Elizabeth Laird

The Garbage King

• Teaching Notes by Pearson

• Supporting Notes by Unicorn Theatre

A Little Piece of Ground

• • Nat'l Public Radio (USA) piece about controversy surrounding the book

Kiss the Dust

• • Book review - Reading Matters UK -- with list of related books to read

• Lesson plan: Teaching about the refugee experience using "Kiss the Dust"

  • Grade 7 lesson plan (PDF) -- from the Omaha, Nebraska (USA) dept of education

  • Lesson plan from Haringey Learning (UK) + supporting materials (links via this page on Refugee unit of study)

  • Lesson plan -- from Canada (via WorldBeat)

  • Background material

    • Timeline of Iraqi Kurds (BBC)

    • Story Map - on akaKurdistan website -- images on a timeline where people contribute stories

    • Map of Kurdish-inhabited area (CIA)

Other books by Elizabeth Laird