A Close Look at Activism

Essential Question:  As a group discussion, ask students when should an individual take a stand against what they believe to be an injustice to the world or to others? What are the most effective ways to do this?   Text Connection What were some of the injustices...

What I Learned

Refer back to the prior Knowledge Chart that was started before reading the text. Remind students of their thoughts and what they wanted to know about activism. Fill in the third column of the chart together. If there are questions that were not answered in the text,...

Set a Purpose for Reading

Give students small sticky notes. Set a purpose for reading each chapter (ex: learning about India, growing your vocabulary, reading for pleasure). As students read each chapter, they will place sticky notes to mark places in the text that may relate to the purpose....

Open Mind

As students read and encounter main characters, have students draw an outline of a head on a piece of paper for each character. Ask them to draw any symbols, words or images related to that character inside the head. Follow it up with writing or discussion to explain...

Executive Summary

For each chapter, encourage students to take a 3×5 card and summarize what happened on one side. On the other, ask them to analyze the importance of what happened and the reasons it happened. Remind students to label each card with the chapter number. Explain to...