During the mid-nineteenth century, many people became dedicated to the causes of women’s rights and the abolition of slavery. others, however, opposed these social movements. how do you judge social movements and causes in today’s world? what do you think makes a cause right or wrong? why would you join a social movement? why would you refuse to join a movement?

The music of the baroque period is the first to be among the musical pieces that people today are generally familiar with

Two books are used to model tectonic plates

Which line from extremely loud and incredibly close reveals a melancholy tone? as for the bracelet mom wore to the funeral, what i did was i converted dad’s last voice message into morse code, and i used sky-blue beads for silence, maroon beads for breaks between letters . . she said it was the best gift she’d ever received. i asked her if it was better than the edible tsunami, from when i was interested in edible meteorological events. she said, “different.” i wanted to tell her she shouldn’t be playing scrabble yet. or looking in the mirror. or turning the stereo any louder than what you needed just to hear it. it wasn’t fair to dad, and it wasn’t fair to me. i made her other morse code jewelry with dad’s messages—a necklace, an anklet, some dangly earrings, a tiara—but the bracelet was definitely the most beautiful, probably because it was the last, which made it the most precious.