BTLEW Part Two ENTER Lesson 13 – In My Day

BTLEW I. AuthorAuthor II. The Great DepressionThe Great Depression III.Guy Fawkes DayGuy Fawkes Day Background Information Lesson 13 – In My Day

BTLEW Russell Baker  Born in Virginia in 1925  In charge of "The Observer" column for the New York Times from 1962 to  Won his first Pulitzer Prize in 1979 for distinguished commentary as a columnist  Received his second Pulitzer Prize in 1983 for his autobiography Growing up  Regarded as one of America's leading wordsmiths and humorists I.Author To be continued on the next page. Lesson 13 – In My Day

BTLEW Russell Baker’s main works  Growing up  Russell Baker’s book of American Humor  Fear and Loathing in George W. Bush’s Washington  Poor Russell Almanac (The text is extracted from the first chapter of Growing Up.) I.Author To be continued on the next page. Lesson 13 – In My Day

BTLEW Russell Baker’s memoir Growing up This book traces his youth in the mountains of rural Virginia. When Baker was only five, his father died. His mother, strong-willed and matriarchal, never looked back. These were depression years, and Mrs. Baker moved her family to Baltimore. Baker's mother was determined her children would succeed, and her unfailing faith in the talents of her young son was not misplaced. He did everything from delivering papers to hustling subscriptions for the Saturday Evening Post. As is often the case, early hardships make the man. I.Author To be continued on the next page. Lesson 13 – In My Day

BTLEW Popularity of the book—reviews from the book reviewers and readers  This is a wondrous book, funny, sad, and strong… as funny and touching as Mark Twain's. Mary Lee Settle of the Los Angeles Times Book Review  This is an iconic and magical piece of literature, a story of courage and love, of the bonds of family in spite of tension and disagreement. One reader  Growing Up is carefully crafted by this experienced writer.The many characters come to vivid life with all their virtues and foibles, and Baker's narrative flows smoothly from beginning to end. One reader I.Author To be continued on the next page.. Lesson 13 – In My Day

BTLEW Quotations of the author  The worst thing about being a tourist is having other tourists recognize you as a tourist.  In an age when the fashion is to be in love with yourself, confessing to be in love with somebody else is an admission of unfaithfulness to one's beloved.  An educated person is one who has learned that information almost always turns out to be at best incomplete and very often false, misleading, fictitious, mendacious—just dead wrong. I.Author The end of Author. Can you find out humor in the quotations? Lesson 13 – In My Day

BTLEW One of the most critical economic periods in the United States history was the Great Depression. A majority of the U.S. citizens did not know much about the Depression. The only information that they knew was what they read from textbooks. Many citizens never really had to face the hardship like others were forced to face. Growing Up by Russell Baker is an autobiography on the problems he and his family endured during this era. II.The Great Depression To be continued on the next page. Lesson 13 – In My Day

BTLEW Causes of the Great Depression:  Speculation in the 1920s caused many people to buy stocks with loaned money. The stock market boom was very unsteady, because it was based on borrowed money and false optimism.  Politicians believed that business was the key business of America. Thus, the government took no action against unwise investing.  Stock Market crash on October 24, 1929 (black Thursday) II.The Great Depression To be continued on the next page. Lesson 13 – In My Day

BTLEW Misery and personal sufferings were widespread.  Living conditions changed when multiple families crowded into small houses or apartments.  Unemployment rate was very high.  Thousands went hungry.  Children suffered long term effects from a poor diet and inadequate medical care.  Women continued to doing women’s work such as nursing, and even if they were able to get an industry job which seldom hired women, they usually were paid less than men. II.The Great Depression To be continued on the next page. Lesson 13 – In My Day

BTLEW Pictures of The Great Depression II.The Great Depression family leaving South Dakota for the west To be continued on the next page. Lesson 13 – In My Day

BTLEW II.The Great Depression Pictures of The Great Depression To be continued on the next page. migrant family living in the tent Lesson 13 – In My Day

BTLEW II.The Great Depression mother of seven children! To be continued on the next page. Pictures of The Great Depression Lesson 13 – In My Day

BTLEW II.The Great Depression people who were unemployed and looking for a job Pictures of The Great Depression Lesson 13 – In My Day To be continued on the next page.

BTLEW II.The Great Depression The end of the Great Depression. Work ethic during the Great Depression work ethic—a feeling that one should be ashamed not to be doing one's best and working one's hardest—was an important foundation stone for the pre-Depression order. It is the value that people stick to during depression years. Lesson 13 – In My Day

BTLEW III.Guy Fawkes Day Gunpowder Plot After Queen Elizabeth I died in 1603, English Catholics who had been persecuted under her rule had hoped that her successor, James I, would be more tolerant of their religion. Unfortunately, James did not turn out to be more tolerant than Elizabeth and a number of young men decided to blow up the Houses of Parliament to kill the King. To carry out their plan, the conspirators got hold of 36 barrels of gunpowder and stored them in a cellar, just under the House of Lords. But as the group worked on the plot, a warning letter reached the King, and the King's forces made plans to stop the conspirators. To be continued on the next page. Lesson 13 – In My Day

BTLEW III.Guy Fawkes Day Gunpowder Plot Guy Fawkes who was in the cellar of the Parliament with the 36 barrels of gunpowder when the authorities stormed it in the early hours of November 5th, was caught, tortured and executed. Even today, the reigning monarch only enters the Parliament once a year, on what is called "the State Opening of Parliament". Prior to the Opening, and according to custom, the Yeomen of the Guard search the cellars of the Palace of Westminster. To be continued on the next page. Lesson 13 – In My Day

BTLEW III.Guy Fawkes Day Tradition Preparations for Bonfire Night celebrations include making a dummy of Guy Fawkes, which is called "the Guy". Some children even keep up an old tradition of walking in the streets, carrying "the Guy" they have just made, and beg passersby for "a penny for the Guy". The kids use the money to buy fireworks for the evening festivities. On the night itself, Guy is placed on top of the bonfire, which is then set alight; and fireworks displays fill the sky. To be continued on the next page. Lesson 13 – In My Day

BTLEW The nursery rhyme Remember, remember the fifth of November, Gunpowder treason and plot. We see no reason Why gunpowder treason Should ever be forgot! Guy Fawkes, guy, it'was his intent To blow up king and parliament. Three score barrels were laid below To prove old England's overthrow. III.Guy Fawkes Day Immortalized in this nursery rhyme, the Gunpowder Plot is introduced into the young minds of children throughout the United Kingdom. To be continued on the next page. Lesson 13 – In My Day

BTLEW The nursery rhyme By God's mercy he was catch'd With a darkened lantern and burning match. So, holler boys, holler boys, Let the bells ring. Holler boys, holler boys, God save the king. And what shall we do with him? Burn him! III.Guy Fawkes Day To be continued on the next page. Lesson 13 – In My Day

BTLEW Entertainment—A Quiz To be continued on the next page. 1. What did Guy Fawkes want to do? a. To eat a Christmas pudding b. To burn Buckingham Palace c. To blow up the House of Parliament 2. When is Guy Fawkes night? a. 5th November b. 6th December c. 4th November Keys1. c2. a Lesson 13 – In My Day III.Guy Fawkes Day

BTLEW The end of Guy Fawkes Day. Entertainment—A Quiz 3. What do children ask for while taking a model of Guy Fawkes round the streets? a. Trick or treat. b. A penny for the Guy. c. Fireworks. 4. What can you do on Guy Fawkes night? a. Burn a puppet. b. Watch a horror movie. c. Play cards. KEYS 3. b4. a Lesson 13 – In My Day III.Guy Fawkes Day

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