Obama's biography and documentary
Where were Obama's parents from?
What was their race?
Obama's dad was from Kenya, Africa. Obama's mom was from Kansas.
The mom was white. The dad was African.
How did Obama get accepted into Punahou Academy?
Obama got accepted into the Punahou Academy because his Gramp's boss was an alumni and he pulled some strings for him.
How are Coretta and Obama similar?
They are both African Americans.
What is a character trait?
A character trait is a word (adjective) to describe a character.
He describes himself as a "skinny kid with a funny name."
What are three words they use in the text to describe the Punahou Academy?
a. prestigious
b. island elite
c. prep
Give me 4 ways readers learn about characters in a story.
a. physical appearance
b. what they say
c. his/her actions
d. what others say
e. character's thoughts and feelings
What were the three schools Obama went to?
a. Punahou Academy
b. Columbia School
c. Harvard Law School
Describe 3 ways Obama is different from the kids he goes to school with at the Punahou Academy.
a. He is black and most of them are white.
b. They know how to play football. He plays soccer.
c. From Nuclear families mom and father married
d. moms run bake sales and dads coach little league
Give me 3 text based details to describe how Obama is mortified in this text.
His Gramps talks to everyone in school and acts like a child.
He does not like his real name and calls himself Barry
He is embarrassed when the other students things Coretta is his boyfriend.
a. community organizer
b. teacher at a law school
c. Senator of Chicago's South Side
d. United States Senator
Name three things Obama did when he returned from school each evening.
a. stopped by a stand to ask if there were any new comics that came in.
b. watched tv in front of the television
c. went with his grandpa to pick up Toot
d. completed his homework
What are three challenges or adversities Obama faced in his life?
a. victim of racism and bullying
b. absent father
c. lived with his grandparents
d. had a difficult time assimilating into American culture
What are some things that Ms. Hefty did in class that made the bullying worst for Obama?
Name two things.
She says his real name Barack, instead of the name Barry
She asks Obama what tribe her father is from.