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Core Curriculum Lesson Plans for Jefferson's Sons Lesson PlanCore Curriculum Lesson Plans for Jefferson's Sons Lesson Plan
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Penguin Books
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5th - 7th
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English Language Arts
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Thomas Jefferson lived a controversial life. A series of lesson plans shares information about Jefferson's Sons, a novel about the infamous founding father. Discussion questions and other tasks explore different points of view and cover basic literary elements such as setting and theme.

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CCSS: Designed

Concepts

children's literature, historical fiction, slavery

Additional Tags

english language arts

Instructional Ideas

  • Watch a video to gain an overview of Thomas Jefferson's life before reading the novel
  • Write discussion questions on chart paper and have readers walk around the room to write answers on them

Classroom Considerations

  • Designed for use with grades five through seven

Pros

  • Organizes content into pre-, during, and post-reading activities
  • Includes page numbers for easy reference

Cons

  • Lacks extensive chapter-by-chapter questions

Common Core

RL.5.1 RL.5.2 RL.5.3 RL.5.4 RL.5.7 RL.5.10 RI.5.5 RI.5.6 RI.5.7 RI.5.8 RI.5.9 RF.5.3.a W.5.1.a W.5.2.a W.5.3.a W.5.4 W.5.5 W.5.6 W.5.7 W.5.9.a W.5.10 SL.5.1.a SL.5.4 SL.5.5 SL.5.6 L.5.1.a L.5.4.a L.5.5.a RH.6-8.1 RH.6-8.2 RH.6-8.4 RH.6-8.6 RH.6-8.7 RH.6-8.8 WHST.6-8.4 WHST.6-8.5 WHST.6-8.7 WHST.6-8.8 WHST.6-8.9 WHST.6-8.10

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