Hot Dog!
Elementary: Grades 3–4
Vocabulary
| Words | Definitions |
|---|---|
| blues music | a popular style of music made famous in Chicago that originally came from southern African American musicians. Blues music contains words in three-line verses, called stanzas, in which the second line repeats the first. |
| elote | the Spanish word for corn; also a Mexican recipe for an ear of corn covered with butter, mayonnaise, lime, and chile |
| grasp | to hold in your hand |
| habit | doing the same thing, in the same way, all the time |
| innovation | a new idea, method, or device |
| Maxwell Street Market | an outdoor shopping center in Chicago (c. 1900–1994) where customers could buy a huge variety of goods and foods and listen to live entertainment |
| Pullman porter | a person whose job it was to make passengers comfortable on trains made and run by the Pullman Company |
| rickety | when something is shaky and not sturdy |
| vendor | a person who sells goods |
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