◼︎ Chapter 25 / Chapter XXV

Look at the 1776 calendar below.
- How much time has passed between Chapters 24 and 25?
Look at the 1776 calendar below.
- How many days are covered in Chapter 25?
Isabel says, “Melancholy held me hostage.”
- What is melecholy? Google: melancholy definition kids
- What is a hostage? Google: hostage definition kids
Why do you think Madam wonʻt speak directly to Isabel?
Look at the modern map of the New York area.
- Isabel and New York is at 1.
- Staten Island is at 2, where the British first landed.
- The British then moved half their soldiers to Long Island, 3.
- Why do you think Admiral Howe move soldiers to Long Island?
Isabel says they turned King’s College into a hospital to take care of thousands of sick men.
- Look at the illustration of King’s College below.
- Why do you think the rebels chose to turn King’s College into a hospital?
Isabel says, “Whenever I hear the words ʻliberty’ or ‘freedom’ I want to spit in the dust.”
- Later she says to Curzon, “You are blind. They don’t want us free. They just want liberty for themselves.”
  - Why does Isabel mean by these statements?
Why do you think Isabel didn’t want to speak with Curzon?
Why do you think Curzon wants to speak with Isabel?
Curzon says to Isabel, “We all have scars.”
- What do you think Curzon means by this?

A+ BONUS: The British landed soldiers in flatboats.

Look at the illustrations of flatboats below.
Describe how you think the Patriots/rebels felt when they saw the British soldiers landing.