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Award Winning Literature Lesson Plans

The Learning Through Listening website regularly features lesson plans on selected titles that have won awards administered by the ALA's Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC).  Celebrate award-winning literature with these lesson plans featuring Newbery and Caldecott award winners and other notable books in RFB&D's audiobook library.

Accessible audio versions of these titles are available from RFB&D.
 

Grades: K-2

Subject: Reading and Language Arts

Title: The Hello, Goodbye Window by Norton Juster
Theme: Literal and Analytical Reading Comprehension Skills
Duration: 2 class periods
Title: Reinforcing Language Arts Skills with Henry’s Freedom Box by Ellen Levine
Theme: Slavery and Civil Rights
Duration: 45 minute class session
Title: Telling Stories Through Literature: Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity by Mo Willems
Theme: Telling Stories Through Pictures
Duration: 45 minute class session

Grades: 3-5

Subject: Math

Title: Mathematic Skills in Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom by Carole Boston Weatherford
Theme: Slavery and the Underground Railroad
Duration: 45 minute class session

Subject: Reading and Language Arts

Title: We Are The Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball by Kadir Nelson
Theme: Analytical Thinking Skills, Creative Responses to Literature, Appreciating African American Culture in the United States
Duration: 2 class periods
Title: What To Do About Alice? by Barbara Kerley
Theme: First Families and First Daughters, American Presidency, Character Traits, Writing Skills
Duration: 2-3 class periods
Title: Coming On Home Soon by Jacqueline Woodson
Theme: Summarizing Fiction, Comprehension Skills
Duration: One class period
Title: Say What? by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Theme: Parenting
Duration: Two 35 minute class sessions
Title: Historical Research in A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah
Theme: Primary Source Documents
Duration: 45 minute class session
Title: Understanding Personal Perspective in Feathers by Jacqueline Woodson
Theme: Perspectives and Influencing Factors
Duration: 45 minute class session

Subject: Social Studies

Title: We Are The Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball by Kadir Nelson
Theme: Analytical Thinking Skills, Creative Responses to Literature, Appreciating African American Culture in the United States
Duration: 2 class periods
Title: What To Do About Alice? by Barbara Kerley
Theme: First Families and First Daughters, American Presidency, Character Traits, Writing Skills
Duration: 2-3 class periods

Grades: 6-8

Subject: Reading and Language Arts

Title: Savvy by Ingrid Law
Theme: Comprehending, Interpreting and Analyzing Literature
Duration: 2-3 class sessions
Title: The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Theme: Characterization, Character Relationships, Analytical Thinking Skills
Duration: 2-3 class sessions
Title: The Underneath by Kathi Appelt
Theme: Analytical Thinking Skills, Identifying and Analyzing Themes in Literature
Duration: 2-3 class sessions
Title: Reaching for Sun by Tracie Vaughn Zimmer
Theme: Diversity
Duration: One class session
Title: Mini Classroom Debate Using The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
Theme: Debate
Duration: Two 45 minute class sessions
Title: Understanding Character Traits in One Whole and Perfect Day by Judith Clarke
Theme: Compare and Contrast
Duration: 45 minute class session
Title: Understanding Different Forms of Literature in Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village by Laura Amy Schiltz
Theme: Medieval Times and Monologues for Children
Duration: Two 45 minute class sessions

Subject: Social Studies

Title: European Geography in The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain by Peter Sis
Theme: Creating a Picture Collage to Represent the Different Territories in Europe
Duration: 45 minute class session

Grades: 9-12

Subject: Reading and Language Arts

Title: Writing for a Purpose in The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation: Volume 1: The Pox Party by M.T. Anderson
Theme: Newspaper Article
Duration: 45 minute class session