My Brother Sam is Dead
Directions: Click on the link My Brother Sam is Dead and use this cite to answer the following questions in complete sentences.
1. What is the setting?
2. Review all of the photos and write about three of them. Describe what you see and how they make you feel.
3. Describe the real life characters fictionalized in the novel?
4. Describe the typical tavern in colonial times.
5. What are some places you can visit related to the novel?
6. What are three real-life events portrayed in the novel and explain them.
7. Who were the cowboys and skinner? How were they defined and what did they do?
8. What are commissary notes?
9. Did you enjoy reading the novel? Why or why not? Explain the importance of the Revolutionary War.
10. What could we have done differently to make it more interesting? Too much work or not enough?