Acentral idea of "nameless, tennessee" is that the town seems to be without a name, but with its colorful inhabitants and their histories it's not really nameless. which quotation from the story shows how the central idea emerges
a) "chronologically, the names had piled up: wives, grandparents, a stillborn infant, relatives, friends close and distant. names, names. after each, the date of the unknown finally known and transcribed"
b) "forget the durn post office,' he said. 'this here's a nameless place if i ever seen one, so leave it be.' and that's just what they did."
c) "some wanted patriotic names, some names from nature, one man recommended in all seriousness his own name. they couldn't agree, and they ran out of names to argue about."
d) "you think nameless is a funny name,' miss ginny said. 'i see it plain in your eyes. well you take yourself up north a piece to difficult or defeated or shake rag. now them are silly names."

From the story " saving the children"why is nicholas winton honored today? why did jewish people in czechoslovakia want to get their children out of the country? where did nicholas winton do his work saving the children? why was it hard for winton to find refuge for the children? to confirm your understanding, write a summary of “saving the children.”(a) aside from winton, who were the interview subjects? (b) analyze what do most of the interview subjects have in common? (a) why wasn’t this story told until 50 years later? (b) infer what does this say about winton’s character? summarize how did winton finally manage to get the children out of czechoslovakia? (a) support what was the “lie” hugo meisl’s parents told hugo and his brother before they sent them away? (b) make a judgment was this the right thing to do? explain. essential question: how do we remember the past? what have you learned about the nature of heroism from reading this article?