Building Background At the start of the unit, guide the students in creating a KWL chart to tap into their prior knowledge and discover what they want to know more about. share their personal reactions to what they have learned in both small-group and whole-class discussions.Ĥ. discuss the central issues of the Civil War from a variety of different perspectives. define historical fiction and identify some of the techniques writers use to create good historical fiction. use the Internet to locate resources related to the Civil War and incorporate information from these resources into their own writing. Objectives ĺs a result of completing this unit, students will be able to. discuss some of the social, political, and personal issues that Americans confronted during the Civil War era. The following lesson plan for an upper elementary unit on the Civil War contains links to other Internet sites that can provide valuable cross-curricular materials for you and your students. The many books about this period written for young audiences provide a rich context in which to learn about the Civil War itself and to explore more basic issues about the nature of human life and society. Introduction The Civil War era is one of the most critical and fascinating in our nation's history.
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In this way, First Book effectively leverages the heroic efforts of local tutoring, mentoring, and family literacy organizations as they work to reach children who need help the most. The primary goal of First Book is to work with existing literacy programs to distribute new books to children who, for economic reasons, have little or no access to books. HarperCollins Publishers is a proud supporter of First Book, a national nonprofit organization whose mission is to give children from low-income families the opportunity to read and own their own new books. Her novel Lupita Mañana is a Jane Addams Children's Book Award honor book, and Charley Skedaddle won the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction. Patricia Beatty is the author of many popular and award-winning children's books, including such NCSS Notable Children's Trade Books in the Field of Social Studies as Eight Mules from Monterey Behave Yourself, Bethany Brant Turn Homeward, Hannalee Be Ever Hopeful, Hannalee and Jayhawker.
She taught Writing Fiction for Children at several branches of the University of California. After graduating from college, she taught high school English and history, and later held various positions as a science and technical librarian and also as a children's librarian. Patricia Beatty was born in Portland, Oregon, and was a longtime resident of southern California.
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