Read Aloud Background HISTORY LESSON PREREADING The Watsons Go to Birmingham
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"Our digital Powerpoint equips you with the knowledge and context needed to fully appreciate this poignant novel."
PURPOSE: This NONFICTION PowerPoint lesson provides digital pre-reading resources & factual historical background information for Watsons Go to Birmingham by Christopher Paul
Curtis.
GOAL: to prepare each student to read rigorous historical fiction literature by front-loading historical facts to aid comprehension & align to standards
AUDIENCE: whole group, small group, or independent work for regular ed, learning support, ESL or virtual classrooms
HISTORICAL POWERPOINT:Please be aware that YOUTUBE LINKS open to a standard warning page which must be clicked to access video.
• Opening slide
-Genre, author photo and short bio.
-Audio link
•Setting slides
-Location facts, photos, maps
-Time period facts, photos and links
-Link to period music
-Links to historical video clips
*Assessments
-Pre and Post assessments
DIGITAL USES IN THE CLASSROOM:
· Introduce new story
· Provide factual backstory to historical fiction text
· Stimulate group discussion
· Create predictions about text
· Use as distance learning resource
· Post on webpage for review
· Add to electronic notebooks
· Provide test review
· Prompt Writing or Research assignments
Please be sure to view the preview and watch the video for detailed images and descriptions of the lesson.
**NOTE** This product is included in the Watsons Go to Birmingham bundle. Purchase the bundle to receive this lesson and vocabulary slides, assessment, and answer key. Click below.
Watsons Go to Birmingham PREREAD. 5 PPT BUNDLE History/Vocab/Practice/Test (teacherspayteachers.com)
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