Black History Month
Despite coming from poverty, she's now the richest black woman in the world.
Who is Oprah Winfrey?
Pocahontas was a member of this American Indian nation.
What is the Powhatan?
What is China?
Her name isn't Hermione, but Ms. Kardan's cat was named after this actress that played her in Harry Potter.
Who is Emma Watson?
This famous show is based off America's ten dollar founding father without a father.
What is Hamilton?
Who says girls aren't rock stars? This one was a rocket scientist and astronaut--the first black woman in space, actually.
Who is Mae Jemison?
John Smith was a member of this colony named for King James.
What is Jamestown?
One of this country's major islands is Okinawa.
What is Japan?
Ms. Kardan's favorite show is Cobra Kai, but her favorite character is this person--he's the son of Johnny Lawrence.
Who is Robby Keene?
Based on a Disney movie, it features incredible costumes that mimic the animals of the African savannah.
What is the Lion King?
He argued a lot with MLK Jr, before coming to a new light and seeing the sense in Dr. King's teaching. He abandoned militarism after going to Mecca.
Who is Malcolm X?
Pocahontas meant "playful one." Her real name was this.
What is Matoaka?
This is the fourth largest country in the world by area and the third most populated. Guess a lot of people immigrate there and like the apple pie.
What is the USA?
Ms. Kardan loves to go to this park on the Hudson River on the Upper West Side. It's so much better than the bigger one in the middle of the city.
What is Riverside Park?
What is Wicked?
Toni Morrison is one of the few Americans winner of this prize in Literature.
What is the Nobel Prize?
Eventually, Pocahontas married this man.
Who is John Rolfe?
Justin Trudeau is the prime minister of this country where they speak English and French.
What is Canada?
Currently, Ms. Kardan is practicing this--it's a religious thing where she abstains from eating and drinking during the daylight.
What is fasting?
What is School of Rock?
Jesse Owens showed Hitler who's boss at the Olympics in this city.
What is Berlin?
Sadly, Pocahontas died of this disease at a very young age.
What is smallpox?
This country--home of Genghis Khan--has the coldest capital city in the world.
What is Mongolia?
Ms. Kardan's mom is from here--this hockey loving, small country in Northern Europe.
What is Finland?
This musical based on Romeo and Juliet that takes place on the Upper West Side of New York City has now been adapted into TWO Oscar nominated movies.
What is West Side Story?