A | B |
A famous person who lived at the same time as Noah Webster | George Washington |
How he earned money to support his family | He was a teacher. |
His duties as a teacher | Teach, clean & repair the building |
His attitude as he did his work | He was cheerful |
How he motivated his students | Rewarded instead of flogging |
The benefit he gained by living with the judge | He had access to a lot of books. |
A book he wrote | Blue-backed Speller |
His mode of travel | Horse and stagecoach |
What he called a common language for the people | Mother tongue |
How long it took him to write his dictionary | Twenty years |
The number of words in his dictionary | 70,000 |
The family who published Noah's dictionary | Merriam |