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Roll With the Punches: What Do You Know?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners activate prior knowledge about life in the South during the Great Depression in preparation for reading the novel, Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry.
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Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry - Chapter 1 Questions

For Students 5th - 10th
In this Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry comprehension check worksheet, students respond to 16 short answer questions pertaining to the characters and setting of the novel.
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Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students read the novel Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry to determine how the Great Depression affected teens. They compare the problems faced during the Great Depression to those teens face today.
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Land, Liberty and the Struggle for the American Dream

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students investigate equality by reading a historical fiction book in class.  In this civil rights lesson, students read the story Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry with their classmates and define the Jim Crow Laws that kept blacks...
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Human Rights/Civil Rights

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students connect their examination of the novel Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry to a historical and contemporary study of the issue of human rights and civil rights by creating a HyperStudio stack.
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ROLL WITH THE PUNCHES: CAN'T WE ALL GET ALONG?

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Learners reflect and explore their feelings and reactions to a segregation experiment through poetry. They discuss acceptable behavior during the experiment and the next day write journal entries reflecting their experiences.
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Roll with the Punches: Depression Era Machinery

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners construct models of simple and complicated machines with Legos. Then they design an experiment using the scientific method. ESE modifications included.
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Jacob Have I Loved

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine visual images about the novel, Jacob Have I Loved. They compare pictures from "America from the Great Depression to World War II" that are described in the book and other studies of the Chesapeake Bay. They present their...
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People are People

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Explore human diversity in this human rights lesson. Middle schoolers compare novels, speeches, videos, and short stories that promote diversity and basic human rights. They complete daily coursework as they read the selected literature...
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The Friendship Book Questions

For Students 5th - 12th
In this literature study worksheet, students answer eleven short answer questions based upon the book, The Friendship.
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People are People

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars examine the Holocaust and segregation to explain the Human Condition.
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Comprehension Questions for The Friendship

For Students 5th
In this comprehension questions for The Friendship worksheet, 5th graders read the book, then answer 8 comprehension questions.