Fight For Freedom
What is Wendel's dream?
to see the world, not to farm
She had to go to the ditch. She was scared.
A person who serves in the military.
What is a soldier?
What is a cot?
she could not lose her father
She doesn't want her father to die
What is the setting of the story? Where (state and place) and when (year)
1861, in Ohio, on a farm
What is the setting? (state, year, specific place)
when there is not much of something; hard to find
What is scarce?
leather straps that are used to control and steer horses
What are reins?
The wood had run out long ago.
There is no more wood.
Why does Karl say he can't join the Union army?
Because his father died, so now he must take care of everything his dad did.
There are very few jobs, so they have to take what they can find.
to sign up to serve in the military
What is to enlist?
to pass away
What does to die mean?
Wendel felt stuck. He was living his grandfather's dream.
Wendel doesn't feel like he can do what he wants to do with his life.
How do Karl, Hedda and the Mom feel about Wendel joining the army? How do you know?
Very sad. Hedda was crying. Mother was in her room. Karl hugged him hard.
She was deported to Mexico. She was an American citizen.
What was the Dust Bowl?
1930's, lack of rain, huge dust storms
a long narrow hole that is dug along a road, field, etc., and used to hold or move water
What is a ditch?
you can't take our pride
you cannot defeat us
What was the Civil War about?
the Northern states wanted slavery to end. The Southern states wanted to keep slavery.
How does Jack Sutton insult Maria's family?
the season where crops are ready to be picked
What is harvest?
farmers who came looking for work from Kansas, Texas and Oklahoma
What were Okies?
tomorrow would come and they hug each other one last time
they may not see each other again (Wendel might die in the war)