American Girl Teaching Guides
The American Girl series is just wonderful for introducing elementary school students to history. For each era, there is an irrepressible character with many books, games, and often even a movie to hook students on that time period. Students comprehend history lessons more easily if they can relate them to the experiences of an American Girl.
Today, the American Girl Teaching Guides! These are high-quality materials, just like everything from this company. You will find printable worksheets, easy-to-teach lessons, and ideas for connecting the books to character lessons as well as academic content.
Example: the Kit teaching guide focus on the Great Depression, giving, and resourcefulness. Worksheets encourage students to relate to Kit’s experiences with the Depression, make judgment calls about giving, conserve today’s resources by applying the lessons of the Depression, and even create their own messages in hobo code. The materials are very high quality, and the worksheets would have taken you a while to develop. Good, time-saving stuff!
Here are the teaching guides. Each link opens a file in pdf format.
Addy: Freedom, the Civil War, and Life After Slavery
Caroline: Patriotism, Heroism, and the War of 1812
Chrissa: Bullying and How to Stop It
Felicity: Loyalty, Independence, and the Revolutionary War
Josefina: Spanish Culture and the Settlement of the Southwest
Julie: Equality, the Environment, and Facing Change
Kaya: Native American Life and the Nez Perce Tribe
Kirsten: Pioneer Life, Cultural Differences, and Helping One Another
Kit: The Great Depression, Giving, and Resourcefulness
Lanie: Animal Habitats and Observing Birds and Butterflies
Marie-Grace and Cécile: Diversity, Community, and Point of View
McKenna: Self-Esteem, Goal Setting, and Encouraging Self & Others
Molly: Cooperation, Adaptability, and Resourcefulness
Rebecca: Immigrants, Old Ways and New Ways, and Doing the Right Thing
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