Hurricane Dancers pt 1

Define Simile

a simile compares two unalike things. "Sailors screech like demons, than leap and sink"- Hurricane Dancers-Margarita Engle

Write a simile about last night's storm

the rain pounded on the roof like a jackhammer 

Hurricane Dancers

Ancestorthe oldeset people in your family tree
example: great-great-great(x 1,000) grandparents!!! Conquistadorsombody who counquers land
Raucousvery harsh

Oppression

Oppression: (noun) unjust or cruel exercise of authority or power.  Being unjust.

Zinn chpt 1

Define Genocide
A attempt to wipe out an entire group of 
people. 

What are primary sources?
people who have experienced the 
disaster for themselves.

What might Eunice Williams say to her father when he came to collect her from the Mohawks?
no thanks, i've seen this war from the 
Mohawks side, not coming nope you're
 horrible. I am treated better here, so if
you think i'm coming with you, you 
must be loopy. 

Plover: (n) shore-inhabiting birds

Ribald: (adj) crude or offensive language

Assurance: (n) words that inspire confidence

Ilexes: (n) a tree or shrub of a genus that includes holly.