Literature Study: Brighty of the Grand Canyon

Take a trip back into time around the early 1900s into the Grand Canyon! Brighty of the Grand Canyon is an adventure fiction book based from a donkey found in the Grand Canyon years ago. Marguerite Henry weaves adventure, nature, history, and literature into a beautiful story in a magnificent place!

This unit was created to help the reader to learn about the time period, the history that happened in that area during that time, the people that helped make that area unique, and the flora and fauna of the Arizona landscape in and around the Grand Canyon.

Included:

• •Grand Canyon Photo Poster
• •Book Report Template
• •Book Questions (with answer key)
• •Brighty’s World Map Activity
• •Venn Diagram
• •Flora and Fauna Chart
• •Mule vs. Donkey Chart
• •Vocabulary Words
• •Ecosystems of the Grand Canyon Comprehension Questions (with website links)
• •Land Form Cards & Student Page
• •Rock Cards (8)
• •Informative History Cards (4)
• •Maps of Arizona: Physical (rivers and national forests), Political, Regions, & Native American Reservations (including cards)
• •Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Biography Template
• •Grand Canyon Mining Comprehension Questions (with website links)
• •Grand Canyon Formation (and answer key)
• •Type of Sedimentary Rocks in the Grand Canyon Chart (and answer key)
• •Grand Canyon Rock Layers
• •Food Webs (posters and student pages)
• •Grand Canyon Animal and Plant Cards (for matching game)
• •Animal Report Template
• •Plant Observation Template
• •Arizona Native Peoples Chart Template
• •Arizona State Report Template