World History Dark Ages

There was a lot of sickness because they thought soap was dangerous.  There was no police or government and that meant there was a lot of crimes and bad stuff happening.  Society was made up of kings, lords, nerchants, and the peasants that worked for them.   It was called the Dark Ages because there was a lot of ignorance.

English, Communication Skills, Strategies for Reading Nonfiction

Frederick Douglass Passage:  He was probably the son of the master that owned him.  Frederick's mother lived at another plantation about two hours away by walking.  He only got to see her sometimes at night when she could sneak away.  She died when he was seven and he didn't even get to see her before she was buried. 
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I also learned about word endings:  In the same sentence, if you have one verb that ends in ing, all the other verbs need to end in ing.