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    Fred LastPowell's semester long project focuses on the differences between emigrating from Europe to the US during the twentieth century rather than much earlier. Writing prompts have given him insight into this subject and helped him formulate valuable questions for it.

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    Fred LastPowell's semester long project focuses on the differences between emigrating from Europe to the US during the twentieth century rather than much earlier. Writing prompts have given him insight into this subject and helped him formulate valuable questions for it.

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    Fred LastPowell's semester long project focuses on the differences between emigrating from Europe to the US during the twentieth century rather than much earlier. Writing prompts have given him insight into this subject and helped him formulate valuable questions for it.

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    FredLastPowell
    ProfessorLynnM.Raymond
    UWRT1103WP#7
    28thOctober2015
    HowaProjectcanPeakanInterest
    MysemesterlongprojectisfocusingonthedifferencesbetweenemigratingfromEurope
    totheUSduringthetwentiethcenturyratherthanmuchearlier.Severaloftherecentwriting
    promptshavegivenmeinsightintothissubjectandhelpedmetoformulatevaluablequestions
    forit.
    WhenIwaswritingthemostcolorfulpersonyouknowwordprompt,Ilookedintomy
    uncleGilesandlearnedabouthislifethroughouttheyears.Iknewhewasaninterestingperson,
    heisthecoolestpersoninmyfamily,notcountingmeofcourse,butIrealizedhowmuchI
    didntknowaboutGilesoranyofmyfamilyreally.Thepromptencouragemetodigfurther.I
    learnedhowmuchGiles,andinfactthelesscolorfulmembersofmyfamilytoo,haveall
    traveledagreatdealthroughouttheirlivesandhowhistoricallymanypeoplefromEuropeseem
    tohavealwaystraveledalot.Thisledmetoformulatethequestion,
    DidEuropeanfamilieswhoremainedinEuropeuntilthelatetwentiethcenturytravel
    morethanEuropeanfamilieswhobecameAmericansintheeighteenthandnineteenth
    centuries?

    WhilstlookingintothebackgroundofmynameforwritingpromptfiveIfoundoutquite
    alotaboutmyfamily.Mymother'slastnamecamefromourancestorsmakingshoes,andmy


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    father'slastnamecomesfromwaybackinthecrusades.Thesefactsarefascinatingand
    demonstratecleardifferencesbetweenlifenowandlifeinpreviouscenturies.Thisnew
    knowledgeledmetothinkaboutthehistoricalcreationoflastnamesandtoformulatethe
    question,
    Howdifferentwouldlastnamesbeiftheideaofthemwasimplementednowinsteadof
    backthen?
    WritingpromptsixencouragedmetolearnmoreabouttheflagofEnglandandthe
    Britishnationalanthem.BeforeneedingtoresearchforthepromptIhadneverreallythought
    abouteithersubject.However,therearesomegreatwebsitesthatexplainbackgroundstoflags
    andhistoriesofnationalmusicsoIdevelopedaninterestinthesesubjectsandsoughtmore
    information.
    Ihadnotrealizedthatthewritingpromptshelpedmeformulateideasandquestionsfor
    mylongproject,buttheyreallydid.

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