Lemon Andersen performing "Please don't take my Air Jordans"

Reading SOL Practice Link

Reading SOL Practice

Writing SOL Practice Tool

http://www.doe.virginia.gov/testing/sol/practice_items/index.shtml#writing

Go to Writing Practice Tools --> End of Course: Practice too

John Smith and his Maps

Questions:

1. What year was this map drawn?
2. Who is the audience of this map?
3. Which point of view does the orientation of the map reflect?
4. What information is John Smith trying to get across in his map?
5. How does Smith use persuasion in this map?
6. Is it effective?

Films from 1894: Sioux Ghost Dance and Buffalo Dance

Poetic Thoughts

"What is life?  It is the flash of a firefly in the night.  It is the breath of a buffalo in the wintertime.  It is the little shadow which runs across the grass and loses itself in the sunset."

--Crowfoot

A Blackfoot warrior and orator

Brought to You by the National Museum for the American Indian

Identity for Design: Tradition, change, and celebration in women's dresses