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The Unbreakable Code by Sara Hoagland Hunter

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The Unbreakable Code by Sara Hoagland Hunter

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Timeline: 1940s - Pearl Harbor/WWII Era

Intro: This story is about a grandfather telling his story to his grandson about his experiences during WWII.

Discussion Question: 1. Do you know anyone who served in war before? 2. What do you know about the Navajo tribe? 3. Did you know about the Navajo Code Talkers? 4. What do you know about WWII?

Reading Strategies:
- Five Finger Retell: How would you summarize John's grandfather's experience?

- KWL: Before or even just after for students to have a group discussion

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Author- Eleanor Coerr
Time Line- 1850's during the time of the Oregon Trail and Gold Rush
Who- a family traveling from Missouri to Oregon/California in a covered wagon
Discussion question - Why did Faith's parents want to leave Josefina behind? Did they end up taking her?
Discussion question- Why did Faith remember Josefina at the end of the book?

Reading Strategies-
Inferring and predictions
text to text connections

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Author: Nathaniel Benchley

Time Line: 1775 American Revolution

Told from a British solider's point of view.

- How might the story be different if told an American solider?

- How does George feel about his duties as a solider?

- What would you do if you were in George's shoes? would you think about the situation as George did? or would you do as you are told as Fred did?

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Author: Eleanor Coerr
Place: San Francisco
Time 1848-1882
- Gold Rush
- War in China
- Railroads
- Chinese Exclusion Act

Discussion Questions:
1) Do you think it was common for Chinese immigrants to have such a close relationship with owner of the mine. (i.e. Change and Big Pete)

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Author: Martha Brenner
Place: Illinois
Time: 1809-1865
Introduction: This story is about Abe Lincoln before and after he became president. The author describes Abe as a kind, people person who solves problems. Once he became a lawyer, he stores letters in his hat to keep them safe. This is one of many problems he solves. Once he is president, Abe Lincoln leaves a legacy by abolishing slavery.

Discussion Questions:
1. What inferences can you make about Abe Lincoln's hat and who he was?
2. What makes Abe stand out?
3.If you were born at this time, in what ways might you contribute to the end of slavery?
4. How does being a great lawyer help Abe Lincoln become a significant historical figure and president?

Reading Strategies:
Making Inferences
Using prior knowledge

Time line:
1833: Abe becomes a lawyer
1860: Abe becomes president
1865: Slavery ends

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The Unbreakable Code by Sara Hoagland Hunter

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The Unbreakable Code by Sara Hoagland Hunter

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Time line: 1940s - Pear Harbor/WW2 Era

Discussion Questions: 1. Do you

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by AVI
Timeline:
-1880 Colorado (U.S.)
- Invention of Railroad (New Method of Travel)
Discussion Questions:
- What do Noah's parents want him to do?
- If any of you are first generation students, what have you learned about the value of education, how do you connect o Noah?
- Do any of you have a personal connection with anybody with a disability, how did it make you feel about the story?
- Why do you think Noah's parents want him to be educated?
-Have you ever learned something you didn't initially though was important, and then realized how important it was? How/Why is it important?
Reading Strategies:
- Connecting Self to Text
- Connecting Text to Historical Context
- Inferring Meaning

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The Mountain Man and the President                                 

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The Mountain Man and the President                                 

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Place: The Sierras
Time: 1849 - present
Who: John Muir and Theodore Roosevelt

Discussion Questions:
(Introduce the California state quarter)
Who was John Muir and why was he important?
How was the relationship between Muir and Roosevelt influential in legally protecting the land?
Why is it so important to preserve and protect the land and animals?

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by Nancy Smiler Levinson

Timeline:
-1849 Gold Rush is California
-1850s Gold Rush and Silver Rush in Nevada
-2016 USA Election where 1st African American president ends his term.

Introduction:
Northern California was isolated by the Sierra Nevada mountains during the Winters with heavy snowfall. It was difficult to get letters to family members across the mountains who were mining for gold and silver in Nevada. Norwegian immigrant, Snowshoe Thompson, shares the Norwegian snow travel method, skis, to travel through the snow and deliver letters.

Discussion Questions:
1. Why do you think Snowshoe Thompson taught Danny how to make the skis?
2. How did the gold rush invite immigrants to share their skills from their native countries? How does this continue to impact our modern day relationship with snow?

Reading Strategies:
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Author: Barbara Brenner

Timeline: Fall 1878 - Spring 1879

Place: Nicodemus, Kansas and Solomon City, Kansas

Introduction: The story is about a free Black family that moved from Kentucky to Kansas to settle because of the Homestead act. The Homestead act enabled anyone to settle in the west for free. The Muldie family moved there in hopes of finding a new life for a carpenter father and his three kids. Unhappy with Nicodemus land, Mr. Muldie ventured on his own for better land and left the kids to fend for themselves until they received a message from him.

Discussion questions:
1. Why were the families able to live in Nicodemus?
2. Why would the families live underground?
3. Why were the families scared of the Indians?
4. If one was placed in a similar situation as a Muldie boy, how would you contribute in their survival?

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Finding Providence: The story of Roger Williams by Avi 

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Finding Providence: The story of Roger Williams by Avi 

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Timeline: 1631- Landed in US
1636 - Roger Williams shares idea of "separation of church and state"
1776- Declaration of Independence
1789 - US Con. - Separation of Church and State
2016 - Brazil Olympics

Discussion Question:
1. Should the government or church tell you how to think or act? (p.8)
2. Would you leave your family? (p.25)
3. How would you feel if an important family member had to leave? (p.28)
4. What does providence mean? How would you create the settlement Providence? (p.46)

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Timeline: 1773

Introduction: In this story,  a girl named Katie is retelling an event that happened in her life when she was a little girl. This takes place during the Colonial revolution where there was tension between the Americans and the British. Katie's story takes the British perspective in the midst of the Colonial revolution

Discussion Question:
1. Does anyone know the name of the event Papa is referring to when he mentions tea in the harbor?
2.  How do you think Katie feels about the word "tory"?
3. What would you do if you were Katie?
4. Where would you hide?

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Timeline:
Start- 1493 settlers begin colonizing America
1624- Manhattan colonized by Dutch settlers
1626- Dutch settlers "purchase" Manhattan from Canarsee Indians
End- 1626-1646 (?) Weckquaesgeek Indians move due to being repeatedly forced off the land

Discussion Questions:
1. Who does the author believe owns the land?
2. Why did the white men shoot at the Indians? Who benefits/suffers from this decision?
3. How could this situation (the white men shooting at the Indians) have been handled better/more peacefully?
4. How do you think the Indians felt when they were repeatedly forced to move?

Reading Strategies

KWL chart

Picture walk

Make predictions

Infer meaning

Retell/chain of events

Tara Anguiano
Karlene Simon

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Timeline: 1850
Place: Northern Territory
Reading Strategy: Making Connections

Introduction: This story is about a family escaping from North Carolina to Canada with the help from a family in the North. The family helping them serve as the "conductors" in the underground railroad as they help the escaped slave family overcome the challenges associated with traveling through the underground railroad.

Discussion Questions

Description Phase:

Who were the conductors and who were the passengers in this story of the underground railroad?

What is the drinking gourd?

Where were they trying to go?

Why are they want to go there?

How are they getting there?

Critical Phase: What would have happened if Tommy did not lie about running away?

Creative Phase/Personal:
Have you ever told a lie to keep someone else safe?

What would you have done if the Marshals stopped you?

How did you feel when you lied to protect someone? Do you think Tommy had similar feelings as you when he lied?

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Sam and the Minuteman by Nathaniel Benchley

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Sam and the Minuteman by Nathaniel Benchley

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Time Line: 1775
April 19, 1775, The Battle of Lexington and Concord.
Place: The English Colonies/ British Americas/ Boston/ Lexington, Massachusetts.
Introduction: This book is about a boy named Sam who lived in the British Americas. This story is about Sam, his father, and their town joined together to rebel against British rule.
Questions:
1. Where did Sam fight the British?
2. How would you react if you were in Sam's position?
3. Do you think Sam was a Minuteman?
4.. What do you think would happen if the farmers didn't come to help the Minutemen?
5. Can you make any connections to Sam's story and any books you've read in class or at home?

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Time line:  1776, Revolutionary War
Place:  New Jersey
Strategy:  Reader's Theater/feelings of characters and how those feelings would help you see different perspectives-finding humanity during a time of war.

Introduction:

What do you notice about the cover?  (Students may note the title and the money. Goose worth 18 pennies).  Back in 1776, 18 pennies was worth a lot. What makes this goose so valuable?

We've been noticing different perspectives in stories.  We're going to perform reader's theater with this book to help us put ourselves in different character's shoes.  This book is about a little girl during the revolutionary war, who has to make a tough choice when faced with the threat of British soldiers raiding her home.  Back in 1776, 18 pennies was worth a lot.

Questions:

How did your character feel in the book?

Compare and contrast Letty's and Pa's feelings?

Why did Letty write the note?

Why did the family keep the coins?

Why is the book called 18 Penny Goose?

What happened to the other 7 coins over time?

What do the coins tell us about the setting?

Why do you think Letty considers them lucky coins?

If you were a British soldier, what would motivate you to write Letty back?  Why do you think he felt the need to write a letter and pay for the geese?

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Sam the Minute Man by Nathaniel Benchley

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Sam the Minute Man by Nathaniel Benchley

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Timeline:
Start---Early 1775 (Spring). It was before the Revolutionary War, and America was not its own country at this time.
End---1783, 8 years after the start of the Revolutionary War with the "shot heard round the world."

Place:
Lexington (near Boston), Massachusetts around farm land.

Discussion Questions:
-What is the role of the Minutemen?
-How did Sam's feelings about being a Minuteman change over the course of the story?
-Imagine you are in Sam's shoes, having to fight for a cause at such a young age. How do you think you would feel?

Reading Strategy: Character development. How did Sam's characters change over time?

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Time: 1732-1783(end of American Revolution)-2016
Place: America
Discussion:
1. Why would George Washington bring a dog to battle? (p.19)
2. Who do you think the dog belongs to? (p. 30)
3. Why did George Washington return the dog?
4. Why did this decision make his enemies respect him?
5. How could this have turned out differently?
Reading Strategies:
Inferring

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Time line:  1789-present
Place:  Virginia, South Carolina
Introduction: We've been looking at our families and how they have changed over time.  Their stories can tell us a lot about the past and even our future.  This book I'm going to share with you is about the author's family stories.  The title of the book "Show Way," is an artifact that gets passed down from generation to generation.  What do you think a "Show Way" is?  I'm not sure myself.  Sometimes authors don't tell us directly, they like to make us think more and so they leave us clues.  As we go on with the story, ask yourself, "What is a Show Way?"  we're going to infer, or in other words, pick up clues to what the author might want us to think more deeply about.
Questions:
"How do you know the Show Way is important to the author?"
"Has the Show Way changed for the author over time?"
"What could be your 'Show Way'"