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Yale New Haven Teachers Institute: The American Family in Literature Lesson PlanYale New Haven Teachers Institute: The American Family in Literature Lesson Plan
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Yale University
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6th - 8th
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English Language Arts
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Lexile Measures
1210L
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Yale New Haven Teachers Institute: The American Family in Literature

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What is the objective of this "American Family in Literature" unit? This site uses "Farmer Boy" and "Nobody's Family Can Change" to explore differences in families. The resource includes rationale and activities to help get this point to the student.

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Concepts

children's literature, family, literature, laura ingalls wilder

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Classroom Considerations

  • Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • This resource is only available on an unencrypted HTTP website.It should be fine for general use, but don’t use it to share any personally identifiable information

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