Oscar’s Gift Reading Guide: Day 20 Tomas’s World: Childhood at the Turn of the 20th Century “Joe sighed, then said, ‘I cannot spare you, Tomas. We still have more than half of the claim to break. You are a farmer now, son, not a school child.’” ~ Oscar’s Gift One of the best ways to …
Oscar’s Gift Reading Guide: Day 19 The Language of Dance Music “With a tap of their feet and a loud count of ‘One! Two! Three!’ the fiddlers began to play. Before long, more couples joined in. Soon the barn was alive with music and movement. Everyone seemed to know the language of dance music.” ~ …
Oscar’s Gift Reading Guide: Day 17 The First Ford Model A “Most people were arriving in wagons or on horseback, but a few brand new red Ford Model A motor cars were parked on the side of the barn, as well as the banker’s big green luxury Packard.” ~ Oscar’s Gift When we think of …
Oscar’s Gift Reading Guide: Day 9 The Homestead Act of 1862 “Every homesteader for miles and miles was breaking sod that fall, racing to break as many acres as they could before the ground froze.” ~ Oscar’s Gift: Planting Words with Oscar Micheaux What made it possible for Oscar Micheaux and hundreds of thousands of …
Oscar’s Gift Reading Guide: Day 8 Carlisle Indian Industrial School “The people at the school cut his hair and made him wear scratchy cloth shirts with buttons. They also gave him the name of Joseph and would not let him speak his Indian language of Lakota. He was a quick learner and a good student. …