This is a teacher's guide for the non-fiction book The Perilous Journey of the Donner Party. It includes how to characterize, Characterization for 3 main characters, a printable graphic organizer for each of the 3 main characters for students to fill out with descriptions. Also, includes definition of foreshadowing, examples from the book, and a printable graphic organizer for students to fill out, definition of irony and examples from the story, definition of conflict, external conflict, and