Summary
For a school project, Watt interviews Laney - a three-hundred-year-old road who has seen the whole city change. It turns the abstract idea of "a source" into somebody you can ask questions. A good launch for a local-history assignment.
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Discussion questions
Discussion
Three quick questions to run after the short.
- How did Watt find out about City Island's past?
- What kinds of things can tell us about long ago besides a person?
- What is one thing near our school that has been here a long time?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: history, source, interview.
Try it: Write two questions you would ask something old in your town if it could talk.