6.1 Read-Aloud Unit - The Westing Game (Look Inside)
THIS UNIT HAS UPDATED LESSONS:
Graphic Organizers:
Timeline of Samuel Westing's Life (Day 7)
Suspects List Organizer (Day 9)
Persuasive Writing Prompt (Day 32)
What Happened During the Salem Witch Trials (Day 16)
Andrew Carnegie: Rags to Riches, Power to Peace (Day 26)
Napoleon Hill: Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, the mind can achieve (Day 31)
Nonfiction Articles:
Ellen Raskin and The Westing Game (Day 3)
How the American Dream Works (Day 3)
Biography: Andrew Carnegie (Day 13)
Seeds of Paranoia: The Salem Witch Trials (Day 16) &
The Last Will and Testament of Samuel Westing (Day 20)
Transcript: Napoleon Hill: Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, the mind can achieve (Day 31)
6.1 Book Club Unit (Look Inside)
When You Reach Me
Nonfiction Articles:
Why the Wrinkle In Time Movie Will Change Hollywood
The London Eye Mystery
Map: London Tourist Map (Day 7)
Nonfiction Articles:
Siobhan Dowd: A Shining Talent Who Tragically Ran Out of Time
4 Things You Need to Know About the Guggenheim Mystery
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Nonfiction Articles:
Foxtore Mires: Legendary Dartmoor
6.2 Read-Aloud Unit - Children of the Dust Bowl (Look Inside)
Genre Chart - Historical Nonfiction
Graphic Organizers:
Opinion Essay Prompt and Notes (Day 25)
Video Links:
Surviving the Dust Bowl (Day 10-11)
Dorothea Lange, Migrant Mother, 1936
Primary Documents: Migrant Mother Series of Images (Day 17)
Nonfiction Text:
Sinking Deeper and Deeper: 1929-33 (Day 4)
6.2 Book Club Unit (Look Inside)
THIS UNIT HAS AN UPDATED LESSON:
Video Link: Disney American Presidents: Franklin D. Roosevelt
A Letter to Mrs. Roosevelt
Nonfiction Articles:
Biography for Kids: Amelia Earhart
Children Turn to the President and First Lady for Help
Sylvia & Aki
Primary Document: Photograph of Aki (Day 4)
Nonfiction Articles:
World War II for Kids: Japanese Interment Camps
Righting a Wrong: Mendez vs. Westminster
Out of the Dust
Map: The Dust Bowl
Nonfiction Articles:
6.3 Read-Aloud Unit - Esperanza Rising (Look Inside)
Genre Chart - Historical Fiction
Map: Mexico (Day 5)
Video Link:
Our Lady of Guadalupe Basilica (Day 17)
Graphic Organizers:
Opinion Essay Prompt & Notes (Day 28)
Drafting Sheet - Literary Essay (Day 32)
Nonfiction Articles:
Our Lady of Guadalupe (Day 17)
Repatriation of Mexican & Filipino Farmworkers (Day 25)
A History of Mexican Americans in California (Day 30)
Farm Worker Fact Sheet (Day 31)
6.3 Book Club Unit (Look Inside)
Four Perfect Pebbles
Map:
Germany and Surrounding Areas (Day 4)
Video Links:
The Final Solution 0:00 - 5:44 & 11:00 - 13:48 (Day 15)
Liberators and Survivors 0:00 - 11:01 (Day 20)
Nonfiction Articles:
Lesson Extensions:
Immigration in the U. S. 1933-1941 (Day 6)
Video: Survivors Remember Kristallnacht (Day 7)
What did Refugees Need to Obtain a US Visa in the 1930's? (Day 8)
Escape from German Occupied Europe (Day 14)
Rescue and Resistance (Day 21)