Unit 14: Mahalia Jackson

slavery

• the practice of owning another person

• the protection of private property

• the selling of goods and services

• the ways that laws are passed

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

released

• displayed

• threw out

• approved

• made public

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CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

teenager

• someone aged 13-19

• a mature person

• someone aged 1-10

• an angry person

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

appreciate

• purchase

• desire

• value

• repair

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CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

choir

• a place to sit

• a gallery

• a group of singers

• a group of dancers

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CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

religious

• easily upset

• careless

• innocent

• a belief system

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CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

barber

• a person who makes bread

• a person who cuts hair

• a person who gardens

• a person who invents things

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Her father worked on the docks during the day loading bales of cotton on boats, was a barber at night and a preacher on Sundays.

What can you infer about her father from the passage?

• he was a hard worker

• he enjoyed listening to jazz

• he did not love Mahalia

• he was fat

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CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

What is the author's opinion of Mahalia Jackson?

• she is a good but not great gospel singer

• he wants everyone to know what a great blues singer she was

• he thinks she is someone the reader should know about

• he want to convince the reader that Bessie Smith was a better singer

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CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

What is the relationship between Mahalia Jackson and Bessie Smith?

• Mahalia wants to be her friend

• Mahalia wants them to go to church together

• Mahalia wants to sing like Bessie Smith

• Mahalia wants to live with Bessie Smith

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6