12/3/2023 0 Comments Charley skedaddle bowery boysHe plans to take the first opportunity to avenge Johnny's death. But when the fighting starts, Charley discovers that he's afraid. He sees a man who had befriended him lying dead and picks up the man's weapon, firing on an enemy soldier. The elation he'd expected is replaced by horror that he has taken a man's life and Charley runs away. As he runs, some men call him "Charley Skedaddle." Some try to stop him but he gets away and is taken prisoner by the Confederates. A Confederate officer tells Charley that he doesn't belong in prison and advises that he go west.Ĭharley escapes to the Blue Ridge Mountains but is hungry. Granny Bent catches him trying to steal eggs from her hen house and takes him in. She's a healer though some think she's a witch. She begins to teach Charley about farming and herbs and he begins to take pride in his abilities. When Granny is called away to assist with a birth, a panther attacks, killing most of the chickens. That night, Charley hears the cat on the roof. The next morning he kills the animal as it springs to attack him. He then has to go find Granny who has fallen and hurt her leg. Charley helps her home and nurses her back to health.īefore it's time for him to leave the mountains in front of the invading Confederate Army, Charley learns that bravery is doing what's necessary even when there's no one around to witness the act. Armed with this new self-confidence, Charley prepares to leave the mountains but vows that he'll someday return.Mrs. Holzwarth's 4th-graders in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, were about to wind up a thematic unit on their state when Naisha brought in a newspaper story about the state of Maryland having recently adopted the monarch butterfly as the state insect. The idea of a state insect captured the students' interest and provoked them to ask whether Pennsylvania also had a state insect. Holzwarth's class on one of the most rewarding social studies learning adventures it had ever tackled. The students began the process by looking up information about Pennsylvania in various books and pamphlets they learned that Pennsylvania had a state flower, a state song, a state tree, a state nickname, and various other official state symbols, but no official "state bug." At first they wanted to write to the President of the United States to have him declare a state bug. Holzwarth explained that it was a state matter, they directed their efforts to their district legislator in Harrisburg (the state capital).īefore they did so, however, the children decided to conduct their own democratic election to determine what the state insect should be. Several insects were nominated each nominee became the subject of careful study. The students explored the pros and cons of such bugs as the praying mantis, dragonfly, ladybug, and grasshopper. After weighing the merits of each, a class vote settled the matter.
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