Publisher's Synopsis
This literature unit study does NOT include the original book, Moon Over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool. You can obtain the original book through your local library or through retailers to use in conjunction with this curriculum. Grade Levels: 6-10 Themes: Community, Belonging/Home, Prejudice. Unit Projects: Essay, Interview, Social Studies & Science Projects, Research Writing Project, Art/Sewing ActivitySchedule: 3 Schedules Included: (2) Three-week Schedules and (1) Four-week ScheduleThis literature unit study provides summaries, analyses, reading comprehension quizzes, vocabulary lists, essay questions, unit projects, and more. You'll find lists of characters, proposed schedules, an author bio, and information about literary devices. Tolman Hall's Study Guide: Moon Over Manifest is appropriate for classroom teaching, homeschooling, book groups, and individual study. Teachers will be able to customize the unit study according to students' interests, abilities, and needs, and the study guide makes it possible for students of varied abilities to discuss the same material while working on individual projects. Written by native Kansan Clare Vanderpool, Moon Over Manifest tells the story of a Depression-era child who has spent much of her childhood riding the rails with her father. He sends her to Manifest, Kansas, to keep her safe, where she spends a summer learning about her past, her father, and the wonderful people in her new community. Moon Over Manifest won the 2011 Newbery Award. It's an ideal book to use for a homeschool unit study because it gives parents and children much to talk about: World War I, the Great Depression, prejudice, family, belonging, and friendship.
