The teacher guide to Amina Luqman-Dawson's Newbery Medal winning Freewater will assist classrooms as they explore themes of enslavement, community, and self-realization through a Great Dismal Swamp narrative. It will encourage them to think critically about connections and character development within the text, as well as the academic skills of inference and foreshadowing. They will be asked to research the Great Dismal Swamp through discussion, brainstorming, and informative/explanatory paper