BOOK GUIDES
This educator's guide to Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher includes activity and discussion prompts plus classroom…
Use these activities, assignments, writing prompts, and discussion questions with Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys…
LESSON PLANS
In this word processing activity, students learn about cinquains and write their own cinquain. Then they illustrate…
WORKSHEETS
Use the handouts in this printable guide to explore myths and folk tales from around the world that share the themes…
MAPS
Enhance students' reading experience of Tolkien's The Hobbit with lesson planning resources that accompany chapters…
This list of suggestions will help you to integrate A Year Down Yonder with other subjects such as math, social studies,…
Students create a script for The Witch of Blackbird Pond, by Elizabeth George Speare, the story of Kit, who immigrates…
Students develop a script for Johnny Tremain, by Esther Forbes, the story of an apprentice who becomes involved with…
Readers Theater script ideas for The House of Sixty Fathers, by Meindert DeJong. This is the story of Tien Pao and his…
TEACHING RESOURCE
Find out what it is like to be a judge for the Newbery Awards for outstanding children's literature.
The children's books in this list deal with the topics of love and friendship.
A list of literature that deals with a child's fears.
This handout accompanies the Infobiographical FutureFit Project, and should be used by students as a guide for reviewing…
This teaching guide for Sinking the Sultana , a recount of the sinking of the steam-powered paddleboat Sultana during…
This teaching guide for The Wonderling , a fantastical adventure, includes discussion questions. These discussion…
REFERENCE
Review hockey scores and statistics from 1972, when Team Canada defeated the Soviet National Team. This article includes…
GAMES AND APPS
Read about the Scrabble Champions Tournament and learn about history and trivia of this fun word game.
Discover the origins of the Stanley Cup, hockey's most prized trophy. Read about the Cup's history, and learn how the…
Study the life and work of John Keats, one of the greatest 19th-century English poets. This resource includes…
Read about the life and work of Salman Rushdie, an Indian-born English novelist and critic, in this biography.
Study the Battle of Bannockburn through this poem by Robert Burns.
Read a biography of the fictional secret agent James Bond – created by Ian Fleming – to learn more about this…
Sir Thomas More is a Catholic saint. Read this biography to learn more about the life and death of this British writer…
Read about Harriet Beecher Stowe, an American reformer and author of Uncle Tom's Cabin.
