5G

 ◼︎ Chapter 18 / Chapter XVIII

1. What do you think the African Burial Ground is?

   • See illustration below.

2. We now have an African Burial Ground National Monument.

   • Why do you think this is a national monument?

   • See photo below.

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?

5. What is a bayonet?

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

6. Curzon says, “Much is afoot.”

   • In the famous Sherlock Holmes stories, Holmes often says to Watson, “The game’s afoot!”

   • What might “afoot” mean?

7. Why did the crowd cabbages, rotten tomatoes and a dead cat at Hickey?

8. The captain cuts the epaulets off of Hickey’s shoulders.

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

   • How would you describe an epaulet?

9. What do you think it means that the captain cut Hickey’s epaulets off with a sword?

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

    • 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?

    • (Next music class: Ask Mr. Matt what a modern-day snare drum looks like.)

A+ BONUS: 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.