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Teach With Movies

Title: "The Yearling" - Topics: Literature/U.S.; U.S./1865-1913 & Florida

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Life in the Florida swamps after the Civil War comes alive in the 1946 film adaptation of Majorie Kinnan Rawlings’s The Yearling. The film of this powerful coming-of-age story, filled with love and loss, can be used with or without a...
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Curated OER

Study Guide for Missing May

For Teachers 3rd - 7th Standards
Use this comprehensive packet to accompany a study of Missing May by Cynthia Rylant. Starting out with a brief author biography and background information about the novel, this guide includes materials to use throughout the entire novel....
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Orca Book Publishers

Orca Book Publishers: Jo's Triumph Teaching Guide [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Jo's Triumph, a novel by British Columbia author Nikki Tate, follows the adventures of an orphan girl named Jo as she disguises herself as a boy and works for the Pony Express. This teacher's guide includes a book summary, teaching ideas...
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Orca Book Publishers

Orca Book Publishers: Jo's Journey Teaching Guide [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Jo's Journey, a novel by Nikki Tate, follows the adventures of an orphan girl named Jo as she heads north disguised as a boy to look for gold during the Caribou Gold Rush. This teacher's guide includes a book summary, teaching ideas and...
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Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Joan Lowery Nixon

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Explore the life and work of the author Joan Lowery Nixon when you visit this site. This resource features several links to more information on this author and her work.