Learn About the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Education World’s lesson: “The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Through Children’s Eyes” is a great resource for information, teaching ideas and a good summary of the conflict for younger students:...

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Learn About the Author

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The Cat Came Back

The Cat at the Wall has a very open-ended conclusion. What happens next? Have students write a story continuing Clare’s adventures. Will she find Omar? Will she “turn back” into a human? Will she go to live with Aaron? Will she continue to help bring peace in small...

Philosophical Questions

The following passages are brief, but powerful. Come together as a class and discuss the following: On the first day of school, Ms. Sealand says, “Human beings tell each other stories to try to bring order to chaos.” What do students think this means? How does it...