rican arrivals (now U.S. citizens) establish a network in New York. Juan Salvador Villaseñor whose story is told by his son, Victor, flees the violence of the Mexican revolution of 1910, along with his mother and two sisters. We follow Juan Salvador’s story; first through a grueling journey and poverty, then as a bootlegger, and finally as a successful businessman along with his wife and children in the United States. During the 1920s, immigration is encouraged with the expanding U.S. economy. Mexicans and Mexican Americans build a thriving community in Los Angeles and look forward to a bright future. But when the economic boom of that 1920s ends with the catastrophic Depression of the thirties, the pendulum swings. Immigrants encouraged to immigrate in the 20s are deported en masse in the 30s. Emilia Castaneda loses her home and her family when she and her father and brother are deported to Mexico, despite the fact that Emilia and her brother are U.S. citizens. Puerto Ricans, also caught in the depths of the Depression, rebel against U.S. rule on the Island, and eventually gain Commonwealth status from the U.S. Government. ABOUT THE SERIES illustration of priest blessing a native American child. San Juan Capistrano Historical Society General Francisco “Pancho Villa on horseback, during the Mexican Revolution, 1914. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division and barbed wire to the internet and satellite television. + LATINO AMERICANS is a landmark three-part, six-hour documentary series that is set to air nationally on PBS in the fall of 2013. It is the first major documentary series for television to chronicle the rich and varied history and experiences of Latinos, who have helped shape the United States over the last 500-plus years and have become, with more than 50 million people, the largest minority group in the U.S. Immigration is at the heart of the American experience, and a central part of the long-running democratic experiment that is the United States. So it is that our series intersects much that is central to the history of the United States. The story includes expansionism, Manifest Destiny, the Wild West, multiple wars (Mexican- American, Spanish-American, World War II), the rise of organized labor, the Great Depression, the post WWII boom, the Cold War, the Civil Rights movement, globalization, and the effects of multiple kinds of technologies – from the railroad Despite such familiar landmarks, our history will go to places where standard U.S. histories do not tend to tread. The series will be driven by the human dramas of our characters’ struggles and triumphs, successes and disappointments, both historical personages and living ones. They are people whose stories tell us much about their times. The films will chronicle Latinos in the United States from the sixteenth century to present day. It is a story of people, politics, and culture, large in scale and deep in its reach. The changing and yet repeating context of American history provides a backdrop for the drama of individual lives. It is a story of immigration and redemption, of anguish and celebration, of the gradual construction of a new American identity that connects and empowers millions of people today. Group of Puerto Ricans at Newark airport, 1947. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division BALL 6 LATINO AMERICANS features interviews with an array of individuals, including entertainer Rita Moreno, the Puerto Rican star of West Side Story and a winner of Academy, Tony, Grammy and Emmy Awards; labor leader and 2012 Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient Dolores Huerta, who in the 1960s co- founded with César Chávez the National Farm Workers Association, which later became United Farm Workers of America; Mexican-American author and + Gloria Estefan performing at Superbowl XXVI, 1992. AP Photos/NFL Photos commentator Linda Chávez, who became the highest-ranking woman in the Reagan White House; and Cuban singer and entrepreneur Gloria Estefan, who has sold more than 100 million solo and Miami Sound Machine albums globally. + Prior to posting to this topic, complete the readings about the Latino American PBS film documentary series, review the historical timeline found on this website and the short descriptions of episodes 1 and 2 and watch Episodes 1 and 2 of the PBS series. In your post, respond to each of the questions and comments. Your post should be about 150-200 words per question in length. 1. Indicate two new things you learned after watching episodes 1 and 2 of Latino Americans. Comment on what struck you about the new knowledge you gained. 2. How does what you have learned help you better understand or complicate your understanding of current immigration issues? 3. How does it challenge, if at all, any previous assumptions you may have held? Remember: Within this discussion topic, create an original post that responds to the discussion prompt. Be sure to address all the questions posed for this discussion. Discussion posts should be substantive in content, well-written with correct spelling and grammar, and 150-200 words in length per question. Claims should be supported by citing examples from your experiences, observations, documentary films, readings and other class resources. When citing sources, use APA style for doing this.

American Revolution Cartoon Origin: J. Barrow, British political cartoonist, 1782. Title: “The British Lion engaging Four Powers,” Description: Political cartoons provide insight into public opinion and the decisions made by politicians. Cartoons became an important medium for voicing criticism and dissent during the American Revolution. In this 1782 cartoon, the British lion faces a spaniel (Spain), a rooster (France), a rattlesnake (America), and a pug dog (Netherlands). Though the caption predicts Britain’s success, it illustrates that Britain faced challenges – and therefore drains on their military and treasury-from more than just the American rebels. – Who was this author/creator’s intended audience? Who might have become an unintended audience? Hint: consider the American Revolution. – As a historian or someone who wishes to understand the past, what research questions does this political cartoon raise? In other words, after you have viewed and examined the political cartoon above, what questions about the topic and/or period do you now have? What are you still curious about? Think of questions that can be answered through research.

Understand Place Value Relationships Reason There are 12,600 insects on display at the new Science Center exhibit. Explain how you can use base-ten blocks to show the value of the digit 2 in 12,600. One painting shows 520 different types of ladybugs.

Members of the Martínez Rosario family, who currently reside outside Houston, recently discovered that their ancestor, Hernán Martínez Rosario, a citizen of Mexico, owned a vast tract of land in what is now Medina County, Texas, at the time of U.S. annexation. This land was illegally expropriated from Martínez Rosario in 1857, according to his descendants. Which legal instrument should the Martínez Rosario family’s attorney cite in U.S. court to prove that the land actually belongs to the family?

Many companies are improving interpersonal relations by a. attempting to establish a strong financial structure to ensure employee satisfaction. O b. using technology to enhance employee involvement in management decisions. O c. offering more services to stockholders. O d. organizing their workers into teams in which each employee plays a part.

Select the sentence that demonstrates correct subject-verb agreement. A) Cycling, hiking, and biking is what I like to do best. B) They are the best parents in the world. C) Each are beautiful in its own way.
Question 2 (1 point) Saved Select the sentence that demonstrates correct subject-verb agreement. A) Either the employee or her boss knows what really happened. B) Neither love nor hope were present any longer. C) Neither the internet nor the computers works.
Question 3 (1 point) Select the sentence that demonstrates correct subject-verb agreement.

From The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer translated by Nevill Coghill
In the medieval church, a pardoner was a member of the clergy who had authority from the pope to grant indulgences—certificates of forgiveness for sin—to people who showed great charity. In practice, however, many pardoners were unethical and sold their certificates to make money for the church or themselves.
“The Pardoner’s Prologue”
“My lords,” he said, “in churches where I preach
I cultivate a haughty kind of speech
And ring it out as roundly as a bell;
I’ve got it all by heart, the tale I tell.
5
I have a text, it always is the same
And always has been, since I learnt the game.
Old as the hills and fresher than the grass,
Radix malorum est cupiditas. . . .
“I preach, as you have heard me say before,
10
And tell a hundred lying mockeries more.
I take great pains, and stretching out my neck
To east and west I crane about and peck
Just like a pigeon sitting on a barn.
My hands and tongue together spin the yarn
15
And all my antics are a joy to see.
The curse of avarice and cupidity
Is all my sermon, for it frees the pelf.
Out come the pence, and specially for myself,
For my exclusive purpose is to win
20
And not at all to castigate their sin.
Once dead what matter how their souls may fare?
They can go blackberrying, for all I care! . . .
“And thus I preach against the very vice
I make my living out of—avarice.
25
And yet however guilty of that sin
from “The Pardoner’s Tale”
It’s of three rioters I have to tell
Who, long before the morning service bell,
Were sitting in a tavern for a drink.
And as they sat, they heard the hand-bell clink
5
Before a coffin going to the grave;
One of them called the little tavern-knave
And said “Go and find out at once—look spry!—
Whose corpse is in that coffin passing by;
And see you get the name correctly too.”
10
“Sir”, said the boy, “no need, I promise you;
Two hours before you came here I was told.
He was a friend of yours in days of old,
And suddenly, last night, the man was slain,
Upon his bench, face up, dead drunk again.
15
There came a privy thief, they call him Death,
1. What is the moral conflict created by the author portraying the Pardoner’s exploitation of other people in this way? (1 pt.) DOK 1, RL.12.6
A. He reveals that giving alms only saves some souls, and this increases the uncertainty that comes with limited knowledge about the afterlife.
B. He warns people that churches could be run by sinful clergy members, and churches should be a place of protection and solace.
C. He warns that hypocrites can prosper almost as much as devout churchgoers.
D. He emphasizes the large gap in social and economic classes that the church reinforces.
2. What effect does the simile in lines 11–14 of “The Pardoner’s Prologue” have on the tone of the passage? (1 pt.) DOK 1, RL.12.6
A. It gives the passage an air of solemnity.
B. It lends a comical tone to the passage.
C. It adds to the sanctimonious tone of the passage.
D. It provides an ominous tone to the passage.
3. How does the Pardoner’s eagerness to preach morality influence the theme of the “The Pardoner’s Prologue”? (1 pt.) DOK 2, RL.12.6
A. It shows the Pardoner’s sincere desire to guide souls to heaven, advancing the theme of eternal salvation.
B. It demonstrates the Pardoner’s devotion to his goal of collecting alms, advancing the theme of charity.
C. It illuminates the Pardoner’s pretense of piety as opposed to his true nature, advancing the theme of hypocrisy.
D. It calls attention to the Pardoner’s need to be the center of attention, advancing the theme of narcissism.
4. How does the first-person point of view in lines 18–22 of “The Pardoner’s Prologue” contribute to his characterization? (1 pt.) DOK 2, RL.12.6, RL.12.7
A. It gives the reader the opportunity to sympathize with the Pardoner’s attitude.
B. It allows the author to reveal the Pardoner’s true nature in the Pardoner’s own words.
C. It calls attention to the Pardoner’s concern for those he swindles.
D. It shows the Pardoner’s deep regret for his greed and hypocrisy.
5. From lines 23–24 of “The Pardoner’s Prologue”, the reader can infer that the Pardoner feels — (1 pt.) DOK 1, RL.12.6
A. hatred for those he defrauds
B. troubled by his inconsistency
C. envious of those richer than he
D. untroubled by his hypocrisy
6. Chaucer’s characterization of the Pardoner in “The Pardoner’s Prologue” allows the reader to infer that the medieval church — (1 pt.) DOK 1, RL.12.6
A. was completely worldly rather than spiritual
B. was not effective for ordinary people
C. was an institution in which some abuses occurred
D. was characterized by simple beliefs
7. The figurative comparison in line 15 of “The Pardoner’s Tale” emphasizes Death’s (1 pt.) DOK 2, RL.12.6
A. suddenness
B. violence
C. stealth
D. greed