JAZZ!!!
This city is considered the birthplace of Jazz
New Orleans
Bryan Stevenson, our narrator, helps people wrongly convicted of crimes. Bryan is a...
Lawyer (attorney)
When a question starts with WHO, you answer it with...
A person (or animal)
A ballad is a type of this.
Song
This is what you get when you COMBINE red and white.
Pink
This is why people started singing the blues.
Life was hard/they wanted to make themselves feel better
Just Mercy is this kind of text.
Non-fiction or Informational
If you are asking about a place, what is the question word you should use?
Where
According to the text, this is one of the places where workers sang songs to pass the time.
Fields, ships, railroads.
Her album, The Life of a Showgirl, was just released.
Taylor Swift
This is a name for a large farm where enslaved people were forced to work before the Civil War.
Plantation
Walter McMillian was charged with murder in this US state.
Alabama
"In the morning", "1973" and "at 3pm" are ways you can answer a question that begins with this question word.
WHEN
African-Americans invented this stringed instrument.
The banjo
This championship team is who the Broncos play on Sunday.
The Philadelphia Eagles
These are TWO types of music that influenced Jazz (or, that were part of the recipe).
Blues, Ragtime, Church Music, or Ballads
Walter was INCARCARATED after being charged with murder. INCARCARATED means this.
Locked up/put in prison
Answering with a REASON would be an appropriate way to respond to a question that starts with this word.
WHY
What is an attribute/characteristic of a musician?
They make music, are creative, play an instrument, etc.
This Puerto Rican superstar is going to play the Super Bowl halftime show.
Bad Bunny
This is WHY New Orleans is considered the birthplace of Jazz.
Many different cultures/people made their home there. There were many places to play music.
In the title Just Mercy, JUST means this.
Fair
This is HOW musicians might play their instruments. (hint, be descriptive)
Loudly, softly, with their hands, sweetly, funky, sadly, classically, etc.
Scott Joplin wrote this kind of music, which was popular in the 1890's and influenced Jazz.
Ragtime.
The last time the government shut down was 2019. Who was the president at that time?
Donald Trump