Embedded Files
All titles have resources for purchase on sites like Teachers Pay Teachers. The linked sources below, though, are free! For most titles, click the picture to see the materials. Several are brand-new titles; as more resources are created and released, we'll add them here!
5th-6th Grade List
5th-6th Grade List
PDF: Random House Educator's Guide
Celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment with Bold and Brave by Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and The Fight of the Century by Barb Rosenstock. Show students how their state engaged in this effort--sometimes leading the rest of the nation. This site, www.UtahWomensHistory.org, is an amazing resource for biographies, activities, downloads and materials, lessons and classroom toolkits.
Activities, extensions, and background from the author's website
PDF: Random House Educator's Guide
"For Teachers" page on the author's website
PDF: Aunt Spiker and Aunt Sponge activity (description, metaphor, simile) from www.RoaldDahl.com
PDF: Teaching Guide from Walden Pond Press
Lesson plan from Scholastic.com
PDF: Educator's Guide from Katherine Tegen Books (HarperCollins)
PDF: Penguin Publishing Educator's Guide
A book trailer for Sweep: the Story of a Girl and Her Monster from the author! The title says "Introcuding" but otherwise it's good! :)
Lesson and discussion ideas from "The C Classroom Bookshelf" (School Library Journal)
3rd-4th Grade List
3rd-4th Grade List
Alvin Ho Educator's Guide (PDF Random House, explores similar texts as well)
(Enrichment) "Meeting Alice" from the Alice Paul Institute--elementary class activities, discussion questions, etc.
Also see the Utah Women resources with The Bold & the Brave (above)
Also see the Utah Women resources with The Bold & the Brave (above)
Albert Whitman & Company’s Chester Nez and the Unbreakable Code Teacher’s Guide (PDF will automatically download)
Native Knowledge 360° from the National Museum of the American Indian
Unspoken: America’s Native American Boarding Schools from KUED
Navajo Code Talkers – Living History Videos
Native Words, Native Warriors from the National Museum of the American Indian
Native Knowledge 360° from the National Museum of the American Indian
Unspoken: America’s Native American Boarding Schools from KUED
Navajo Code Talkers – Living History Videos
Native Words, Native Warriors from the National Museum of the American Indian
PDF: decent teacher's guide from the publisher. Very good discussion questions.
From the publisher: Discussion Guide & Field Guide; this guide to the jumbies goes further, but please preview it before using (there is one illustration you probably won't want to use in class).
Worksheets & Reader Scripts from the author's website
Discussion Guide from www.Scholastic.com. There are MANY other resources online, easily found with a quick Google search.
Complete Unit offered for free download by Wende @ Homeschoolshare.com
Click the SCHOOL STORIES pic for an educator's guide (PDF); click the cover of the book for resources on the author's website
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