In "The Lesson", Miss Moore and her group of children take a trip to the toy store, F.A.O. Schwartz. In that one visit, these children learn valuable life lessons that they would otherwise learn on the street the hard way. It is clear that this story is a representation of the soci...

One More River to Cross Crispus Attucks Crispus Attucks was the first American to die in cause of independence. He was born a slave in 1725, in Massachusetts. He was an expert livestock trader. On March 5, 1770, he left dinner after hearing strange fire bells. He then gathered an angry mob...