2. DAVE AT NIGHT BY GAIL CARSON LEVINE OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS !

3. CULTURES DAVE ENCOUNTERS SEPHARDIC JEWISH TRADITION –THE LOWER EAST SIDE OF MANHATTAN AFRICAN-AMERICAN CULTURE –HARLEM STREET CULTURE –STREETS OF MANHATTAN Dave finds opportunities for friendship, support and love.

4. DAVE’S FRIENDSHIPS AND FAMILY PAPA – a supportive, wise, and loving man SOLLY – an elderly Jewish fortune teller who befriends Dave at a Rent Party Irma Lee- a well to do young African American girl that befriends Dave at a party in Harlem Family and Friends support you when times get tough

5. DAVE’S PLACE IN SOCIETY AND HISTORY Prohibition Harlem Renaissance Roaring 20’s Immigrants Lower East Side “Uptown”

6. DAVE’S INGENUITY Dave quickly learns to follow Solly’s lead to cultivate happy customers that come back time after time Dave quickly learns to follow Solly’s lead to cultivate happy customers that come back time after time Dave observes and learns quickly how to get himself out of the orphanage and a bad environment

7. DAVE’S COURAGE Dave’s father dies and his family rejects him Dave learns to survive in an orphanage where there is abuse Dave finds friends to help and support his spirit Dave creates a “new life” for himself

8. DAVE GRABS HIS OPPORTUNITIES ! DAVE FINDS FAMILY DAVE FINDS LOVE DAVE FINDS A FUTURE