by boot | Mar 13, 2025
Ask the children in your group what their favorite foods are to make and eat. Then read the story aloud.
by boot | Mar 13, 2025
Conduct a “picture walk” through the story, but end before the epilogue. After the walk-through, turn back to the illustrations on pages 2 and 3 (depictions of happiness and value of family) and show how they contrast to the last page illustration of the children in...
by boot | Mar 13, 2025
Open the book and show the students the illustrations on the front and back covers. Have students make connections to a time when they were able sit next to a river or lake and draw on their five senses. (What did they hear, smell, touch, see, and taste, and how did...
by boot | Mar 13, 2025
Prompt a discussion about living off the land and what it means to live a traditional Indigenous lifestyle. If possible, you may wish to invite an Elder or Traditional Knowledge Keeper to share the teachings that they have been taught (berry drying, making tea from...
by boot | Mar 13, 2025
Have students view photo essays or other collections of photographs of Afghanistan and have them discuss their responses with a partner or small group.
