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KIDS - PRISCILLA AND THE
HOLLYHOCKS
Word Scramble | Story Detectives |
Make a Hollyhock Doll | Write a Song
Illustration by
Anna Alter
from Priscilla and the Hollyhocks
(Charlesbridge, 2008)
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Word Scramble
(some may be two word answers)
Answers
Unscramble these letters to
form words from Priscilla and the Hollyhocks
(Priscilla, Trail of Tears, Auction Block, Slavery,
Cherokees, Old Sylvia, Freedom, Anna Alter, Silkwood,
Hollyhocks).
YAOVLLDI, LVSEYRA,WSODKIOL, TAARENLNA, KLOLSOHYHC, MEDOREF, KLUTOCBANCOI,
APISCLRLI, OASATREFILRT, EHKROCESE
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Story Detectives
Answers
1) In 1860 there were 12 million people living in the fifteen states
that had slaves. Of these 12
million, how many were slaves?
a) 10,000
b) 300,000
c) 4 million
2) Original Cherokee lands included parts of eight states. Which one of
these states was not part of Cherokee tribal homelands?
Tennessee,
Minnesota, Georgia,
North Carolina, Kentucky, West Virginia, South Carolina,
Alabama.
3) In what medium did illustrator Anna Alter work when she created the
art for Priscilla and the Hollyhocks?
4) True or false. Anne Broyles is of Cherokee descent and has a Certificate of Degree of Indian Blood.
5) When did slavery end in the United States?
a) 1820
b) 1865
c) 1901
6) From what continent were many people kidnapped and brought to the
United States where they were forced to be slaves?
7) Why did the Cherokees have to leave their homes?
8) Put these flowers in order of height, from shortest to tallest:
zinnia, violet, daffodil. hollyhock.
9) What was the name of the big estates in the U.S. South where owners
grew crops like cotton and tobacco with the help of slaves? (Hint:
Priscilla lived on one.)
10) True or false. Some of the paintings in Priscilla and the Hollyhocks
are based on actual photographs from the real Priscilla's world.
Bonus question: What percentage of Cherokees died on the
Trail of Tears?
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Make a Hollyhock Doll
If you have hollyhocks growing in your summer garden:
- Pick an opened hollyhock flower with a quarter-inch stem and also
pick a tight flower bud.
- Place the opened hollyhock flower on a flat
surface, stem up.
- Take the flower bud (the doll's head) and gently
push it, rounded end down, onto the small stem (the doll's body)
of the opened flower (the skirt).
- Peel away the green covering that
encloses the bud. Stop when you reach the petals.
If you have tissue paper (or origami paper) and lollipops:
- Cut paper into circles or squares
about 6" across.
- Center the paper on top of the lollipop and fold around the
candy part.
- Twist the paper around the stick and secure with a piece of
string, ribbon, or pipecleaner.
- Draw a face on your doll and use the lollipop stick to twirl her
around.
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Write a Song
Write the kind of song you think Priscilla might have sung to herself
while she was lying on the quilt in the attic at night. Once she went to
live with the Silkwoods, how might her song have changed?
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