Description
Students read nonfiction selections to gather historical information for the setting of the novel. They analyze poetry and spirituals. They do research and write a formal research paper. They study plot and conflict and discover literary style. They have creative and expository writing opportunities, as well as news writing, which culminate in a newspaper with articles about the major events in the novel.Supplementary materials include a vocabulary exercise, an objective test with answer key, and a reading guide with suggested responses.Literary American Novel21st-Century Skills Collaboration Critical thinking Social and cross-cultural skills Communication and collaborationOverviewSet in 1933, this historical fiction is narrated by nine-year-old Cassie Logan as she faces the trials of coming of age in the South. The Logan’s are a black family struggling to maintain their human dignity and personal freedoms in a racist rural Mississippi. Cassie reveals the problems and struggles of black families, sharecroppers, white landowners, and ;ldquo;poor whites;rdquo;. The strength of the Logan family teaches Cassie determination and pride. The plot mirrors a black child’s hopes, fears, and disillusionment, factors which eventually brought about the Civil Rights Movement in the mid-twentieth century.Includes 10 Lesson Plans/16 Handouts.Aligned to Common Core State Standards (CCSS).Grades 6-9,. Middle school. 90 Pages.Book Download: PDF. Adobe Reader required to view PDF.Print Book: Spiral-bound, 8 x 11 inches.
