by boot | Mar 13, 2025
Using a variety of media, have students create a piece of art depicting a time when they were with their family outside learning or connecting with the land (walking, fishing, hiking, hunting, camping, etc). If students do not have direct experiences with outdoor...
by boot | Mar 13, 2025
At the end of the chapter, have a class discussion about who Lawrence’s teachers are and where he goes to school. As you read through the book, keep coming back to the idea that Lawrence and his siblings learn from their family members and the environment.
by boot | Mar 13, 2025
Read to the part where Lawrence wonders what his mother means when she compares school to a prison. Have a brainstorming session with students to collect their thoughts towards this idea. Some students might make a connection to their previous knowledge of residential...
by boot | Mar 13, 2025
What does it mean when Lawrence’s papa thinks, “Lawrence was small for a ten-year-old boy, but he was already wise in the ways of their people”?
by boot | Mar 13, 2025
Read the dedication on the first page and ask the students what they think the author means by a way of life that is disappearing.
