1. Vocabulary - Say It minister ancestors avoided generations numerous
pulpit
shielding

2. ancestors
people from whom you are descended, such as your great-grandparents

3. avoided
kept away from; kept out of the way of

4. generations
periods of about thirty years, or the time from the birth of one generation to the birth of the next generation

5. minister
member of the clergy; spiritual guide; pastor

6. numerous
very many

7. pulpit
platform or raised structure in a church from which the minister preaches

8. shielding
protecting; defending

9. Review Ministers often preach from behind a pulpit.
Martin Luther King, Jr. made numerous speeches about equality.
Slaves lived without freedom for many generations.
The Underground Railroad was one way of shielding runaway slaves.

10. More review
Slaves who had run away avoided places where they could be recognized by anyone.
Many Chilean people have ancestors that came from European countries.