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Worksheet time: 11mins
Which of these jobs did Benjamin Banneker NOT have?
writer
teacher
surveyor
farmer
What was the main idea of Banneker’s letter to Jefferson?
He wanted Jefferson to free enslaved people.
He wanted Jefferson to publish his almanac
He wanted Jefferson’s approval
He wanted to prove African Americans were as smart as white people
Chief Joseph; 1877
What is the best explanation for Chief Joseph making this statement?
Which key idea does Zitkala-Sa develop in “School Days of an Indian Girl”?
Acts of rebellion help Zitkala-Sa maintain her pride in who she is as a person and tribe member
Once Zitkala-Sa returns home, she realizes she misses the life she led as a student at the school
The continual disrespect Zitkala-Sa experiences weakens her spirit, so she chooses to conform
Zitkala-Sa is shunned by members of the Dakota community for adopting other language and behavior
Since the day I was taken from my mother I had suffered extreme indignities. People had stared at me. I had been tossed about in the air like a wooden puppet. And now my long hair was shingled like a coward’s!
What does the line "I had been tossed about in the air like a wooden puppet" suggest about the narrator?
She has been physically harmed by those around her.
She has been treated as though she were not human.
She has no control over her thoughts or emotions.
She has grown tired of moving from place to place.
What is the purpose of “I Will Fight No More Forever”?
to remind the Nez Perce of the reasons why they are resisting
to announce the transfer of Nez Perce leadership from the old to the young
to accuse federal troops of breaking agreements with the Nez Perce
to explain that the Nez Perce are surrendering to protect their people
In “To the Maiden,” how does Crane develop the idea that experience often determines how people perceive things?
by highlighting the differences in female and male perspectives of the sea
by using descriptive language to create a positive tone in the first stanza and factual language in
by contrasting the impressions of a young woman observing the sea to those of a sailor shipwrecked at sea
by examining how two individuals’ viewpoints about the sea change over time
Read the excerpt from “An Address to the Whites.”
To those who are unacquainted with the manners, habits, and improvements of the Aborigines of this country, the term Indian is pregnant with ideas the most repelling and degrading. But such impressions, originating as they frequently do, from infant prejudices do great injustices to many of this race of beings.
insulting
primitive
neutral
overwhelming
Look closely at the following lines from "Vigil Strange I Kept on the Field One Night" by Walt Whitman:
Then onward I sped in the battle, the even-contested battle,
Till late in the night reliev’d to the place at last again I made my way,
What does the use of the phrase "even-contested battle" suggest?
Both sides of the fight are equally matched
Both sides of the fight have an even number of soldiers
The battle will never end
The battle is over
