1. Describe Cartotta's family (who they are, why they're significant to her, their importance
in her life, etc.)
2. Explain the metaphor of "The Playing Field"
3. Explain the differences of the African-American schools
versus the white schools. The
Age_shots.
4. Why was education important to Cartotta?
5. Explain the impact of Emmett Till's murder on Carlotta.
6. Explain the significance of Alexine telling Carlotta to stay seated on the bus.
7. Explain how Carlotta's family (immediate and extended) reacted to her decision to attend
Central.
8. How did Daisy Bates impact Carlotta? What was her important role?

Read the excerpt from "home front diary." jimmy simmons stopped by today to tell me that he had enlisted in the army. he asked me if i would write to him, and i said i would. i told him that i've been writing to my uncle arthur and susan's cousin john for about a year, and as an experienced correspondent i had some advice about all the censorship. "don't write down any information about your location or the number of soldiers in your unit because the censors will cut all of that away," i said. "in my experience, loose lips not only sink ships, they make letters look like snowflake decorations! ” well, he belly laughed over that one. how is the author's perspective different from jimmy's? the author has been to war and she can give jimmy advice. jimmy has become a soldier and does not believe the author’s advice. the author has experience writing to soldiers but jimmy does not. jimmy has more experience at letter writing than the author.