Opal Lee and What It Means to Be Free: Criss Cross

Answer clues based on the content and vocabulary words from Opal Lee and What It Means to Be Free: The True Story of the Grandmother of Juneteenth by Alice Faye Duncan. Look for hints in the Word Bank. Print the puzzle or use it on your tablet, phone, or computer.

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Across

  • 2. to let someone do or have something, or let something happen
  • 4. cows and bulls kept on a farm for their meat or milk
  • 7. not together, kept apart
  • 8. to go against or lie
  • 9. an idea of what you think something should be like
  • 10. good and fair

Down

  • 1. a sickness
  • 3. nervous or careful
  • 4. being brave when you are facing a difficult or dangerous situation
  • 5. the right to do what you want
  • 6. a big party
  • 11. someone who steals
  • 12. when something is yours, you ___ it

Word Bank

jamboree
vision
freedom
cattle
allow
own
thief
plague
courage
defy
weary
righteous
separate