WLG HW 11.9

Name: _____________________             Date: _________________ Mood: ___________

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Read the following excerpt from “A Quilt of a Country” by Anna Quindlen

“Many of the oft-told stories of the most pluralistic nation on the earth are stories not of tolerance, but of bigotry”.

Pluralistic: Consisting of many ethnic and cultural groups.

 

Level 1: What does pluralistic mean?

a). consisting of one ethnic and cultural group

b). consisting of many ethnic and cultural groups.

c). consisting of no ethnic and cultural groups.

Level 2: How were cultures tolerated in pluralistic nations?

Level 3: Pluralistic means the consisting of many ethnic and cultural groups. Why do you think pluralistic nations had trouble tolerating others?