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  • Historical Fiction Reading Warm-Up: A Letter from Home

    DAILY WARM-UPS

    Historical Fiction Reading Warm-Up: A Letter from Home

    Students will read a letter from a boy to his father fighting in World War II. Then, they will answer reading…

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    Historic Wars and Military Action
    Social Studies and History
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    Readers Theater Script: The Witch of Blackbird Pond

    Students create a script for The Witch of Blackbird Pond, by Elizabeth George Speare, the story of Kit, who immigrates…

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    Historical Fiction
    American History/U.S. History
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    Readers Theater Script: Johnny Tremain

    Students develop a script for Johnny Tremain, by Esther Forbes, the story of an apprentice who becomes involved with…

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    Historical Fiction
    American Revolution (1775-1781)
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    Readers Theater Script: The House of Sixty Fathers

    Readers Theater script ideas for The House of Sixty Fathers, by Meindert DeJong. This is the story of Tien Pao and his…

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    Historical Fiction
    Literary Drama
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  • Dolls of Hope Teaching Guide

    BOOK GUIDES

    Dolls of Hope Teaching Guide

    This teaching guide provides discussion questions and Common Core-aligned extension activities for ELA, social studies,…

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    Historical Fiction
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  • REFERENCE

    Jerry Spinelli on Milkweed

    Jerry Spinelli answers questions about his compelling, brilliantly written novel about the Holocaust, Milkweed.

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    Reading and Literature
    Historical Fiction
    Holocaust
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  • Guests Enrichment Packet

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    Guests Enrichment Packet

    Distribute this printable worksheet that extends students' learning and enhances their appreciation of a book and the…

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    Fiction
    Literature
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  • Bowery Girl Teacher's Guide

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    Bowery Girl Teacher's Guide

    The reading questions in this printable teacher's guide for Bowery Girl will encourage students to discuss the social…

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    Historical Fiction
    American History/U.S. History
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  • Girl in Hyacinth Blue

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    Girl in Hyacinth Blue

    Explore teaching activities to extend and enrich the student understanding of the Girl in Hyacinth Blue by Susan…

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    Historical Fiction
    Reading and Literature
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  • Reading Guide for That Book Woman

    BOOK GUIDES

    Reading Guide for That Book Woman

    Enhance students' reading experience with this printable literature guide for That Book Woman, a novel that examines the…

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    Reading and Literature
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  • When the Whistle Blows Discussion Guide

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    When the Whistle Blows Discussion Guide

    This literature guide includes pre-reading research activities and discussion questions for When the Whistle Blows, by…

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    Reading and Literature
    Historical Fiction
    Transportation
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  • Little House: Five Original Pioneer Girls – Classroom Activity Guide

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    Little House: Five Original Pioneer Girls – Classroom Activity Guide

    Bring the Little House novels into your classroom with the activities in this guide for Little House in the Highlands,…

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  • Sarah, Plain and Tall Saga Teacher's Guide

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    Sarah, Plain and Tall Saga Teacher's Guide

    Teach pupils about life on the Great Plains in the early 1900s through literature. This teacher's guide to Sarah, Plain…

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  • Jason's Gold Teacher's Guide

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    Jason's Gold Teacher's Guide

    Delve into the story of Jason's Gold, an adventure novel by Will Hobbs, and enhance pupils' reading experience through…

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    Historical Fiction
    Canadian History
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  • Discussion Guide for the Novels of Maria Testa

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    Discussion Guide for the Novels of Maria Testa

    Ask pupils to think about these discussion points before and while reading Becoming Joe DiMaggio, Almost Forever, or…

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    Novels
    Reading Comprehension
    Immigration
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  • The Storm in the Barn Teacher's Guide

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    The Storm in the Barn Teacher's Guide

    Use The Storm in the Barn – a graphic novel by Matt Phelan – to teach pupils about the Dust Bowl and life in America…

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    Literature
    Comics, Graphic Novels, & Illustrated Novels
    Tornadoes in Oklahoma, May 2013
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  • The Seer of Shadows Reading Guide

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    The Seer of Shadows Reading Guide

    This teacher's guide to Avi's The Seer of Shadows includes discussion questions and extension activities about…

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    Fantasy Fiction
    Reading Comprehension
    Historical Fiction
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  • Guardian Reading Guide

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    Guardian Reading Guide

    Share this reading guide to Julius Lester's Guardian with your students. It includes class discussion questions and…

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    Reading and Literature
    Historical Fiction
    Equality Struggles
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  • Preacher's Boy Teacher's Guide

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    Preacher's Boy Teacher's Guide

    Set the stage for group discussion, meet the author, and enrich lessons with cross-curricular activities for Katherine…

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  • Annie, Between the States Reading Guide

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    Annie, Between the States Reading Guide

    Use the questions in this reading guide for Annie, Between the States by L. M. Elliott to promote class discussion about…

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    Historical Fiction
    U.S. Civil War (1860-1865)
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  • The Dragon's Child Reading Guide

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    The Dragon's Child Reading Guide

    Promote classroom discussion about Laurence Yep and Dr. Kathleen S. Yep's The Dragon's Child, a story that follows a…

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    Historical Fiction
    Immigration
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  • Teaching Guide to Louise Erdrich's Birchbark House Books

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    Teaching Guide to Louise Erdrich's Birchbark House Books

    Supplement The Birchbark House, The Game of Silence, and The Porcupine Year with this teaching guide to the books by…

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    Historical Fiction
    Native-American History (American Indians)
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  • Slap Your Sides Reading Guide

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    Slap Your Sides Reading Guide

    Encourage conversation about the compelling issues in M. E. Kerr's Slap Your Sides, a novel about a Quaker boy's…

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    Historical Fiction
    World War II (1939-1945)
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  • Forge Discussion Guide

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    Forge Discussion Guide

    This reading guide for Forge by Laurie Halse Anderson includes a pre-reading activity about the French and Indian War,…

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    Historical Fiction
    American History/U.S. History
    American Revolution (1775-1781)
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