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Identify the title: You that never done nothin’ But build to destroy You play with my world Like it’s your little toy You put a gun in my hand And you hide from my eyes And you turn and run farther When the fast bullets fly. You’ve thrown the worst fear That can ever be hurled Fear to bring children Into the world For threatening my baby Unborn and unnamed  You ain’t worth the blood That runs in your veins.

Identify the author: This author from Tennessee accomplished a lifetime of contributions and honors for his work.  He focuses his attention on political, environmental, and social problems.  Receiving a degree from Harvard and doing his duty to serve in Vietnam, he was elected to Congress where the environment was a big issue for him. He served as Vice-President for two terms and received the popular vote in the 2000 Presidential election, but a Florida recount was halted, giving his opponent the electoral college votes. He accepted this decision with grace to allow the peaceful transfer of power even though he could have fought the decision.  He devotes his life to trying to make the world a better place, receiving the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007. He approaches environmental issues with a religious insight that it is a moral issue. 

Identify the author: Most prolific Black American author of the twentieth century. First Black author to make a living from writing in America. His poetry has Black tone and Black language. Also he wrote stories, essays, and plays. He conveyed the frustration of people who constantly find the American Dream impossible to reach because of system discrimination for any reason.

Identify the title for the quote:  We people on the pavement looked at him: He was a gentleman from sole to crown, Clean favored, and imperially slim. And he was always quietly arrayed, And he was always human when he talked; But still he fluttered pulses when he said, “Good-morning,” and he glittered when he walked. And he was rich–yes, richer than a king– And admirably schooled in every grace: . . .

Name the title for the quote:   The wayfarer,   Perceiving the pathway to truth,   Was struck with astonishment.   “Ha,” he said,   “I see that none has passed here   In a long time.”   Later he saw that each weed   was a singular knife.   “Well,” he mumbled at last,   “Doubtless there are other roads.”  

Identify the title for the quote: I know why the caged bird sings, ah me, When his wing is bruised and his bosom sore,– When he beats his bars and he would be free; It is not a carol of joy or glee, But a prayer that he sends from his heart’s deep core, But a plea, that upward to Heaven he flings– I know why the caged bird sings.

Identify the title of the quote: What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore– And then run?

Name the title:Hoarse, booming drums of the regimentLittle souls who thirst for fight,These men were born to drill and die.The unexplained glory flies above them,Great is the battle-god, great, and his kingdom–A field where a thousand corpses lie . . .Swift blazing flag of the regiment,Eagle with crest of red and gold,These men were born to drill and die.Point for them the virtue of slaughter,Make plain to them the excellence of killingAnd a field where a thousand corpses lie.

A young man who is trying to recover from violence he had experienced and decompress mentally and spiritually by being in nature in this way.

Identify the character: He is constantly moving to different places in his wagon, earning what he can repairing items for people. He lives in his wagon. When he meets a woman at a farm where he stops for directions, he lies to her to get her to feel sorry for him and give him work. He discards the flowers he is given by the woman and throws them on the road, keeping the pot so he can sell it.