Mike,
Alice and I have worked a number of days and hours on incorporating historical fiction pieces in conjuction with the literary genre of DRAMA. The story titled, In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson by Betty Bao Lord, fits perfectly into this theme. Thanks for doing so much work finding the perfect book. We will have students take on the role of playrights to write plays that center around a number of Fifth Grade Social Studies units such as Black History month and immigration. In addition, this unit works nicely along side our biography unit.
Here is link to that book:
We are going to spend a lot of our time now focusing on where and when to place this story in our yearly map plans as well as finding a number of other literary pieces that will enhance the unit with leveled books!
Mike and Alice
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