Teaching & Reading Guides
Mend - A Story of Divorce: Teaching Guide | Ages 11 - 14
OVERVIEW Dear Educator, The ideas and activities provided are designed as independent resources and are not a comprehensive program with prioritized activities. Teachers can select and use what activity best suits their classroom, grade level, ...
Activist - A Story of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas Shooting: Teaching Guide | Ages 11 - 14
OVERVIEW About The Book On February 14, 2018, Valentine’s Day, Lauren Elizabeth Hogg lost her two best friends in the now notorious school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. In all, seventeen people were gunned ...
Imperfect - A Story Of Body Image: Teaching Guide | Ages 11 - 14
OVERVIEW Title Trailer About the Book “I shouldn’t be writing these words at all . . . I shouldn’t even be here. But by the grace of Allah (God) I am here. And alive to tell my story . . .” Being perfect all the time was exhausting for young Dounya. ...
Click - A Story Of Cyber Bullying: Teaching Guide | Ages 11 - 14
OVERVIEW Title Trailer About the Book Lexi Philips is a confident, talented girl just entering middle school when a misunderstanding during a volleyball match leads to the loss of her friends, and to them relentlessly bullying her via social media. ...
Kid Beowulf - The Song of Roland: Reading and Teaching Guide | Ages 8 - 11
OVERVIEW STORY SYNOPSIS Beowulf and Grendel are banished from their homeland and seek refuge with their Uncle Ogier in fair Francia. But by the time they arrive, the kingdom is in shambles! King Charlemagne is ailing, his knights are exile, and ...
Benny Breakiron in The Red Taxis: Reading and Teaching Guides | Ages 5 - 8
OVERVIEW Papercutz has, once again, given the reader a delightful romp in the world of literature, engaging students with humor, action, vulnerability, and mystery while offering classic comics visuals. Naturally infused into the story are rich ...
They Called Us Enemy: Reading and Teaching Guide - 7 Lessons!- | Ages 9 - 18
OVERVIEW In response to Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 on February 19, 1942. This set into motion the forced removal of 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry from the West ...
After the Spring: Reading and Teaching Guide | Ages 16 - 18
OVERVIEW A Graphic Novel of Politics… and People What happens when a revolution fails? That’s the question at the center of Hélène Aldeguer’s sophisticated and award-winning After the Spring. And while it’s a text rich in history, politics, ...
The Light Princess: Educational Activities | Ages 9 - 16
OVERVIEW STORY SYNOPSIS The Light Princess is based on George MacDonald's fairy tale of the same name. This series tells the story of a princess afflicted by a constant weightlessness, unable to keep her feet on the ground, both literally and ...
Why Comics, Graphic Novels and Manga for Young Readers? How to Best Use Your Comics Plus Collection for Young Readers
Graphic novels offer an incredible new opportunity to engage readers of all abilities by providing a visual foundation that helps accelerate comprehension of the author's ideas. Graphic Novels also provide a new perspective into lives, stories, ...