Ben Carson video questions 1. Where was Ben Carson born?
2. How old was his mother when she was married?
3. What was Ben's childhood like?
4. What did he see in a window that gave him hope?
5. What did they call him in 5th grade?
7.How were Ben and his brother Curtis wasting time?
8. What did they have to do before they could play?
9.Who did he marry?
10.How many children does Ben and his wife have?
11. He operated on twin ladies from Iran whose heads were joined together. What did the two ladies say?
“ We would rather
12 What does Ben say is good about failure?
13 What are the three most important things you learned from the video?
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Read the passage from sugar changed the world. sugar is different from honey. it offers a stronger sweet flavor, and like steel or plastic, it had to be invented. in the age of sugar, europeans bought a product made thousands of miles away that was less expensive than the honey from down the road. that was possible only because sugar set people in motion all across the world—millions of them as slaves, in chains; a few in search of their fortunes. a perfect taste made possible by the most brutal labor: that is the dark story of sugar. how does the comparison of sugar to honey reveal the authors’ purpose? it persuades readers that sugar tastes better than honey. it informs readers that there is a connection between slavery and sugar. it informs readers that honey had a major impact on society. it persuades readers that sugar is as important an invention as steel.

Focus question: miss maudie says, “atticus finch is the same in his house as he is in public” (61). what evidence so far proves this true?

Accepted is to fact as unproven is to