Unit 3: Selection Vocabulary 1

There was no doubt as to her power and authority in that classroom.

George had no idea that Shakespeare was not usually taught in third grade. Miss Johnson simply offered it, and George, as well as the rest of his class, absorbed it.

“In order to seek his fortune as an actor and a writer, Shakespeare ran away from home shortly after he got married, leaving his wife and three children to make it without him,” Miss Johnson explained.

To George, the idea of college seemed like something foreign and vague, like going to China or the moon.

For the first time, George could see a glimpse of light, a spark of hope and possibility.

The battle with Custer has been taught to school children as a fearful massacre on our part. We ask that this, as well as other incidents, be told fairly.

White men penned our people on reservations, then took away the reservations.

White men who rise to protect their property are called patriots—Indians who do the same are called murderers.

White men call Indians treacherous—but no mention is made of broken treaties on the part of the white man.

We wove in beads and colored quills, designs that were not just decorative motifs, but were the outward expression of our very thoughts.