Background for Chapters 10-11
Four Corners
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DID YOU KNOW YOU CAN JUMP IN & OUT OF 4 STATES (OR STAND IN ALL 4 AT ONCE!) iN THE FOUR CORNERS AREA OF THE SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES?
THIS IS JUST LIKE WHAT BUD DID JUMPING IN AND OUT OF FLINT. |
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Dorothy
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George Washington Carver
GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER WAS A SCIENTIST KNOWN FOR HIS WORK WITH PEANUTS AT THE TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE IN ALABAMA.
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Baby Face
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KNICKERS WERE SHORT PANTS BOYS WORE IN THE 1920S AND 30S. THE BOY IN THE PHOTO TO THE RIGHT IS WEARING KNICKERS. BOYS TYPICALLY WORE KNICKERS UNTIL THEY WERE 13 OR 14 YEAR OLD WHEN THEY GOT TO WEAR LONG PANTS. |
Bottle Key
A bottle key (also known as a church key) is used to open soda bottles.
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Soda
Mr. Lewis says he has some red “pop.” It’s also known as soda or coke. See a map of the regional differences.
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The "Big War"
The "Big War' is what people called World War I
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Restaurants were not as common in the 1930s (when this book takes place) as they are today and there weren’t any fast food restaurants yet, like McDonald’s or Jack-in-theBox. Do you know who invented the first fst food resturant? Find out HERE
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Machine Gun Kelly
MACHINE GUN KELLY WAS A GANGSTER IN THE 1930S. HIS REAL NAME WAS GEORGE BARNES. HE GOT HIS NICKNAME FROM THE TYPE OF GUN HIS USED TO COMMIT HIS CRIMES.
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1933 Packard
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John Brown
JOHN BROWN WAS AN ABOLITIONIST— SOMEONE WHO WANTED TO ABOLISH SLAVERY—IN THE DAYS BEFORE THE CIVIL WAR. HE IS MOST WELL KNOWN FOR HIS RAID ON HARPER’S FERRY
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