6th+Unit+3+Embracing+Heritage

"Embracing Heritage"

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From ACRE links, the exemplar texts are listed in this document.

Heritage is who we really are! How do we find that out? By finding out about our ancestors and where we came from.

//**Suggested Books About Family/Immigration:**// 1. Ashes of Roses by Mary Jane Auch [|(Vocabulary Quizlet)] 2. Lupita Manana by Patricia Beatty Deals With Immigration and Links to Real Life: []) 3. The Keeping Quilt by Patricia Polacco [|(Basics and Activities)] 4. The Endless Steppe by Esther Hautzig (autobiography) [|(Brief study guide)] [|(Questions/Activities)] 5. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott [|(Lesson Plan Ideas)] [|(Classroom Activities)] 6. Up a Road Slowly by Irene Hunt [|(Activities/Discussion/Journal/Writing)] 7. Road to Tater Hill by Edith M. Hemingway [|(Discussion Guide)] 8. The House of Wings by Betsy Byars [|(History of the Book)] 9. Journey by Patricia MacLachlan [|(Teacher's Guide)] 10. Dicey's Song by Cynthia Voigt
 * (Reading Guide with suggested activities: []**

//**Family Poems Websites:**// [] [] []

//**Grandparent Projects can be done as a way to follow up the reading of a novel about family. These projects help to preserve history and give students not only a sense of who they are, but of the past and history.**//

Grandparent Projects:

Family Tree Chart Maker []

Video About Bringing Senior Adults into the Classroom: []

Compare Two Books: After reading two books/ a short story and a book/ a poem and a book, compare the two using suggestions from this site. A Venn diagram provides a visual comparison. [] [|(Venn Diagram template)]