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Bud, Not Buddy, by Christopher Paul Curtis

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Bud, Not Buddy, by Christopher Paul Curtis

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Students may choose to read one of the following books:

-Bud, Not Buddy, by Christopher Paul Curtis
-A Little Princess, by Frances Hodgson Burnett
-The Thief Lord, by Cornelia Funke
-The Invention of Hugo Cabret, by Brian Selznick

After finishing the book, students will respond by engaging in conversation with other students via the class blog, using the HOT Blogging Framework (Zawilinski, 2009) to guide their discussions.

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A Little Princess, by Frances Hodgson Burnett

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A Little Princess, by Frances Hodgson Burnett

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(See Bud, Not Buddy tile.)

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Nurses Care for Children in Orphanage, 1900s, by Huntley Film Archives

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Nurses Care for Children in Orphanage, 1900s, by Huntley Film Archives

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Students will watch this short video to get a sense of the orphanages of the early 1900s. Students will gain an understanding of how the care of orphans in these institutions mirrored the industrial revolution, with little personal love or attention given to the children. This will help establish an understanding of what the orphans in the texts of the subtopic were escaping in their adventures.

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Children Who Built Victorian Britain Part

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Nurses care for children in orphanage, 1900s - Film 17203

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A detailed look at a young children's school or orphanage. Rows of long tables and tables set for a meal in a garden. At the top of the tables a woman waits with a big bowl. Women in nurse's uniform lead small children in single file down some steps to the tables.

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After viewing this movie, students will form small groups of 3-4 to engage in discussion using the following prompts:

-How does not having a family affect the main character?
-How does finding a family affect the main character?
-What does the adoptee hope to gain from finding a family?
-What does the adoptive family hope to gain from adopting a child?
-How does the adoption portrayed in this movie reflect the beliefs about and attitudes toward adoption during the era in which it is set?  How does it defy society's expectations?

Groups will contribute their conclusions to posters dedicated to each question and arranged around the classroom.  In carousel-style, groups will add their thoughts to each poster.  When each movie has been viewed and analyzed (Anne of Green Gables, Annie, and The Odd Life of Timothy Green), the class's comments will be synthesized into a matrix comparing their analysis of each film and era.

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Students will choose one of the following books to read as part of a literature circle:

-Jake's Orphan, by Peggy Brooke
-Dave at Night, by Gail Carson Levine
-The Ocean Within, by V.M. Caldwell

Students will use double-entry journals to organize their thinking to prepare for literature circle discussions.  As a group, literature circle members will create a poster depicting how adoption was portrayed in the book they read, how family and adoption was defined by the time period of the book, and how the characters viewed family and adoption.  New groups will then be formed with members from each of the literature circles to share their posters and discuss similarities and differences in how adoption is portrayed in each novel.

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The Invention of Hugo Cabret, by Brian Selznick

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The Invention of Hugo Cabret, by Brian Selznick

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(See Bud, Not Buddy tile.)

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(See Bud, Not Buddy tile.)