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The People of Sparks |
Activities for
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Audio Length Approximately - 39 minutes
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Vocabulary Words of the Day
dank - Disagreeably damp or humid; chilly; moist; clammy
page 53 - no laboring in dank tunnels here; no running through dark streets to escape pursuit.
deprivation - The condition of being deprived; poverty; hardship; scarcity; denial; lack
page 55 - To do so would severely strain our resources and no doubt cause resentment and deprivation among our people.
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caravan page 50
procession page 52
perpendicular page 54
gingerly page 65
flummoxed page 67
dither page 68
sheaf page 68
sauntered page 72
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During the western expansion
era in Early America, oxen were used for pulling wagons out west and for
helping farmers plow their fields. In The People of Sparks oxen are used to pull trucks which are no longer operational.
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Lina eats several "new" foods
for breakfast including apricots, bread, and blackberry jam.
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In Chapter 6
"Breakfast with Disaster" the reader learns what disaster caused the people
of Earth to build the underground city of Ember.
Torren told Lina that they had four wars. He said the wars were caused from things like:
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Questions to
Think About
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After the four
wars were fought the people of Earth suffered from three plagues.
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