Part a: which statement best expresses the central idea of the text?
a. scientists continue to study the plague’s spread through europe in the 14th century because they can’t understand how it spread so aggressively.
b. upper-class people lost their influence over lower classes of people as it became clear that even they would not be spared from the plague.
c. the plague modernized health and medicine in europe as people realized that doctors were unintentionally spreading the plague rather than treating it.
d. while the plague was devastating to europe’s population, it also reshaped their social order to allow for greater equality.

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?