Directions imagine you have just moved westw
have just moved west of a small farmer makest explaining the ch the great
which persona you have chosen). write a letter to
game you have just moved west with your family to the great plains. decide to be on
ooster, an unmamied woman, or the chid of a small farmer (make sure the letter cleany
ne you have chosen). write a letter to your cousin in the east explaining the challenge
you face on the great plains. include in this letter information about geographic features of the
el13, challenges that you and your family face and at least three examples of
ventions/adaptations that your family survive. this letter should be at least in
fully developed paragraphs (3-5 sentences each)

It is widely assumed that people need to engage in intellectual activities such as solving crossword puzzles or mathematics problems in order to maintain mental sharpness as they age. in fact, however, simply talking to other people—that is, participating in social interaction, which engages many mental and perceptual skills—suffices. evidence to this effect comes from a study showing that the more social contact people report, the better their mental skills. which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the force of the evidence cited? (a) as people grow older, they are often advised to keep exercising their physical and mental capacities in order to maintain or improve them. (b) many medical conditions and treatments that adversely affect a person's mental sharpness also tend to increase that person's social isolation. (c) many people are proficient both in social interactions and in solving mathematical problems. (d) the study did not itself collect data but analyzed data bearing on the issue from prior studies. (e) the tasks evaluating mental sharpness for which data were compiled by the study were more akin to mathematics problems than to conversation.