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Orca Book Publishers

Orca Book Publishers: Strawberry Moon Teaching Guide [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Strawberry Moon, a novel by Becky Citra, continues to follow the life of Ellie, a young girl living in Upper Canada in the 1830s. In this story, her strict grandmother has come to take her back to England and Ellie doesn't want to go....
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Orca Book Publishers

Orca Book Publishers: Secret Signs Teaching Guide [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
In Secret Signs, a novel by Jacqueline Guest set in the Depression, a young boy runs away from home to look for his father. He learns that he shouldn't take home for granted. This teacher's guide includes a book summary, teaching ideas...
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Orca Book Publishers

Orca Book Publishers: Max and Ellie Books Teaching Guide [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
The Ellie and Max books by Becky Citra take place in pioneer times and follow the experiences of a brother and sister in Upper Canada. This teacher's guide includes a book summary, teaching ideas and the author's reflections on writing...
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Immigration and Ethnic History Society

Iehs: Evan Turiano, Teaching Fiction in Immigration History

For Students 9th - 10th
This article focuses on using fiction to teach immigration history. Including fiction like Atticus Lish's 2015 novel, "Preparation for the Next Life" can meaningfully enrich a history seminar. A critical analysis of the novel introduces...
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Orca Book Publishers

Orca Book Publishers: Catching Spring Teaching Guide [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Catching Spring, a novel written by Sylvia Olsen, looks at a First Nations boy who wants to participate in a fishing derby on Vancouver Island in 1957. This teacher's guide includes a book summary, teaching ideas and the author's...
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TES Global

Tes: Social and Historical Context: Witch Child

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] The article will provide schema for students who are reading Arthur Miller's play, The Crucible, or who are reading Celia Rees' Witch Child.
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Artifacts and Fiction: Workshop in American Literature

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This workshop, which is divided into eight segments, teaches how to use primary source artifacts from a variety of genres to support the teaching and learning of specific pieces of literature. The genres include visual arts, political...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: World on Fire: England Responds to Hitler

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the various points of view the British people had about fighting Hitler and Germany, in this video [1:26] excerpt from World on Fire, Masterpiece. Neither Robina Chase, an upper-class mother whose son is a soldier, nor Douglas...
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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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AdLit

Ad lit.org: Why Teach the Holocaust?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Teachers often find the Holocaust to be an overwhelming subject to approach with their students. While the Holocaust offers important lessons to today's students, it can be a difficult to find the appropriate amount of information to...
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University of Florida

Baldwin Library: What the Wild Flowers Teach Us

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A scanned copy of the 1875 publication of What the Wild Flowers Teach Us by M. K. M., a fiction book for children.
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Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Will Hobbs

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Resources for teaching four of Will Hobbs's novels: Bearstone, Downriver, Jason's Gold, and River Thunder.
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Other

Paul Yee

For Students 9th - 10th
Paul Yee is a Chinese-Canadian children's writer who has written books about Chinese experiences of coming to Canada. Some of his stories are set in the 1800s. His website provides information about his life and his books, as well as...
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: There Is Something in Common: Finding Common Themes

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Students will synthesize information from multiple historical fiction books to find common themes and support them with evidence from the text. Working with a partner who has read a different book, they will share their theme from their...
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AdLit

Ad lit.org: Reading Discussion Guide: The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Liesel Meminger is only nine years old when she is taken to live with a foster family, the Hubermanns, on Himmel Street in Molching, Germany, in the late 1930s. She arrives with few possessions, but among them is The Grave Digger's...
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Use Precise Language and Domain Specific Vocabulary

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
This site provides 17 English language arts lessons for 7th grade. Grade-level standards are provided.
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Other

City of Literature Trust: Edinburgh: Projects: Kidnapped Activities

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of documents for exploring and teaching Robert Louis Stevenson's Kidnapped, including imagery from a graphic novel based on the historical fiction. Offers games, puzzles, and writing activities for students, posters and...
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Johnny Tremain

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Come and discover more about the novel, "Johnny Tremain," by Esther Forbes. This site features a discussion guide, writing prompt, vocabulary builder, extension activity and more.
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Yale University

Biographies for Change in a Time of Conformity

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Reading non-fiction and perhaps particularly biography is a skill that must be taught. This unit uses the lives of three icons: Elvis Presley, Malcolm X and Rachel Carson to develop this skills. Extensive bibliography for the teacher,...
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Other

All About Explorers

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This resource provides information about historic world explorers...with embedded false information. It was designed by teachers to help their students discern truthful information from false information.
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Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Irene Hunt

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Discover more about the author Irene Hunt when you visit this resource. This site provides links to lesson plans and activities for the books "Across Five Aprils" and "The Lottery Rose."