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  • Calico Girl Teaching Guide

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    Calico Girl Teaching Guide

    Our teacher discussion guide for Calico Girl, a book about a young slave girl who is newly experiencing freedom,…

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  • Thunderhead Teaching Guide

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    Thunderhead: Book #2 of Arc of a Scythe Teaching Guide

    Our teacher discussion guide for Thunderhead, the second installment of the Arc of a Scythe series, contains questions…

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  • The Black Friend Teaching Guide

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    The Black Friend Teacher's Guide

    This teaching guide to accompany The Black Friend includes an overview of the core themes of the book, suggestions for…

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    Civil Rights
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  • Reaching for the Moon Common Core Curriculum Guide

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    Reaching for the Moon Common Core Curriculum Guide

    This Common Core-aligned curriculum guide is designed to accompany Katherine Johnson's autobiography Reaching for the…

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    Language Arts and Writing
    Astronauts and Space Flights
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  • Black History Month Profile: Young Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman

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    Black History Month Profile: Young Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman

    This themed packet of reading and writing activities focuses on America's youngest Poet Laureate, Amanda Gorman. It…

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    Reading and Literature
    African Americans
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    Summarizing a John F. Kennedy Speech

    During this high school language arts lesson, students will summarize, verbally and in writing, a speech that John F.…

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    How to Eat Fried Worms

    Activities, tests, and websites that will help you teach How to Eat Fried Worms.

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    Banned Books and Censorship
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    Native Speaker

    Use this reader's guide with adult book groups.

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    A Long Way from Chicago and A Year Down Yonder

    These two stories by Richard Peck offer a lively picture of the depression years in small-town America. Joey and his…

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    Fiction
    American History/U.S. History
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    A Year Down Yonder Discussion Questions

    Use these discussion questions to check your students' comprehension of A Year Down Yonder.

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    U.S. States
    United States of America (USA)
    American History/U.S. History
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    Readers Theater Script: Zia

    By writing a Readers Theater script for Zia, by Scott O'Dell, students will learn about Zia and her brother. They…

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    Historical Fiction
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    Readers Theater Script: Journey Home

    This Readers Theater script is from Journey Home, by Yoshiko Uchida. Students enact part of the story of Yuki and her…

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    Readers Theater Script: The Drinking Gourd

    This Readers Theater script for The Drinking Gourd, by F. N. Monjo, deals with Tommy discovering runaway slaves hidden…

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    Historical Fiction
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    Literature that Deals with Curiosity

    A list of children's literature that deals with curiosity.

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    Fiction
    Emotional Appeal of Children's Literature
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    St. Patty's Day Quiz: Answers

    The answers to the St. Patty's Day Quiz.

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    Folk Tales
    Ireland
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    Slaughterhouse-Five

    Slaughterhouse-Five is about the complex journey of Billy Pilgrim. The novel follows Pilgrim through many chapters of…

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    Classical Music: Improving Children's Development

    Classical music has been touted as improving memory, emotion, mood, even test scores. Whether or not classical music is…

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    Moja Means One: Swahili Counting Book

    This colorful picture book introduces children to Swahili and the continent of Africa.

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    Caldecott Medal Books & Illustrators
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    The Song of the Lark

    Use a teaching guide that includes historical information, a brief synopsis of the novel The Song of the Lark, as well…

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    Be a Peacemaker

    Explain what it means to be a peacemaker. For use with The Gorp's Gift, a story about gun safety and accident…

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    The Gorp's Gift: Gun Safety Resources for Teachers
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    The Great Gatsby Journal

    Use the journal to help students focus on literary elements as they read, or in lieu of daily reading quizzes for The…

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    Teaching The Great Gatsby
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    Letter from E.B. White

    Enjoy a letter written by this revered author.

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    There's an Owl in the Shower

    Students use the book There's an Owl in the Shower to research and write about old growth forests and the logging…

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    Ready, Set Grow!

    Top 10 lists and step-by-step photographs show young gardeners how to grow plants from seed, how to propagate plants,…

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    Nonfiction Literature
    Plants and Botany
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