In the poem “barbara frietchie,” which event happened before barbara leaned out her window-sill? barbara frietchie’s work is o’er,/ and the rebel rides on his raids no more. up rose old barbara frietchie then,/ bowed with her fourscore years and ten; over barbara frietchie’s grave/ flag of freedom and union, wave! all day long that free flag tost/ over the heads of the rebel host.

From the story " saving the children"why is nicholas winton honored today? why did jewish people in czechoslovakia want to get their children out of the country? where did nicholas winton do his work saving the children? why was it hard for winton to find refuge for the children? to confirm your understanding, write a summary of “saving the children.”(a) aside from winton, who were the interview subjects? (b) analyze what do most of the interview subjects have in common? (a) why wasn’t this story told until 50 years later? (b) infer what does this say about winton’s character? summarize how did winton finally manage to get the children out of czechoslovakia? (a) support what was the “lie” hugo meisl’s parents told hugo and his brother before they sent them away? (b) make a judgment was this the right thing to do? explain. essential question: how do we remember the past? what have you learned about the nature of heroism from reading this article?