read the titles of books that connect history to the lives of everyday people. which eras and stories are you familiar
with? check all that apply
alexander hamilton by ron chernow
the life and times of frederick douglass by frederick douglass
in the shadow of liberty: the hidden history of slavery, four presidents, and five black lives by kenneth c.
davis
mornings on horseback: the story of an extraordinary family, a vanished way of life and the unique child who
became theodore roosevelt by david mccullough
code girls: the untold story of the american women code breakers of world war ii by liza mundy
the liberator: one world war ii soldier's 500 day odyssey from the beaches of sicily to the gates of dachau by
alex kershaw

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Why is blank verse considered traditional?

Read the excerpt from "mother tongue." those tests were constructed around items like fill-in-the-blank sentence completion, such as “even though tom was mary thought he was ” and the correct answer always seemed to be the most bland combinations of thoughts, for example, “even though tom was foolish, mary thought he was ridiculous.” well, according to my mother, there were very few limitations as to what tom could have been and what mary might have thought of him. so i never did well on tests like that. how does tan build a central idea of her story in the excerpt? tan discusses the types of questions on achievement tests to support the idea that the tests limit students’ ability to write well. tan explains a question on a language achievement test to support the idea that the tests should include more interesting content. tan gives an example of her experience with achievement tests to support the idea that they are not always accurate measures of language ability. tan considers how her mother might answer a question on a test to support the idea that nonstandard english limits a person’s ability to communicate.