Oct 30

Happy day before Halloween!

As I mentioned in class, tomorrow I will tell the story of the Headless Horseman.

For Homework:

Please read some quick information about the Headless Horseman (or read the excerpt below) and answer the following questions.

1.) Where does the tale of the Headless Horseman take place?

2.) Who are the main characters in the Headless Horseman tale?

3.) Who is the Headless Horseman?

4.) What happens to Ichabod Crane?

The story of the Headless Horseman takes place during the 1790s in a community referred to as "Sleepy Hollow" near Tarrytown, New York. Ichabod Crane (a schoolmaster from Connecticut) competes with Abraham "Brom Bones" Van Brunt (the local thug) for the hand of Katrina Van Tassel (daughter of a wealthy farmer). 

According to the story, a Hessian trooper (who lost his head to a cannonball during the American Revolution) was buried near the Old Dutch Church and was known to haunt the area every night in search of his missing head, harming anyone who stands in his way. One autumn night as Crane leaves a party at the Van Tassel Home, he encounters this Headless Horseman and is never heard from again.