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This 136-page Common Core Aligned Literature Guide for Christopher Paul Curtis's The Watsons Go To Birmingham - 1963 has everything you need for teaching this novel in grades 5-6! Includes:

• Author Biography on author Christopher Paul Curtis
• Historical Context articles and corresponding reading questions on African-American Life in the South in the 1960s, Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s, Racial Violence in the South
• Expository Article on Dealing with Trauma, Grief, and Loss
• Thematic activity on Elements of Racism and Prejudice
• List of Allusions and Terms - defined
• Note-Taking and Summarizing Graphic Organizers
• Comprehension Check Depth of Knowledge Questions for each chapter
• Literature Standards Focus activities (specifically focused on grades 5 and 6 CCSS Reading: Literature Standards): Point of View, Using Quotations and Drawing Inferences, Character Interactions, Figurative Language, Theme, and Story Structure
• Language Standards Focus activities (specifically focused on grades 5 and 6 CCSS Reading: Language or Writing Standards): Dialect, Verb Tense and Agreement, Vocabulary in Context, Spelling, Punctuation, and Capitalization, Synonyms and Antonyms, Identifying Parts of Speech
• Reading and Vocabulary Activities
• Final Vocabulary Test
• Two Final Test Versions (one of which is entirely multiple choice)
• Pre-Reading Activities and Ideas List
• Post-Reading Activities and Ideas List
• Essay and Writing Prompts
• Two Project Rubrics
• Response to Literature Writing Rubric
• Sample Agenda and Teacher Notes
• Summary of the Novel
• Complete Answer Key

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