PURPOSE: This PowerPoint lesson bundle provides digital pre-reading resources & factual historical background information for The Witch of Blackbird Pond, by Elizabeth George Speare. BL-5.7GOAL: to prepare each student to read rigorous historical fiction literature by front-loading historical facts to aid comprehension & align to standardsAUDIENCE: whole group, small group, or independent work for regular ed, learning support, ESL or virtual/homeschool classrooms, literature circles or b