Pushcart War
By Jean Merill
Setting
This story takes place in New York City. Watch this video to see what the traffic is like on the streets of New York.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wsi8vWkXl8Y
Pushcart
This is a pushcart. People use them to sell things on the street. They can sell anything from food to flowers. This is a job for some people.
Delivery Truck
This is a delivery truck. They deliver goods to businesses along the streets.
City street
Both the pushcarts and the trucks work on the same streets.
Before you read
Words to know
Look up these words if you do not know what they mean, make a google doc titled Pushcart War vocab and your #. Share it with Mrs. Underwood. Write the words and their meanings on the doc. You may add to it as you are reading.
theory
slogan
conspiracy
manifesto
violation
War--What is it and what does it do?
On your vocab doc leave a section and write what you know about war.
Theories and Slogans
As you read you will learn many theories. One is the Large Object theory of History. What is this theory? What was the slogan in the Peanut Butter Speech? When you find out add it to your google doc.
Website: none.com
Location: New York, NY, United States
Phone: 555-1234
Who you are.
There are many people on both sides of the war. Mrs. Underwood will have you draw a paper out of a basket and that will be the character in the book that you are. As you read the book think about your character. What is he or she like? Do you think they are on the right side of the war? Did they change at all during the book?