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Department of Education
Regional Office IX, Zamboanga Peninsula

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SCIENCE
Quarter 3 - Module 2
ACCELERATED MOTION

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Science – Grade 7
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Quarter 3 – Module 2: Accelerated Motion
First Edition, 2021

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 What I Need to Know
This module is designed and written in a way that suits your understanding and needs. It is here to help you
master describing the motion of objects in terms of distance and displacement, speed and velocity, and acceleration
(S7FE-IIIa-1).
The scope of this module permits it to be used in many different learning situations.

Specifically, after completing the lessons of this module, you are expected to:

1. define acceleration;
2. differentiate uniform acceleration from non – uniform acceleration;
3. calculate the acceleration of an object in given scenarios and
4. determine the acceleration values from velocity-time data.

What’s In
Activity 1: WHAT AM I?
Directions: Identify the correct term being described below. Write your answer on a separate
sheet of paper.

1. the rate at which 3. the shortest distance

an object moves 2. speed with a direction between two object’s
position

Congratulations!
4. refers to the length of the 5. a quantity that has both
entire path that the object magnitude and direction
travelled You still remember our
previous lesson!

Image : Blob 6 panel comic [Link]. Created January 6, 2021 from [Link] [Link]

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 What’s New
Activity 2: SPOT WHAT IS CHANGED IN ME
Directions: Study the given pictures below. Identify what is being changed in each scenario.
Write:
A – if speed changes but the direction remains the same
B - if speed remains the same but direction changes
C - if both speed and direction change
1. D - if both
00:00speed
s and direction
00:05do
s not change 00:10 s

0m 5m 20 m
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2. 3.

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January 7, 2021 from [Link]
from [Link]

Activity 3: AM I CHANGING VELOCITY OR NOT?

Direction: Read the following statements below and identify whether the object’s velocity is
changing or not. Write Yes if the velocity is changing; No, if not.

1. 3.
I am a planet
revolving I am a dog
around the chasing
Sun. 2. my tail.

I am a car
4. moving along 5.
Rizal Avenue and
I am an increasing my
airplane that speed from 40 I am a downward
moves at a m/s to 60 m/s. falling parachutist
constant speed who pulls the chord
of 500 miles and slows down.
per hour in a
straight line.

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 What is It
WHAT IS ACCELERATION?

Velocity, being a vector quantity has both magnitude and direction. It is speed with a
direction. If either the speed or the direction (or both ) is changing , then the velocity is changing.
When the velocity of an object changes, it is said to be accelerating. Accelerating objects are objects that are
changing their velocities.
This means that when an object gets faster, its velocity is changing, so it is accelerating. When it gets slower,
it is also changing its velocity, so it is accelerating. When it changes its direction, it is changing its velocity, so it is
accelerating.
Remember:
No matter how fast an object is going, if it is not changing its speed or direction, it is not changing its
velocity, then it is not accelerating.
You may ask how a vehicle changes its velocity.
A vehicle has three controls that allow it to change its velocity. These are the gas pedal, brake pedal,
and steering wheel.
The gas pedal allows the driver to The brake pedal makes the car The steering wheel allows the
speed up a car. slow down or stop. driver to change the car’s
direction.

Image : car [Link]. Retrieved January 7, 2021 from [Link]

The rate at which an object’s velocity changes is known as acceleration. It refers to

how fast or how quickly an object changes its velocity. It is a vector quantity.
If a car has high acceleration, it means that it can rapidly or quickly change its speed or direction.
Take this car as an example:

Car A
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Car B
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from https ://[Link] .com
Car, A moving in a straight line, increases its speed from 50 km/hr to 65 km/hr in 10 seconds while Car B
changes its speed from 50 km/hr to 65 km/hr in 5 seconds. Which car has a greater acceleration? Which car
increases its speed more quickly?

Yes, you got it right! It is Car B which has a greater acceleration because it changes its speed from 50 km/hr to
65 km/hr in 5 seconds. It is faster or quicker to change its speed compared to Car A which changes its speed
from 50 km/hr to 65 km/hr in 10 seconds.

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UNIFORM ACCELERATION AND NON – UNIFORM ACCELERATION

Consider the diagram and the table below, which shows the magnitude of the speed of a car traveling in a
straight horizontal line at equal interval of time:

V1 = 0 m/s V2 = 4 m/s V3 = 8 m/s V1 = 12 m/s

Image : purple car. jpg. Retrieved January 7, 2021 from [Link] canva. com

Table 1. Velocity-
[Link] is the speed of the car after 1s? after 2s? after 3s?
Time Data of the
Car
v ( m/s) t (s)
0 0 2. Does the velocity change by the same amount each seco nd?
4 1 By how much?
8 2
12 3
Consider another illustration at the
right, which shows an object being v(m/s) t (s)
dropped from a certain height.

Table 2. Velocity – Time

Data of the Dropped Object 0 0
v (m/s) t (s) 9.8 1
0 0
9.8 1
19.6 2
29.4 3
1. What is the speed of the object after
1s? after 2s? after 3s?
2

2. Does the velocity change by the same

amount each second? By how much?

The car and the falling object are

examples of objects that are in uniform
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acceleration. The velocity is [Link]
changing by the same amount in
every second. 29.4 3
Car A changes its velocity by 4 m/s after every second while the falling object changes its velocity by
9.8m/s after every second. Are these two objects accelerating?
YES. Looking at the diagram and the table, the speed of both objects are increased after one second.
Even if the change in speed is the same or constant, the fact that the speed is changing, so velocity is changing,
therefore these objects are accelerating. This type of motion is called uniform acceleration which is also
termed as uniformly accelerated motion which will be discussed deeper when you go to Grade IX.

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 Now, let us take a look at another diagram .

Vi = 0 m/s V2= 2 m/s V3 = 12 m/s vf = 4 m/s

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Consider the diagram and the table below which shows the magnitude of the speed of a ball that
travels in a straight horizontal line at equal interval of time :
Table 3. Velocity-Time Data of
the Ball
v (m/s) t (s)
1. What is the object’s speed after 1 s?
0 0
after 2 s? after 3s?
2
[Link] the velocity change by the same1
12 2 amount each second?
4 3
The ball changes its speed at varying amount after every second. After 1 s, it travels at a speed of 2
m/s. After another second, it speeds up and moves at a speed of 12 m/s. It slows down and moves at a speed of
4 m/s after another second (t= 3 s ). The amount of change in velocity is not constant. This is an example
of a non – uniform acceleration.

Now, consider another diagram which shows an airplane moving at a constant speed in a straight
line.

v1= 500 mi/hr v2= 500 mi/hr v3= 500 mi/hr

Image : airplane .jpg. Retrieved January 7, 2021 from https:// www. [Link]

Table 4. Velocity-Time Data of an Airplane

1. What is the airplane’s speed after 1 hour? 2
hours? 3 hours?
v t
(mi/hr) (hr) 2. Did the velocity change?
0 0
500 1 3. Is the airplane accelerating?
500 2
500 3
The airplane in the example maintains a constant speed of 500 miles per hour. Its
velocity does not change, so it is not accelerating. Its acceleration is zero.

HOW TO CALCULATE THE ACCELERATION OF AN OBJECT

To calculate the acceleration of an object, use the following equation: a=

change in velocity = vf - vi
time t
Units
where: a = acceleration m/s2, km/hr2
vf = final velocity m/s, km/hr
vi = initial velocity m/s, km/hr
t = time s , hr

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 This magic formula triangle allows you to rearrange a
formula. Cover the quantity that you are trying to work out, which
will then give the rearranged formula needed for the calculation.

Remember the units to be used:

If velocity is time is expressed in… Then , unit for acceleration is…

expressed in…
m/s s m/s2
km/hr hr km/hr2
mi/hr hr mi/hr2
km/hr s km/hr/s

Since acceleration is a vector quantity, it has magnitude and direction. The formula has been
given already to determine its magnitude. To fully describe the acceleration of an object, we need to describe
the direction of the acceleration vector. Now, how are we going to determine its direction?

A general rule of thumb is that if an object is moving in a straight line and is speeding up, the
direction of the acceleration is the same as the direction of the object’s motion. If an object is moving in
a straight line and is slowing down, the direction of the acceleration is opposite to the direction of the
object’s motion.

This rule is also applied whether the object is moving in the positive ( + ) or negative ( – )
direction.

Are you ready to solve some problems?

1. A car moving to the East speeds up from rest to 8 m/s in 2 s. What is its acceleration?

Given : vi = 0 ( from rest ) 8

vf = m/s E
t= 2s
Unknown : a
Formula : a = vf – vi
t

Solution : a= 8 m/s – 0
2s
a= 4 m/s/s
Answer : a = 4 m/s2 East

An acceleration of 4 m/s/s or 4 m/s2 means that the velocity of the car changes by 4 m/s every 1
second of travel.

Since the car is speeding up, the direction of the acceleration is the same as the
direction of the object’s motion. So, it’s acceleration is 4 m/s2 East.

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Given the following velocity – time data, let us try to determine the acceleration value of the object.

v ( m/s ) t
Sample Exercises : ( s)
0 0

9.8 1

19. 2
6
29. 3
4

Image : freefall( (.jpg Photo). January 8, 2021.

Retrieved from
[Link]

1. Calculate the acceleration of the object time 2. Now, let us try to calculate the acceleration at
interval ( t= 1s and t = 2 s ). time interval, t = 2 s and t= 3 s.

Given: v1 v2 = 9.8 m/s down

t1 = 19. 6 m/s down 1 s Given : v1 = 19.6 m/s down v2 =
t2 = 2s 29.4 m/s down t1 = 2 s
= t2 = 3 s
Unknown: a
Formula : a = vf-vi Unknown: a
t
Formula : a = vf-vi
Solution: a = 19. 6 m/s – 9.8m/s t
2s–1s
Solution: a = 29. 4 m/s – 19.6 m/s
= 9.8 m/s 3s–2s
1s
= 9.8 m/s
Answer : a = 9.8 m/s2 downward 1s

Answer : a = 9.8 m/s2 downward

Based on the acceleration values, what type of acceleration is shown by the object being dropped?

Yes, you got it right! It is uniform acceleration. The kind of object’s motion is in a
free fall.

In such a motion, the only force acting on the body is the gravitational pull
of the earth which is also called the earth’s gravity. For an object in freefall, the acceleration is a
constant popularly known as gravitational acceleration or acceleration due to gravity
which is also directed [Link] the earth’s surface, at sea level , the exact magnitude is 9.8 m/s2.
This means that the velocity of an object in a free fall is changed by 9.8 m/s every second of fall.

A deeper discussion of free fall will be done in Grade IX.

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 What’s More
Activity 4: SOLVE ME, MOTION BUDDY!
Directions: Solve for the acceleration of objects in the given problems below. Write your answers in the
numbered part of the maze.

Image: [Link]. Created January 7, 2021 from www. [Link]

What I Have Learned

Activity 5: ACCELERATING OR NOT?
Directions: Write A if the situation shows an accelerated motion, then indicate
the direction (up, down, east, west, north, south). Write NA if it is not an accelerated motion.

2 3
1 Ken’s car moves
a broom falling A racing bike that
East from rest to travels Eastward
from a high 60 mph in slows
building 4.3 s. Wow! down.

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 4 5
A Sporty Mio a driver going
motorcycle runs at North steps on the
a constant speed in brake pedal upon
a straight line seeing an old
woman

What I Can Do
One of the typical measures of the power of a car is its
ability to accelerate, specifically, how quick it is to change
its speed from 0 mph to 60 mph.

The table below shows the time taken for several 2002
cars to accelerate from 0 to 60 mph.
Image: [Link].
Retrieved January 7, 2021 from
[Link]

Time to change speed from 0 mi/hr to 60 mi/hr

in seconds for several 2002 car models

Types of Vehicles Model Time (sec)

Ford Focus ZTS 9.6
Family sedans Hyundai XG300 8.9
Honda Accord EX V-6 7.6
Ford Thunderbird 7.0
Sport sedans Porsche 911 GT2 4.1
Mercedes-Benz E430 6.3
Ford Explorer 8.0

SUVs Jeep Liberty 10.0

Toyota Highlander 8.3

Source: How Things Work (PHYS1055) Revealing the Magic in Everyday Life ([Link] 7, 2021.
Retrieved from ([Link])

Suppose your friend’s father would like to buy a car, what vehicle will you recommend to him and
why? Relate your explanation to what you have learned from this module.

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 Assessment
Direction: Answer each item below. Circle the letter of the best answer.
1. This term refers to how fast or how quick an object changes its velocity.
a. Speed b. displacement c. acceleration d. despalcement

2. Which of the following exhibits acceleration?

a. a body at rest c. a body with uniform velocity
b. a body at uniform speed d. a body moving with constant speed in a circle
3. A car travels from 20 km/hr to 40 km/hr in 1 hour. What is its acceleration?
a. 2 km /hr2 b. -2 km /hr2 c. 20 km/hr d. 2 km/hr
4. Given the table of speed and time data below, what can you say about the motion of the car?

t (s) v (m/s)
0 0
1 2
2 4
3 6
4 8
5 10
a. It is accelerating. c. It is travelling at a constant speed.
b. It is at rest. d. It is travelling equal distances at equal intervals of time.
5. A northbound car skids to a stop to avoid a reckless driver. What is the direction of the acceleration
vector?
a. South b. North c. East d. West

6. Suppose an object is in free fall. The object falls each second .

a. with the same average speed c. with the same instantaneous speed
b. with the same change in velocity d. with the same distance as in the second

7. Which of the following is true about the motion of objects?

a. If an object changes its position at a given time interval, then it is at rest or its speed is zero or
not accelerating.
b. If an object covers equal distance at equal intervals of time, then it is moving at constant speed
and is accelerating.
c. If an object covers varying distances at equal intervals of time, then it is moving with changing
speed or velocity. It means that the object is accelerating.
d. If an object covers equal distances at equal intervals of time, then it is moving with changing speed
or velocity. It means that the object is accelerating.
8. The following are the ways to accelerate a car except one:
a. speeding up c. changing directions
b. slowing down d. maintaining its speed and direction
9. What control of the car that allow it to change its direction?
a. steering wheel b. gas pedal c. brake pedal d. speedometer
10. Car A changes its speed from 40 km/hr to 80 km/hr in 2 hours while Car B changes its speed from 40
km/hr to 20 km/hr in 1 hour. Which car has a higher acceleration?
a. Car A b. Car B c. Car A and B have the same acceleration. D. Both cars have zero
acceleration.

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 Additional Activity
GOAL Create any of the following: storybook/cartoon/poster /animation/screen shots displaying
uniform and accelerated motion.

ROLE Story writer / comic strip creator/comic book artist/ graphic novel artist or comic
book illustrator
AUDIENCE Netizens
SITUATION Your barangay organizes a Story Writing /Comic Strip Making Contest.
Storybook /cartoon /poster/animation or screen shots displaying at
PRODUCT least two different motions with constant velocity and at least two different scenarios
showing accelerated motion. 1

Turned
Score In Motions Story Plot Illustration Care/Creativity

Illustration is
3 On Time Present 4 Clear and clear and Care was clearly put into the
Motions understandable displays project.
plot something (EXTRA SPECIAL project
relevant to +2 Extra Credit. BE
the plot. CREATIVE!!!)

Only
2 1 day Present Inconsistent plot illustration is Some creativity/care, but did
Late Only 3 clear, but not attempt to “think
motions sloppy. outside the box”

Not clear what

1 2 Days Present Plot is confusing the illustration Project is “Bare-boned.”
Late Only 2 and disorganized is displaying.
motions

Present
0 Very Less than Not Present Not present Sloppy, unfinished
Late 2
motions

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Answer Key Gr7Q3 Module 2

What’s In What I Have Learned

Activity 1 Activity 5
1. speed 1.A, down
2. velocity 2. A, E
3. displacement 3. A, W
4. distance 4. NA
5. vector quantity 5. A, S

What’s New What I Can Do

Activity 2

1. A Answer : I will choose Porsche 911 GT2

2. C because it has the highest ability to
3. B accelerate. It can change its speed from
0 to 60 miles per hour in the shortest period
of time.
What’s New
Activity 3

1. Yes ASSESSMENT
2. Yes
3. Yes 1. c
4. No 2. d
5. Yes 3. a
4. a
What is It 5. a
Table 1 Answers 6. b
7. c
1. 4 m/s 8. d
8 m/s 9. a
12 m/s 10. c

2. Yes, 4 m/s/s

Table 2 Answers

1. 9.8 m/s
19.6 m/s
29.4 m/s

2. Yes, 9.8 m/s/s

Table 3 Answers

1. 2 m/s 12
m/s 4
m/s
2. No

Table 4 Answers

1. 500 mi/hr
500 mi/hr
500 mi/hr
2. No
3. No

What’s More
Activity 4

1. 20 km/.hr2 E 2 -5
m/s2 E
3. 3 m/s2 S

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 Region IX: Zamboanga Peninsula Hymn – Our Eden Land
Here the trees and flowers bloom Here Gallant men And Ladies fair Linger Cebuanos, Ilocanos, Subanons, Boholanos, Ilongos, All of them
the breezes gently Blow, Here the birds with love and care are proud and true
sing Merrily, Golden beams of sunrise and sunset Region IX our Eden Land
The liberty forever Stays, Are visions you’ll never forget
Region IX Our..
Oh! That’s Region IX Eden...
Here the Badjaos roam the seas Here Hardworking people Abound, Every Land...
the Samals live in peace Here the valleys and Dale
Tausogs thrive so free With the
Yakans in unity Zamboangueños, Tagalogs, Bicolanos,

My Final Farewell
Farewell, dear Fatherland, clime of the sun caress'd Pearl of the Let the sun draw the vapors up to the sky,
Orient seas, our Eden lost!, And heavenward in purity bear my tardy protest Let some
Gladly now I go to give thee this faded life's best, And were it kind soul o 'er my untimely fate sigh, And in the still evening
brighter, fresher, or more blest a prayer be lifted on high From thee, 0 my country, that in
Still would I give it thee, nor count the cost. God I may rest.

On the field of battle, 'mid the frenzy of fight, Pray for all those that hapless have died,
Others have given their lives, without doubt or heed; The place For all who have suffered the unmeasur'd pain; For our
matters not-cypress or laurel or lily white, Scaffold or open mothers that bitterly their woes have cried,
plain, combat or martyrdom's plight, For widows and orphans, for captives by torture tried And then for
T is ever the same, to serve our home and country's need. thyself that redemption thou mayst gain

I die just when I see the dawn break, An d when the dark night wraps the graveyar d ar oun d With only the dead
Through the gloom of night, to herald the day; And if color in their vigil to see
is lacking my blood thou shalt take, Pour'd out at need for Break n ot my repose or the mystery prof oun d
thy dear sake An d perch ance thou mayst hear a sad hy mn resoun d 'T is I, O my
To dye with its crimson the waking ray. country, raising a song unt o thee.

My dreams, when life first opened to me, An d even my grave is remember ed n o more Unmar k' d by
My dreams, when the hopes of youth beat high, Were to see never a cr oss nor a ston e
thy lov'd face, O gem of the Orient sea From gloom and grief, Let the plow sw eep through it, the spade turn it o'er That my ash
from care and sorrow free; No blush on thy brow, no tear in es may carpet earthly f loor,
thine eye. Bef ore int o nothingness at last they ar e blown.

Dream of my life, my living and burning desire, All hail ! Then will oblivion brin g to me no care As over thy
cries the soul that is now to take flight; All hail ! And sweet vales an d plains I sweep;
it is for thee to expire ; Throbbing an d cleansed in thy space an d air
To die for thy sake, that thou mayst aspire; And sleep in With color an d l ight, with song an d lament I fare, Ever repeating
thy bosom eternity's long night. the faith that I keep.

If over my grave some day thou seest grow, In the My Fatherlan d ador' d, that sadn ess to my sorrow len ds Beloved Filipin
grassy sod, a humble flower, as, h ear now my last good - by!
Draw it to thy lips and kiss my soul so, I give thee all: par ents an d kin dred an d frien ds
While I may feel on my brow in the cold tomb below The touch of For I g o wher e no slave bef ore the oppr essor ben ds,
thy tenderness, thy breath's warm power. Where faith can never kill, an d God reign s e' er on high!

Let the moon beam over me soft and serene, Let the Farew ell to y ou all, from my soul torn away,
dawn shed over me its radiant flashes, Let the wind with Frien ds of my childh ood in the h ome dispossessed! Give than ks that I
sad lament over me keen ; And if on my cross a bird rest from th e wearisome day!
should be seen, Farew ell t o thee, t oo, sweet frien d that l ig htened my way; Beloved
Let it trill there its hymn of peace to my ashes. creatur es all, farewell! In death ther e is rest !

I Am a Filipino, by Carlos P. Romulo

I am a Filipino–inheritor of a glorious past, hostage to the uncertain future. As I am a Filipino, child of the marriage of the East and the West. The East, with its
such I must prove equal to a two-fold task–the task of meeting my responsibility languor and mysticism, its passivity and endurance, was my mother, and my sire
to the past, and the task of performing my obligation to the future. was the West that came thundering across the seas with the Cross and Sword and
I sprung from a hardy race, child many generations removed of ancient Malayan the Machine. I am of the East, an eager participant in its spirit, and in its struggles
pioneers. Across the centuries the memory comes rushing back to me: of brown- for liberation from the imperialist yoke. But I also know that the East must awake
from its centuried sleep, shake off the lethargy that has bound his limbs, and start
skinned men putting out to sea in ships that were as frail as their hearts were stout.
moving where destiny awaits.
Over the sea I see them come, borne upon the billowing wave and the whistling
wind, carried upon the mighty swell of hope–hope in the free abundance of new I am a Filipino, and this is my inheritance. What pledge shall I give that I may prove
land that was to be their home and their children’s forever. worthy of my inheritance? I shall give the pledge that has come ringing down the
I am a Filipino. In my blood runs the immortal seed of heroes–seed that flowered corridors of the centuries, and it shall be compounded of the joyous cries of my
down the centuries in deeds of courage and defiance. In my veins yet pulses the Malayan forebears when first they saw the contours of this land loom before their
same hot blood that sent Lapulapu to battle against the first invader of this land, eyes, of the battle cries that have resounded in every field of combat from Mactan to
that nerved Lakandula in the combat against the alien foe, that drove Diego Silang Tirad Pass, of the voices of my people when they sing:
and Dagohoy into rebellion against the foreign oppressor. “I am a Filipino born to freedom, and I shall not rest until freedom
The seed I bear within me is an immortal seed. It is the mark of my manhood, the shall have been added unto my inheritance—for myself and my children and my
symbol of dignity as a human being. Like the seeds that were once buried in the children’s children—forever.”
tomb of Tutankhamen many thousand years ago, it shall grow and flower and bear
fruit again. It is the insignia of my race, and my generation is but a stage in the
unending search of my people for freedom and happiness.