by boot | Sep 8, 2025
Students brainstorm what “freedom of speech” means. Compare current-day examples of banned books or censored speech, then predict how words might be used in resistance.
by boot | Sep 2, 2025
Assign groups to analyze illustrations for specific time periods. What clues show change over time? What emotions do the images convey?
by boot | Sep 2, 2025
Pause during key terms like “treaty” or “territory” and ask students to explain them using picture clues or context.
by boot | Jul 22, 2025
Discuss what a picture book is and how stories about moving or migration may follow personal narrative patterns. Tell students that this story is a personal narrative about a young girl that prepares to move from her island home in Jamaica to a new life in Canada....
by boot | Jul 22, 2025
Show students the front cover and read the title aloud. Ask students what they think the book will be about as they analyze the illustration. Ask students to discuss the setting, what the children are doing in the illustration and their relationship to the title of...
