Jeremy Gibbs

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"Honors for the Brave at Last"

Process Guide

  1. Identification of Key Terms

    2. Directions: Check off the terms below as to you come to them in reading. Review them after reading to see what you remember about each.

    Page Vocabulary S. S. Terms People, Events

    4 segregation Medals of Honor Vernon Baker

    racism Distinguished Service Cross David Williams

    5 national climate Pres. Clinton

    Rivers, Carter, Fox, James, Thomas, Watson

  2. Categorization

Directions: Use the context in which you encounter the above terms in your text to place them in one of the categories listed below.

  1. Categories (not all words fit these categories):
  1. Words that describe an action or state of being (verbs).
  2. Words that modify (adjectives and adverbs).
  3. Words that name persons, places, or things (nouns).
  1. Should you finish early, try recategorizing the above terms in the following ways:
  1. Words related to discrimination.
  2. Words that describe military recongnitions.
  3. Names of honored veterens.
  1. Text Structure

Directions: What three questions does this article answer? The first and the third are listed. What is the second?

  1. What did Vernon Baker do that was worthy to be honored?
  2. _______________________________________________
  3. How did Baker and the others feel by finally being honored?

 

 

 

 

 

 

  1. Identification of Important Details

Directions: As your read, mark each statement as true (T) or false (F). Where a statements seems false, cross out the incorrect information and replace it with the correct information.

___A. 220,000 Blacks died in World War II.

___B. David Williams didn’t think Baker deserved honored.

___C. Fifty years late, seven black men were honored for service in WWII.