Checking out me History - BROADSIDE

Question 1

Where is John Agard from?

Accepted Answer

Guyana

Question 2

Which of these words describes how Agard thinks history SHOULD be taught?

Accepted Answer

Unbiased, Fair, Equal

Question 3

The mood of the poem is...

Accepted Answer

frustrated, angry

Question 4

"___________ me to my own identity."

Accepted Answer

Blind

Question 5

Why does he want the curriculum to change?

Accepted Answer

To celebrate his own history, To celebrate all black history

Question 6

Why does John Agard include all these historical figures?

Accepted Answer

To prove that we learn too much about white people in school

Question 7

John Agard writes his poem using traditional dialect (language) from Guyana.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 8

Why does Agard use his own dialect in the poem?

Accepted Answer

To celebrate his culture

Question 9

Which of these people does Agard NOT include in his poem?

Accepted Answer

Henry VIII

Question 10

Black history - "No dem ________ tell me bout dat"

Accepted Answer

never

Question 11

John Agard feels that schools don't teach enough about...

Accepted Answer

Black history

Question 12

Guyana is in South America near the Caribbean

Accepted Answer

True

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