July 12 – We marched through Virginia. A woman threw a rock at us. Then she gave us water. I don’t understand any of it.

The wind moved through the leaves. It sounded, almost, like an answer. If you’re looking for the actual myWorld Interactive textbook, I recommend checking with your school’s digital library, Savvas Realize (the publisher’s platform), or your teacher for access. Many schools provide students with a PDF through their learning management system.

Elias, ninety-seven years old and mostly blind, sat in a rocking chair his grandson had dragged under the oak. He listened. He said nothing. But when the men fell silent, he spoke one sentence:

Elias Cole was nine years old when his father planted the oak sapling at the fork of two dirt roads. “Watch it grow,” his father said, “and you’ll watch us become a nation.”