Brown vs Board of Education
Travels with Charley
Always to Remember
Expository Writing
Vocabulary
100
This person is the Brown in Brown vs Board of Education.
Who is Linda Brown?
100
This American author chronicled his adventures driving around the open road in Travels with Charley.
Who is John Steinbeck?
100
This 21 year old Chinese American became the designer of the Vietnam War Memorial.
Who is Maya Ying Lin?
100
One problem with the modern Olympics is that it has become very big and expensive to operate. The city or country that hosts the games often loses a lot of money. A stadium, pools, and playing fields must be built for the athletic events and housing is needed for the athletes who come from around the world. And all of these facilities are used for only 2 weeks! In 1984, Los Angeles solved these problems by charging a fee for companies who wanted to be official sponsors of the games. Companies like McDonald's paid a lot of money to be part of the Olympics. Many buildings that were already built in the Los Angeles area were also used. The Coliseum where the 1932 games were held was used again and many colleges and universities in the area became playing and living sites.
What is Problem and Solution?
100
Writing that presents and explains ideas or that tells about real people, places, objects, or events
What is nonfiction?
200
This is the separation of black students from white students during the period between the Civil War and 1950's.
What is segregation?
200
While on the road, the author traveled with Charley, this type of dog.
What is a poodle?
200
This was the method by which the designed of the Vietnam War Memorial was selected.
What is a design contest?
200
The Olympic symbol consists of five interlocking rings. The rings represent the five continents - Africa, Asia, Europe, North America and South America - from which athletes come to compete in the games. The rings are colored black blue, green, red, and yellow. At least one of these colors is found in the flag of every country sending athletes to compete in the Olympic games.
What is Description?
200
This term means rebellious.
What is mutinous?
300
This person was the Baltimore raised lawyer who played an integral role in the Brown vs. Board of Education decision.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
300
The author traveled in Rocinante, this type of vehicle.
What is a modified bakery wagon?
300
The designer of the Vietnam War Memorial was originally from this Midwestern state.
What is Ohio?
300
The Olympic games began as athletic festivals to honor the Greek gods. The most important festival was held in the valley of Olympia to honor Zeus, the king of the gods. It was this festival that became the Olympic games in 776 B.C. These games were ended in A.D. 394 by the Roman Emperor who ruled Greece. No Olympic games were held for more than 1,500 years. Then the modern Olympics began in 1896. Almost 300 male athletes competed in the first modern Olympics In the games held in 1900, female athletes were allowed to compete. The games have continued every four years since 1896 except during World War II, and they will most likely continue for many years to come.
What is Sequence?
300
This term means something that makes a person act.
What is incentive?
400
The Brown vs. Board of Education case was finally argued in front of this national court system where the justices decided in favor of Brown and other families.
What is the Supreme Court?
400
The author encounters two people who seem either lonely or unfriendly during his travels through this cold state.
What is North Dakota?
400
This was one of the major criteria for the design of the Vietnam War Memorial.
What is the names of the killed and missing?
400
The modern Olympics is very unlike the ancient Olympic games. Individual events are different. While there were no swimming races in the ancient games, for example, there were chariot races. There were no female contestants and all athletes competed in the nude. Of course, the ancient and modern Olympics are also alike in many ways. Some events, such as the javelin and discus throws, are the same. Some people say that cheating, professionalism, and nationalism in the modern games are a disgrace to the Olympic tradition. But according to the ancient Greek writers, there were many cases of cheating, nationalism, and professionalism in their Olympics too.
What is Comparison?
400
This term means having to do with the sky or heaven.
What is celestial?
500
During college Thurgood Marshall was involved in this type of activity that may have later helped him in the trial.
What is debate club?
500
This is the reason the author sets out traveling across the United States and recording his journey.
What is to rediscover American?
500
At the time that she won, the memorial designer was a student at this major university.
What is Yale?
500
There are several reasons why so many people attend the Olympic games or watch them on television. One reason is tradition. The name Olympics and the torch and flame remind people of the ancient games. People can escape the ordinariness of daily life by attending or watching the Olympics. They like to identify with someone else's individual sacrifice and accomplishment. National pride is another reason, and an athlete's or a team's hard earned victory becomes a nation's victory. There are national medal counts and people keep track of how many medals their country's athletes have won.
What is Cause and Effect?
500
This term means embarrassing or undignified.
What is humiliating?
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