Boy's Quest articles from August 2005

Boy's Quest archives from August 2005

Confederate hero.(Richard Kirkland (battle in 1862))
August 1, 2005... Confederate Richard Kirkland could hardly believe his eyes. Sheltered behind a solid stonewall on Marye's Heights, outside of Fredericksburg, Virginia, he watched wave after wave of Union soldiers charge the Confederates. As each group of...

How many drops of water will fit on Lincoln?(Science)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... If you guess 10 drops of water will fit on a penny, you are wrong. If you guess 20, you are wrong. If you guess 30...? [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] How many drops of water can you fit on a penny? [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] EXPERIMENT...

Turning the tables.(Slavery trade)
August 1, 2005... James Murder was the last, male heir of an old, colonial family residing near Williamsburg, Virginia. When he died in the 1840s unexpectedly at a young age, he left his large estate in a financial mess. Everything, including his slaves, had to...

Patriotic pasta: here is an easy way to fix a patriotic meal.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... Cook one pound of spaghetti following the directions on the package except adding a generous amount of blue food color to the water before you put in the spaghetti (the water must be dark blue.) As the noodles cook, they will soak up the water...

Fall of a President.(Richard M. Nixon)
August 1, 2005... Richard Nixon is the only President of the United States who resigned. How did that happen? When Nixon became President in 1968, the American people didn't understand a war that was going on. There were drugs, crime, and unrest in the cities....

America Hooray!(Poem)
August 1, 2005... We fired The Shot Heard 'round The World At Lexington one day And poured King George a cup of tea In Boston's famous bay. We wrote the Declaration that Demanded liberty. We framed the...

Explore the corps of discovery.(Collections of explorers (Meriwether Lewis and William Clark))
August 1, 2005... Collecting is an adventure! Just ask Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. As they explored the West, they collected information about the land, rivers, plants, animals, and people. You can also be an explorer; you can collect items about the...

Fred's World.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... Sam's Uncle Jojo is coming home tomorrow. He's a field dog out in the Middle East and has finished his tour of duty. Sam tells me Jojo's in need of R&R because he worked very hard this past year. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] We can't wait...

Make and play the Loop and Stick toy as American pioneer children did long ago.(WORKSHOP)
August 1, 2005... Have you ever played with the famous Ball and Cup toy? This simple toy consists of a ball (usually wood) that is tied with a one-to two-foot string to a gizmo (also usually wood) that has a cup at its end. The object is to swing the ball on the...

American hero.(John Paul Jones died in1792 but autopsy was performed more than hundred years later)
August 1, 2005... John's story is as bizarre as a vampire bat and as chilling as Count Dracula--except that it's not make-believe. The name of the man in this tale is familiar to you. What you probably don't know is he died in 1792, but an autopsy was not...

Hoofbeats of history.(pony express trail)
August 1, 2005... Hoofbeats pounded across America. Daring, young riders held tight to the reins. They carried mail between East and West faster than ever before, forging a vital link across a troubled nation. It was the early 1860s. They were the pony express....

The bombardment of Fort McHenry.(American national anthem (history))
August 1, 2005... In September 1814, the young American lawyer Francis Scott Key was asked to rescue an American doctor who had been taken prisoner by the British. The doctor was a civilian, not a soldier, and should be released. Key hoisted the white flag of...

On the Erie Canal.(Short Story)
August 1, 2005... "Billy!" Billy could see the lantern dimly shining through the early morning mist. It was still almost an hour before sunrise. The rough ground was cold on Billy's bare feet as he hurried through the darkness. But his shoes, which were...

Lewis and Clark.(Poem)(Poem)
August 1, 2005... The land was new, and hearts were brave In eighteen hundred-three When Jefferson designed the corps He named "Discovery." A mammoth task, important too, To cross a continent. Now there were rivers to...