Curated OER
Secret Life of Bees Research
The Secret Life of Bees provides high schoolers an opportunity to connect the events in the novel to events in America’s history. After choosing a topic from a provided list, individuals research how the event affected the Civil Rights...
Penguin Books
A Teacher's Guide to Sue Monk Kidd's: The Secret Life of Bees
A 12-page teacher's guide to Sue Monk Kidd's The Secret Life of Bees provides the discussion questions and activities that lead readers to understand not only Lily's fears, but her reasons behind them.
Spark Notes
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd: Study Guide - Mini Essays
In this online interactive literature worksheet, students respond to 9 short answer and essay questions about Sue Monk Kidd's The Secret Life of Bees. Students may check some of their answers online.
Curated OER
Plant or Animal Matching Worksheet
In this plant and animal matching learning exercise, students examine pictures of either plant or animal products before drawing a line to either a cow or a tomato plant.
Curated OER
The Friendship Book Questions
In this literature study worksheet, learners answer eleven short answer questions based upon the book, The Friendship.
CommonLit
Common Lit: Book Pairings: "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd
Selected (9) reading passages (grades 10-12) to pair with "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd. In this novel about family connections and racial equality, Lily Owens and Rosaleen, Lily's housekeeper, run away to Tiburon, South...
Other
Penguin Reading Guide: "The Secret Life of Bees"
Reading guide for "The Secret Life of Bees" provided by the book's publisher, Penguin. Sections include an introduction, a short biography of Sue Monk Kidd, a much longer transcript of an interview with her, and eleven discussion...
The Best Notes
The Best Notes: The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
This is an online study guide/notes for the novel The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd including author information, literary elements, chapter-by-chapter summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.
Kent State University
Eureka!: "Secret Life of Bees, The"
Provides some general information about "The Secret Life of Bees," a very short summary, and a few teaching ideas. Part of a larger database of books provided by Kent State University, Ohio.