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Word Journey Map


Track the word through history

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Get a large sheet of paper and some markers/crayons Make a map of this words meanings throughout history. Please include the following things in your word map: 1. What language the word derives from 2. What it originally meant in that language 3. Its earliest recorded use in English (if you can find it also include, if possible, the sentence or text from which its earliest recorded use was found) 4. Its various meanings in English throughout timewhat did it mean in different centuries and contexts? 5. Its current meaning 6. Why it is considered offensive today
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7. Why it is used today despite its offensive nature

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