Nonfiction Literature Book Guides

Use a teacher guide to provide teaching activities to be used with The Pact by Drs. Sampson Davis, George Jenkins, and…

The Pact

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Literature

Nonfiction Literature

Reading and Literature

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The Henry Books: A Teacher's Guide

Introduce students to the life and philosophy of Henry David Thoreau through the Henry Bear picture books and related…

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Literary Biographies

Nonfiction Literature

Literature

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Elizabeth Leads the Way: Elizabeth Cady Stanton and the Right to Vote Teacher's Guide

Introduce elementary students to Elizabeth Cady Stanton—an abolitionist and important figure in the suffragist…

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Nonfiction Literature

Literary Biographies

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The Boys Who Challenged Hitler Common Core Teacher's Guide

Study World War II through the true story of young war heroes—led by a fifteen-year-old boy—who helped spark a…

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Reading and Literature

Nonfiction Literature

World War II (1939-1945)

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Friends for Freedom: The Story of Susan B. Anthony & Frederick Douglass Activity & Discussion Guide

Use the children's book Friends for Freedom: The Story of Susan B. Anthony & Frederick Douglass to teach students about…

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Literary Biographies

Suffrage and Women's Rights

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Enrichment activities and Internet resources to enhance the teaching of John Hershey's Hiroshima, an account of the…

Hiroshima

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Reading and Literature

Nonfiction Literature

World War II (1939-1945)

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At Home in Her Tomb: Lady Dai and the Ancient Chinese Treasures of Mawangdui Discussion & Activity Guide

The remarkably preserved body of Lady Dai of Mawangdui provides many clues about daily life in ancient China. Use this…

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Informational Texts

Nonfiction Literature

Literature

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My First Day: What Animals Do on Day One Educator's Guide

My First Day explores some of the fascinating things that twenty two different species do on their first day of life.…

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Reading and Literature

Nonfiction Literature

Animal Behavior

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Discussion Guide for The Mayflower and the Pilgrims' New World

Author Nathaniel Philbrick evokes the drama of the voyage of the Mayflower, the emptiness of coastal Massachusetts that…

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Nonfiction Literature

Social Studies and History

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Chew on This Teacher's Guide

Engage your students' interest in their health and well-being with the interdisciplinary activities in this teacher's…

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Nonfiction Literature

Health

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Activities and resources to teach Homesick: My Own Story by Jean Fritz.

Homesick: My Own Story

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Literature

Literary Biographies

Immigration

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Teacher's Guide for Bomb: The Race to Build—And Steal—The World's Most Dangerous Weapon

Newbery Honor book Bomb: The Race to Build – And Steal – The World's Most Dangerous Weapon by Steve Sheinkin is an…

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Nonfiction Literature

American History/U.S. History

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And Tango Makes Three Educator's Guide

Promote discussion about the meaning of family with the resources in this educator's guide for And Tango Makes Three, a…

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Literature

Nonfiction Literature

Banned Books and Censorship

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The Omnivore's Dilemma Teacher's Guide

Get a fresh perspective on what we eat with this teacher's guide to Michael Pollan's The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural…

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Reading and Literature

Nonfiction Literature

Nutrition

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Race: A History Beyond Black and White Teaching Guide

Examine the origins of hate and racism with ten in-depth lesson plans that incorporate historic sources cited in or…

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Reading and Literature

Nonfiction Literature

Equality Struggles

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A Long Way Gone Teacher's Guide

In this startling memoir by a former child soldier, Ishmael Beah tells the harrowing story of fighting in Sierra Leone's…

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Reading and Literature

Multicultural Literature

Nonfiction Literature

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Educator's Guide to Barack Obama: Son of Promise, Child of Hope

Study the life of Barack Obama with the resources in this literature guide to Barack Obama: Son of Promise, Child of…

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Nonfiction Literature

Literary Biographies

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Balloons Over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of the Macy's Day Parade Educator's Guide

Share the story of Tony Sarg, puppeteer extraordinaire, by reading Balloons Over Broadway: The True Story of the…

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Nonfiction Literature

Literature

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Teacher's Guide to Books by Jason Chin

Jason Chin's books make complex scientific concepts accessible to young readers. This teacher's guide to Chin's…

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Nonfiction Literature

Literature

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Escape from Camp 14 Teacher's Guide

Open students' eyes to the secrets of the world's most repressive totalitarian state. In Escape from Camp 14, acclaimed…

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North Korea

Reading Instruction

Nonfiction Literature

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The Ghost Map Readers Guide

The Ghost Map tells the story of the 1854 London cholera epidemic, and how it changed science, cities, and the modern…

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Reading and Literature

Nonfiction Literature

Illness and Diseases

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