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Grandparents Lesson Plans

This September, in honor of Grandparent's Day, we have added new lesson plans featuring titles with a focus on grandparents.
Accessible audio versions of these titles are available from RFB&D.
 

Grades: 3-5

Subject: Reading and Language Arts

Title: Watch the Stars Come Out by Riki Levinson New!
Theme: Baseball
Duration: 45 minute class session

Subject: Science

Title: Grandfather’s Dream by Holly Keller New!
Theme: Sarus Cranes and Wetlands
Duration: 45 minute class session
Title: Me and My Family Tree by Paul Showers New!
Theme: Heredity and Genetics
Duration: 45 minute class session

Grades: 3-5

Subject: Reading and Language Arts

Title: How Many Days Until Tomorrow? by Caroline Janover New!
Theme: Dyslexia
Duration: 45 minute class session

Subject: Social Studies

Title: Grandfather’s Journey by Allen Say New!
Theme: Appreciating Japanese Culture
Duration: 2 class periods

Grades: 6-8

Subject: Reading and Language Arts

Title: Heartbeat by Sharon Creech New!
Theme: Poetry
Duration: 45 minute class session

Subject: Social Studies

Title: Mississippi Trial, 1955 by Chris Crowe New!
Theme: Understanding and Appreciating the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s
Duration: 2 class periods
Title: The Whale Rider by Witi Ihimaera New!
Theme: Appreciating Ancient Cultures, Appreciating World Cultures and Understanding the Struggle to Integrate Old Customs and Cultures into Modern Society
Duration: 2 class periods
Title: True North by Kathryn Lasky New!
Theme: Grandparents/Slavery
Duration: 45 minute class session

Grades: 9-12

Subject: Social Studies

Title: Kingdom of the Golden Dragon by Isabel Allende New!
Theme: Understanding the Conflict Between the People’s Republic of China and the Tibet Autonomous Region
Duration: 2 class periods
Title: Tamar by Mal Peet New!
Theme: World War II
Duration: 2 45 minute class sessions