What is tradition? Define the purpose of tradition in people's lives and in the life of a community? (2 sentences minimum)

Why are traditions maintained and what are reasons they might be changed, or abandoned? (2 sentences minimum)

List one tradition that you have with your family, friends or within your culture (answer this in the discussions section and reply to 2 peers' submission).*

*Please follow the instructions to be consistent with your classmates. Thank you.

Vocab

Define and write 2 synonyms for the words below

1. jovial
2. paraphernalia
3. perfunctory
4. good-humoredly
5. petulantly

Identify the type of narration used in the excerpt. which words in the excerpt indicate the type of narration?

Why might a reader look for an idea that is restated? to craft a summary of the article to find the subheadings in the article to identify the article's main idea to locate the article's key support

Read the excerpt from elie wiesel’s all rivers run to the sea. why were those trains allowed to roll unhindered into poland? why were the tracks leading to birkenau never bombed? i have put these questions to american presidents and generals and to high-ranking soviet officers. since moscow and washington knew what the killers were doing in the death camps, why was nothing done at least to slow down their “production”? that not a single allied military aircraft ever tried to destroy the rail lines converging on auschwitz remains an outrageous enigma to me. birkenau was “processing” ten thousand jews a day. stopping a single convoy for a single night—or even for just a few hours—would have prolonged so many lives. based on the paragraph, the author would most likely agree that it is best to avoid confrontation at all costs. people need to be proactive when they witness an injustice. countries should remain neutral to keep alliances strong. moscow and washington are to be blamed for the holocaust.