LATITUDES
These well-organized books include background information about the novel or play, the author, and the historical period of the setting, in addition to primary sources, suggested activities, and related poetry, short stories, and novel excerpts. Each book is designed to help students place a work in its historical context, to inspire them to connect the past and the present, and to encourage them to raise and answer their own questions about the meaning of the work. (Some titles are only available on CD-ROMs with pages that can be printed from your computer.) Grades 5–8. Illustrated. 8½” x 11″. Perfection Learning. Approximately 65 pages each.
Several of the titles in this set are also available as eBooks
View the tables of contents and sample lessons from the following books:
ANNE FRANK: The Diary of a Young Girl:
The Crucible:
- Table of contents
- The Seeds of Salem’s Witch-Hunts
- Twentieth-Century Witch-Hunter: Joseph R. McCarthy
- Reply to McCarthy
Johnny Tremain:
My Brother Sam Is Dead:
- Table of contents
- Women and the Fight for Freedom
- A Soldier’s First-Hand Account
- Soldiers’ Living Conditions
The Scarlet Letter:
Dickens Latitudes
This title is part of the series: LATITUDES
ISBN | 9781563123023 |
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