5G

 ◼︎ Chapter 18 / Chapter XVIII

1. What do you think the African Burial Ground is? (p. 112)

   • Hint: See illustration below.

2. We now have an African Burial Ground National Monument. (See photo below.)

   • Why do you think this is a national monument?

3. Bridewell Prison was real. Look at the old map below to see where it was in New York. Then look at the illustration of Bridewell Prison below the map.

   • Describe the prison building.

4. We now call cratch-cradle “Cat’s Cradle,” a game with string. If you’ve never seen a game of Cat’s Cradle, watch the short video below.

   • What do you think Candles, Triangles, Diamonds and Manger are? (p. 113)

5. What is a bayonet?

   • Hint: Look at the photograph below if you don’t know, or just want to check you’re sure!

6. Curzon says, “Much is afoot.” (p. 114) In the famous Sherlock Holmes stories, Holmes often says to Watson, “The game’s afoot!”

   • What might “afoot” mean?

7. Why did the crowd throw cabbages, rotten tomatoes and a dead cat at Hickey? (p. 115)

8. The captain cuts the epaulets off of Hickey’s shoulders. (p. 115) How would you describe an epaulet?

   • Hint: Look at the two illustrations of epaulets (also written epaulettes) below.

9. Who was “by far the tallest man in sight”? (p. 1215)

10. Watch the short video “The Three Camps” (below)

    • The man is playing a field drum, or snare drum, like the soldiers’ drums in this chapter.

    • How would you describe the sound of a snare drum?

ABCD: Crowds of people—including Isabel, Ruth and Curzon—went to watch Hickey’s punishment.

• What do you think about that?

• We now call cratch-cradle “Cat’s Cradle,” a string game.