Chapter One: Seeds of Hope
Do you like gardening?
If you had the chance to ask God one question, what would you ask?
Chapter Two: Hope and Determination
What do you pray for?
Molasses Cookies
Do you find it hard to get along with someone?
Why do you think Harriet is so mean?
Chapter Three: Healing
Compare Addy’s fair with fairs you’ve visited.
What is your favorite thing about fairs?
Has anyone in your family died? How do you think Harriet feels?
Chapter Four: All for One
Do you think Harriet, Sarah and Addy can get along now? Why?
How did all three girls help stop the thief? Could any of them do it alone?
Have you been happy to find someone?
Thursday, August 9, 2007
Happy Birthday, Addy!
Chapter One: Double Dutch
Learn to play it!
Was freedom fair for former slaves?
Why do you think it took so long for blacks to have true freedom?
Chapter Two: Sunshine
Do you ever feel lonely?
What’s the best day you’ve had?
If you could pick any day for your birthday, what would it be? Why?
Do you have an older friend like M’Dear?
Why do you think Northern whites were mean to colored people?
Chapter Three: Bitter Medicine
Benne Candy
1 cup sesame seeds
1 (1-pound) box light brown sugar
2 tablespoons butter
1/2 cup milk
1 tablespoon white vinegar
Heavily butter an 11 by 2-inch pyrex baking dish.
Wash sesame seeds and remove any debris that may be in the seeds and drain well. Heat a cast iron skillet over medium high heat until a drop of water bounces around the skillet. Pour seeds into skillet and stir constantly. Dry and parch seeds until light brown, approximately 2 minutes. Do not burn seeds.
In a heavy saucepan, combine and melt the sugar, butter, milk and vinegar. Using a wooden spoon, stir constantly until ingredients are dissolved. Cook over medium high heat to light crack stage. If using a candy thermometer, the temperature should be between 265 and 285 degrees F. Once it reaches the desired temperature, remove from heat and beat in the sesame seeds with your spoon. Pour immediately into prepared dish. Score candy while still warm and cut into squares when cool.
Should Addy and Sarah ride a streetcar without permission?
What bitter medicine did Addy swallow?
Chapter Four: Brotherly Love
What challenges do you sing through?
Chapter Five: Changes in the Wind
What changes do you think the end of the war will bring?
Looking Back
Learn “Sally Walker” and “Ring Around the Rosie”
Learn to play it!
Was freedom fair for former slaves?
Why do you think it took so long for blacks to have true freedom?
Chapter Two: Sunshine
Do you ever feel lonely?
What’s the best day you’ve had?
If you could pick any day for your birthday, what would it be? Why?
Do you have an older friend like M’Dear?
Why do you think Northern whites were mean to colored people?
Chapter Three: Bitter Medicine
Benne Candy
1 cup sesame seeds
1 (1-pound) box light brown sugar
2 tablespoons butter
1/2 cup milk
1 tablespoon white vinegar
Heavily butter an 11 by 2-inch pyrex baking dish.
Wash sesame seeds and remove any debris that may be in the seeds and drain well. Heat a cast iron skillet over medium high heat until a drop of water bounces around the skillet. Pour seeds into skillet and stir constantly. Dry and parch seeds until light brown, approximately 2 minutes. Do not burn seeds.
In a heavy saucepan, combine and melt the sugar, butter, milk and vinegar. Using a wooden spoon, stir constantly until ingredients are dissolved. Cook over medium high heat to light crack stage. If using a candy thermometer, the temperature should be between 265 and 285 degrees F. Once it reaches the desired temperature, remove from heat and beat in the sesame seeds with your spoon. Pour immediately into prepared dish. Score candy while still warm and cut into squares when cool.
Should Addy and Sarah ride a streetcar without permission?
What bitter medicine did Addy swallow?
Chapter Four: Brotherly Love
What challenges do you sing through?
Chapter Five: Changes in the Wind
What changes do you think the end of the war will bring?
Looking Back
Learn “Sally Walker” and “Ring Around the Rosie”
Addy's Surprise
Chapter One: Winds of Winter
Could you imagine not knowing where half of your family was?
How does your church decorate for Christmas?
What songs do you sing at Christmas?
If you don’t already know it, learn to sing “Joy to the World”
Chapter Two: Something Pretty
Do you like secondhand shops?
What surprises have you saved for?
Chapter Three: Freedom Ain’t Free
How do you help others?
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Chapter Four: The Cost of Freedom
Every girl should learn to stitch a hem. Ask your mother, grandmother or another woman to teach you.
Why do you think Mrs. Ford let Addy stay downstairs?
Chapter Five: Christmas Surprises
Why do you think some people are rude at Christmas?
What foods are part of your Christmas celebration?
Have you ever welcomed someone home, who you feared you’d never see again?
Looking Back
Do you celebrate Kwanzaa?
Could you imagine not knowing where half of your family was?
How does your church decorate for Christmas?
What songs do you sing at Christmas?
If you don’t already know it, learn to sing “Joy to the World”
Chapter Two: Something Pretty
Do you like secondhand shops?
What surprises have you saved for?
Chapter Three: Freedom Ain’t Free
How do you help others?
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Chapter Four: The Cost of Freedom
Every girl should learn to stitch a hem. Ask your mother, grandmother or another woman to teach you.
Why do you think Mrs. Ford let Addy stay downstairs?
Chapter Five: Christmas Surprises
Why do you think some people are rude at Christmas?
What foods are part of your Christmas celebration?
Have you ever welcomed someone home, who you feared you’d never see again?
Looking Back
Do you celebrate Kwanzaa?
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