Oscar’s Gift Reading Guide: Day 8 Carlisle Indian Industrial School “The people at the school cut his hair and made him wear scratchy cloth shirts with buttons. They also gave him the name of Joseph and would not let him speak his Indian language of Lakota. He was a quick learner and a good student. …
Oscar’s Gift Reading Guide: Day 7 Soddies: Homes Built from the Ground Up “‘Buffalo grass is good for two things: buffalo and houses,’ Mr. Squirrel Coat said. Buffalo grass grew everywhere on our claim. It was low and thick and curly. Its roots reached deep into the soil for moisture and did not let go.” …
Writing Prompt: Use the Imagist Prairie Poem activity from the Illinois State Museum to write your own prairie poem.
Oscar’s Gift Reading Guide: Day 5 A Buffalo by Any Other Name “I pretended I was a young Indian boy who had carved the arrowhead to use to hunt the buffalo that ate the buffalo grass. In my imagination, I would bring the slain buffalo back to my camp, where I would be cheered and …
To my ears, “chalk board” or “chalkboard” sound like the older usage, but, in fact, “blackboard” was the term used until the middle of the 20th century.