Jazz Age Slang: Cat’s meow Crush Gatecrasher Berries Dead soldier Blind date Big cheese

1. Jazz Age Slang: Cat’s meow Crush Gatecrasher Berries Dead soldier Blind date Big cheese

2. Jazz Age Slang: Cat’s meow: Great! Crush: infatuation Gatecrasher: uninvited person at a party Berries: (1) perfect! (2) money Dead soldier: an empty beer bottle Blind date: (same as today) Big cheese: important person Beat one’s gums: idle chatter

3. Jazz Age Slang: Bump off High hat Flour lover Nifty Hit on all sixes Ish kabibble razz Get in a lather

4. Jazz Age Slang: Bump off: to kill High hat: a snob Flour lover: girl with too much makeup Nifty: great; excellent Hit on all sixes [cylinders]: to perform at 100% Ish kabibble: Why should I care? Razz: to make fun of Get in a lather: get angry

5. I HEAR AMERICA SINGING BY WALT WHITMAN I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear, Those of mechanics, each one singing his as it should be blithe and strong, The carpenter singing his as he measures his plank or beam,

6. I HEAR AMERICA SINGING BY WALT WHITMAN The mason singing his as he makes ready for work, or leaves off work, The boatman singing what belongs to him in his boat, the deckhand singing on the steamboat deck, The shoemaker singing as he sits on his bench, the hatter singing as he stands...

7. I, Too by Langston Hughes I, too, sing America. I am the darker brother. They send me to eat in the kitchen When company comes. But I laugh, and eat well, and grow strong.

8. I, Too by Langston Hughes Tomorrow, I'll be at the table When company comes. Nobody'll dare Say to me, "Eat in the kitchen”, Then.

9. I, Too by Langston Hughes Besides, They'll see how beautiful I am And be ashamed- I, too, am America.