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Santa Ana Unified School District
The Giver
Wouldn't it be great to live an a community without pain, without danger? Such a society is the goal of the community in The Giver. Using Lois Lowry's dystopian novel as the core text, class members read primary source materials...
Cleveland Metro School District
Novel Lesson for The Giver
Lois Lowry's The Giver is one of the most engaging and thought-provoking works of literature in the middle school curriculum. Round out your novel unit with a collection of reading activities, comprehension questions, memoir and...
Other
Lesson Plans: The Giver
This detailed site offers a wealth of ideas for use with "The Giver." There are higher level ideas for use with older students, who have much more to bring to this complex book.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Elements of Literature: Guide to the Giver [Pdf]
A valuable resource for anyone currently studying Lowry's "Giver." Provides chapter-by-chapter summaries and analysis, biographical and historical information, and study questions and activities.
CommonLit
Common Lit: Book Pairings: "The Giver" by Lois Lowry
In the dystopian novel "The Giver," Jonas is chosen to be the new Receiver of Memories; he meets his incumbent -- The Giver, a man who is tasked with holding onto the community's collective experiences and memories. Selected (11) reading...
Scholastic
Scholastic: Book Files: The Giver
Lois Lowry's, "The Giver", is an Newbery Award novel. Themes of "The Giver" are diversity, freedom, connections, choice, individuality, honesty, and family. Make the smart choice by reading the novel with a BookFiles reading guide. The...
Penguin Publishing
Penguin Random House: "The Giver" Reader's Guide
"The Giver" reader's guide features excellent, thought-provoking questions for discussion.
The Best Notes
The Best Notes: The Giver by Lois Lowry
This is an online study guide/notes for the young-adult dystopian novel The Giver by Lois Lowry Free including author information, literary elements, chapter-by-chapter summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.
TES Global
Blendspace: The Giver
This blendspace includes thirty-two spaces with content connected to Lois Lowry's dystopia novel, The Giver. Links include novel discussion questions, author interviews, and video tutorials to review literary topics.
TES Global
Blendspace: The Giver
A thirty-three-part learning module including links to videos breaking down Lois Lowry's novel The Giver by chapter.
Other
Teaching Strategies for "The Giver" [Pdf]
Four-page PDF document includes reproducible handouts and other ideas for exploring this complex novel.