This interdisciplinary activity on two books by C.P. Curtis features students in one classroom (or group) reading one of the books while the other class (or group) reads the other novel. Each class then divides into groups and researches the time period of its novel and develops presentations designed to encourage the reading of the second novel. These presentations are then presented to the other class.

Concepts

christopher paul curtis

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Additional Tags

alex, alabama learning exchange, bud, not buddy, civil rights era, progressive period

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)