Welcome to this weeks Free Topics of the Week for February 9 – 15. If you have used these resources leave me a comment and let me know what you thought of them and why,
Rosa Parks had endured prejudice, bigotry, and injustice all her life. She knew this was unfair and unjust. What made it worse was that there were laws that supported the unjust treatment of black people.
The Moon does not make its own light, but it reflects light from the Sun. The dusty lunar surface reflects only about 12 percent of the Sun’s rays. But that’s enough to make the Moon shine brightly. However, we don’t see all of it from Earth all the time.
If you look at pictures of Earth from space, you can see what a rocky planet we live on. The continents are vast shields of stone, with mountains covering one-fifth of the land area. The oceans are dotted with islands—and the dark seas conceal rocky bottoms.
For as long as people have been sailing, there have been shipwrecks. They have been found all over the world. It is believed that 3 million shipwrecks are yet to be discovered! Sunken ships have included Spanish galleons, British frigates, Russian cruisers, and more. Let’s take a look at 12 ships that lost some of the most valuable cargoes ever.
