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This is a six-week unit. The first activity is a pre-writing activity for the first two week which will prepare students for the reading of The War That Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley. The second activity will take place during the full four weeks that the class will be reading the book. The reading of the book will be spaced out with the first three weeks being Monday 3 chapters, Tuesday 3 chapters, Wednesday 3 chapters, Thursday 2 chapters and Friday 1 chapter. On the last week it will be two chapters each day.

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This unit will revolve around the ideas of perseverance and acceptance. There may also be talk of abuse and neglect due to some of the stories that are included in the text set which are also important ideas to talk about but are not ones that will be focused on in this unit. I find that many children can be sadly faced with these problems and sometimes do not know how to handle it or they can feel alone. I know these can be difficult topics to handle but I feel they are very important topics for children to need to get their head around.

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1) How do disabilities affect people's lives and the lives of those around them? How are they able to accept their disability and perservere through the difficulties that come with the disability?
2) What are your feelings on acceptance and perserverance? Is it hard or easy to accept challenges and perservere through them?
3) Can you put yourself in the shoes of someone who is disabled and feel what they feel? How would you feel if you had to deal with a disability or if you saw someone being treated badly by their friends or family because they were disabled?

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What This First Half of the Unit Entails

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What This First Half of the Unit Entails

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Students will choose from a list of people who have been disabled since childhood that I have prepared for them in advance. Over two weeks they will research this person, especially their childhood, and choose at least three books from the catalogue (not including The War That Saved My Life) to read and connect to their research on the famous person. In a two to three-page paper they will write about perseverance and acceptance while being disabled and how the events in the books connect with the real-life events of the person they researched. They will be sure to explain how these connections show that the disabled person accepted their disability and persevered through it. Lastly, I will have them write how they would act with the same disability and why. A rubric will be provided to them.

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The Learning Objectives of this Unit Half

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The Learning Objectives of this Unit Half

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1. Students will prepare a two to three-page typed essay in which they will explore how disabilities effect their lives and the lives of others and they will connect the experiences of a famous disabled person to three of the books provided in the catalogue.
2. Students will demonstrate their critical thinking skills and understanding to create connections between fiction and real life.
3. Students will evaluate how they feel about disabilities and towards disabled people.

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What the Activity is For the Second Half of the Unit

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What the Activity is For the Second Half of the Unit

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I will provide each student with a composition notebook where they will prepare a journal of entries that they will make each day after their assigned readings of The War That Saved My Life. Each day, for homework, they will write a journal entry of at least one-half page in which they discuss how they felt while reading the chapters that night and what made them feel that way using specific moments from the readings. On Mondays and Wednesdays their entries will be no less than one page and must include a connection to another book within the catalogue in which they explore one theme of the chapters they read that night. They are only allowed to use a book one time in their journal meaning they should be using at least either different books from the catalogue. During these days they will also include their feelings and why they felt the way they did just like in the other entries. I will be looking at their journals on their desk at the beginning of class each day to make sure they are doing it.

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The Learning Objectives of this Unit Half

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The Learning Objectives of this Unit Half

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1. Students will produce an organized journal of their feelings based on each of the days reading assignment throughout the four weeks.
2. Students will reflect on how they felt each night while reading the book and write in their journal about why they felt those feelings.
3. Students will identify connections between the main book and one other book within the catalogue during two of the entries per week.

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The War That Saved My Life By: Kimberly Bradbury

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The War That Saved My Life By: Kimberly Bradbury

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Main Text
Historical Juvenile Fiction for students grade level 3-6
The story revolves around a little girl named Ada who was born with a clubfoot a few years before the start of World War Two. The story follows her as she attempts to escape her mother who has abused her both physically and mentally due to her clubfoot. She is taken in by a kind woman named Ms. Smith who helps her over come her PTSD from being abused and allows her to be more confident in herself. This is the book that the entire second half of the unit will be focused around.

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The Invisible Boy by Trudy Ludwig Illustrated by Patrice Barton

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The Invisible Boy by Trudy Ludwig Illustrated by Patrice Barton

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Childrens Picture Book for ages 6-9 years
Published 2013
Teaches students how to handle quieter peers and how to be accepting of all people

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Childrens Picture Book for ages 3-7 years.
Published in 2017
Tells the story of a student with Autism trying to fit in at school. Opens students up to what Autism is and how to handle it or peers who have it.

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I See Things Differently: A First Look at Autism by: Pat Thomas

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I See Things Differently: A First Look at Autism by: Pat Thomas

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This is a Childrens Picture Book for students age 4-7.
Published 2014
This is another book that gives an introduction on Autism and how students are when they have it.

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Keep Your Ear on the Ball by: Genevive Petrillo

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Keep Your Ear on the Ball by: Genevive Petrillo

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This is a Childrens Picture Book for students age 8 and up.
Published in 2009
This is a book that will help students understand the difficulties that people who are deaf have trouble with.

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Little Guides to Great Lives: Stephen Hawking by: Isabel Thomas

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Little Guides to Great Lives: Stephen Hawking by: Isabel Thomas

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This is a Juvenile Nonfiction biography on Stephen Hawking for students who are 9-12 years old.
Published in 2019
This book gives a quick biography on Stephen Hawking and how he was able to accomplish everything he did even with his debilitating disability. This will help kids get a sense of how to accept and perservere in the absolute hardest of situations.

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More Alike Than Different: A Down Syndrome Awareness Tale by: Gail Hamblin Illustrated by: Jenny Kopp

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More Alike Than Different: A Down Syndrome Awareness Tale by: Gail Hamblin Illustrated by: Jenny Kopp

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This is a Childrens Picture Book for grades 1-6
Published in 2017
It can help open up the discussion of what Down Syndrome is and how to treat people that have it. It allows for students to understnad the cause behind the disability and can help them put themselves in that person's shoes.

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A Boy Named FDR: How Franklin D. Roosevelt Grew Up to Change America by: Kathleen Krull and Illustrated by Steve Johnson & Lou Fancher

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A Boy Named FDR: How Franklin D. Roosevelt Grew Up to Change America by: Kathleen Krull and Illustrated by Steve Johnson & Lou Fancher

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This is a Juvenile Nonfiction book for ages 6-9
This book is a good look into FDR's life and shows how he was able to overcome his disability to become one of the greatest Presidents of the United States.

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The Pirate of Kindergarten by George Ella Lyon Illustrated by Lynne Avril

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The Pirate of Kindergarten by George Ella Lyon Illustrated by Lynne Avril

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This is a Childrens Picture book for younger kids age 4-8
Published in 2010
This book is good for helping students understand what difficulties students have when they have a vision impairment.

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Anything But Typical by: Nora Raleigh Baskin

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Anything But Typical by: Nora Raleigh Baskin

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This is a Juvenile Chapter Book for students who are age 10 and up.
Published 2010
This novel is about Autism and a student who has Autism and is trying to figure out how to live like in a world in which no one seems to have the same issues. Students would not need to read the entirety of this book but they could pick different parts to cite.

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Some Kids Use Wheelchairs (2008 edition) by: Lola M. Schaefer

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Some Kids Use Wheelchairs (2008 edition) by: Lola M. Schaefer

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This is a Childrens Picture Book for kids from 4-8
Published 2008
This book helps for the students to understand what kids who are disabled and have to be in wheelchairs live like and how they are able to perservere.

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One Word From Sophia by: Jim Averbeck and Yasmeen Ismail

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One Word From Sophia by: Jim Averbeck and Yasmeen Ismail

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Childrens Picture Book for ages 4-8
Published 2015
This book shows a little girl coming up with different ideas to try and talk her family into getting something she wants for her birthday. This book can show a different side of trying to perservere though something.

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This is an award winning Juvenile Novel for kids age 8 and up
Published 2016
This book is a good book to show students how someone can accept her differences to other people and perservere through hardships. It is also a book that can show how others can accept her.

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It Could Always Be Worse: A Yiddish Folk Tale by: Margot Zemach

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It Could Always Be Worse: A Yiddish Folk Tale by: Margot Zemach

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This is an award winning folk tale for kids age 3-6
Published 1990
This story is able to help kids see how to stay positive in bad situations.

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A Picture Book of Rosa Parks by David A. Adler and Illustrated by Robert Casilla

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A Picture Book of Rosa Parks by David A. Adler and Illustrated by Robert Casilla

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This is a Childrens Nonfiction Picture Book for ages 4-8
Published in 1993
This book is a short biography on Rosa Parks and her life during and after the bus boycott. This book will help students see how a woman was able to perservere in the face of the greatest odds.

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Somebody Cares: A Guide for Students Who Have Experienced Neglect by: Susan Farber Straus

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Somebody Cares: A Guide for Students Who Have Experienced Neglect by: Susan Farber Straus

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This is a picture book for kids age 6-10
Published in 2016
This book is meant to help children deal with neglect and abuse received from their own family. This book can connect strongly with the main book of the unit.

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The War I Finally Won by: Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

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The War I Finally Won by: Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

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This is a Juvenile Historical Fiction novel for students grades 4-7
Published in 2017
This is the sequal to The War That Saved My Life. This would be a recommended book for them if they wanted to read the sequel.

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All Families Are Special by: Norma Simon Illustrated by Teresa Flavin

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All Families Are Special by: Norma Simon Illustrated by Teresa Flavin

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This is a Childrens Picture Book for kids age 4-8
Published 2003
This book is about how everyone has a family no matter what their differences are and it shows how they are similar even when they might be of different etnicities. It helps to go with the idea of accepting people or yourself.

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Susan B Anthony: Fighter for Freedom and Equality by: Suzanne Buckingham Slade Illustrated by Craid Orback

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Susan B Anthony: Fighter for Freedom and Equality by: Suzanne Buckingham Slade Illustrated by Craid Orback

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This is a Nonfiction Childrens Picture Book for kids age 5-9
Published in 2007
This book is about another woman who perservered though really difficult odds to make the changes that she wanted to see in the world.

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A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story by: Linda Sue Park

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A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story by: Linda Sue Park

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This is a Juvenile Historical Fiction Novel based on true events for kids age 10 and up
Published 2011
This story helps students see another person who is young and still able to perservere and overcome increadible odds. This book puts them in a completely different setting than the main text which I found could broaden the students minds even more.

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What the Students Can Use in Each Unit Half

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What the Students Can Use in Each Unit Half

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Students will be given the whole list of books in the beginning of the unit and will have the ability to use any book for any activity (unless otherwise stated). While the books in each unit half are directed to that half, that does not mean that if the student can find a way to use a book from the first half unit in the second half or the other way around, that they would not be able to do that. I just do not want them to constantly use the same book over and over again.