Your assignment for today:
Create a 1 page handout that is pretty and accessible. The handout should include information on the author of your book and information on an important historical event. It should look like something you would appreciate receiving from a teacher.
In groups of 4-5 (big book groups MUST break up into EVENLY balanced smaller groups) select
1 leader and 3-4 researchers: 1-2 working on author info, 1-2 working on setting/event info.
Leader’s responsibility:
Organize information into concise, well-organized word document
Cite sources--URLs is enough
Review finished document; print copy for each group member and one for teacher; include student names on handout for teacher
Each researcher:
Research your specific topic
Send information to leader including citation (URL)
Suggested Topics:Each group will research the author and an historical topic. You are not limited to the topics below.
The Namesake
Jhumpa Lahiri
Indian immigration to U.S.
The Weight of All Things
Sandra Benitez
Civil War in El Salvador
What is the What
Dave Eggers
War in Sudan/the Lost Boys
Suite Francaise
Irene Nemirovsky
French Occupation during WWII
Animal Dreams
Barbara Kingsolver
Native American Myth
Water Pollution in Arizona
Alzheimer’s
Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight
Alex Fuller
Conflict in Rhodesia
Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut
Dresden bombings
Post-traumatic stress disorder
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