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Vocabulary Words of the Day - pertness and bluff
pertness -
inappropriate playfulness, sassiness, feistiness,
mischief, liveliness
Page 4 - Then
scraping off the hair, that was a job to take the pertness plumb out of a body.
bluff
- A high, steep bank, as by a river or the sea, or beside a ravine or plain; a cliff with a broad face.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Activity 1 Setting of the Book
The story is set on Walden's Ridge by Signal Mountain in Tennessee. Using a US map find the location of Signal Mountain. What is this area of Tennessee like? Find the elevation, climate, photos of the region.
Photos of the Sequatchie Valley http://www.tennesseelandsale.com/valleyphotos.htm
| CITY | SIGNAL MOUNTAIN |
| STATE | TN |
| AREA_CODE | 423 |
| COUNTY_NAME | HAMILTON |
| LATITUDE | 35.1598 |
| LONGITUDE | 85.3333 |
| ELEVATION | 685 |
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Activity 2 Confederate Generals
Confederate General Joseph Wheeler was mentioned in the author's note at the beginning of the book and Confederate General Braxton Bragg was mentioned in this chapter. Learn more about each of these Confederate generals and the campaigns mentioned in the book.
Confederate General
Joseph Wheeler
Author's Note "...there can be no doubt that Confederate General Joseph
Wheeler led a devastating cavalry raid on the Federal wagon train in Sequatchie
Valley, October 2, 1863."
http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/jwheeler.htm
Confederate General
Braxton Bragg
Page 10 "How come the Yankees are running around loose? Up at Grassy Cove we
heared tell General Bragg had them sealed up inside Chattanooga like a frog in a
bottle. Has Bragg got 'em or ain't he?"
http://ngeorgia.com/people/braggb.html
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Civil War Literature Unit
Lesson
1 -
The Compromise of 1850
1 Now Let Me Fly: The Story of a Slave Family
by Dolores Johnson, Delores Johnson (Illustrator)
AR Reading Level 3.6 Point Value 0.5
