The ups and Downs of Yo-yos -Unit 6

The Ups and Downs of Yo-yos (brief summary from the book)

There are yo-yos (called discs by the Greeks) made of painted terracotta (clay), wood, and metal displayed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on in New York and at the National Museum of Greece in Athens.  There are also Greek urns that depict young people doing yo-yo tricks.  The next sighting of ancient yo-yos was among the Maya on Mexico's Yucatan peninsula about A.D. 700.  A yo-yo from this period is exhibited at the Anthropological Museum in Merida, Mexico.

The yo-yo of this time was not just a child's plaything: it was also used by adults to relieve tension.

In the late 1950s and early 1960s, another yo-yo fad swept across North America and much of the world.

Ducan released a series of popular new models that appealed to baby boomers, including the Satellite, Butterfly, Rainbow. and Imperial.  Sales reached an all-time high in 1962.  At the height of the craze, Ducan emptied its warehouse and yet was still unable to meet demand.

Vocabulary (from the book)

Urns: vases
Tiny: miniature
Fled: scaped
Unique: one of a kind.
Displayed: exhibited
Tension: anxiety
Fad: craze

At Christmas, all the stores put urns for customers to compete in the raffles.
The police were looking for him at his house, but he fled before they catch him.
I like those pants because are unique but are not my size.
They use those toys for his tension after class.
My friend started a craze for that type of shoes.

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