The Legendary Miss Lena Horne

When Lena was born in 1917 how were blacks treated?

• Equal to whites

• Slavery was still in existence

• Better than whites

• Separate but equal

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

What part of the United States did they have a particularly hard time?

• Northeast

• Midwest

• South

• West

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CCSS.RI.6.2

What group was Lena a part of?

• NAACP

• NCAA

• Black Panther

• None

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Where did Lena sing in 1963 that was a turning point in the Civil Rights movement?

• March on Washington

• Montgomery Bus Boycott

• Woolworth Stand In

• Birmingham Riots

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Who did Horne sing to on Sesame Street (a certain green frog.....)

• Oscar the Grouch

• Elmo

• Cookie Monster

• Kermit the Frog

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In the story Lena call herself "a butterfly pinned to a column". What type of language is this

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• Adjective

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3