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Glory
Be
by Augusta Scattergood
A Texas Bluebonnet Award NomineeSM
2013 Kids Wings Top Flight Award
Hardcover
Book
Kindle
Edition
Except
for the sweltering heat, summer in Hanging Moss, Mississippi, in 1964
promised to be terrific for Gloriana Hemphill. Sharing a birthday with
the United States of America, Glory loved the fireworks that would accompany
her party! She loved fried chicken, Elvis songs, cooling off in the community
pool, and when the sun went down, the lightning bugs that danced in the
air as she playing kick the can with her friend Frankie and the other
neighborhood kids. She knew her twelfth birthday would be the best yet.
But
Frankie was the first one to hint at trouble ahead. How could
they close her swimming pool before her birthday? Did it have something
to do with the new girl who moved to Hanging Moss from the North? (The
one who wears heavy black socks with clodhopper sandles and drank out
of the wrong water fountain.) The pool had always been segregated.
That was okay, wasn't it? Why should that change? How could everyone cool
off it the pools were closed?
Glory
had to dig deeper into what was happening to discover answers, to understand
why feelings were hurt, and what was NOT fair. Friendships and family
got all mixed up in hateful talk and accusations. The town is split by
angry opinion that is turning to hurtful actions. What is right? What
is true? Who is lying?
What
about Emma? ... Emma whose skin was the color of coffee, Emma who had
cooked, cleaned, and cared for Glory and her older sister for years since
their mother died ... Will Emma be able to explain? Will Emma help her
to understand? But why is Emma upset? Doesn't she want Glory to get to
go swimming?
Glory
Be by Augusta Scattergood allows readers to see history through the
eyes of those who experienced it and felt the emotions that were stirred
as our country faced long-needed changes to repair wrongs that had become
embedded in its traditions since the Emancipation Proclamation.
This
novel and the Kids Wings literature guide can help readers analyze a social
problem with the courage and determination that was necessary to change
"what we have always done" into what is right because "all
men are created equal."
The
Kids Wings literature guide and Jeopardy-type game provide beautifully
planned curriculum that leads to the development of character, academic
skills, teambuilding, and guarantees thoughtful social and exciting academic
growth for every classroom. It is an essential part of every home and
school library.
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Paperboy by Vince Vawter
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Quotes
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"Those
who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves." Abraham
Lincoln
"For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed
is the very definition of slavery." Jonathan Swift
"With Malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in
the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish
the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds." Abraham Lincoln
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A
47-page Kids Wings Literature Guide includes a interactive Jeopardy-type
game, perfect for lesson plans, handouts, or projection on your SmartBoard
for Glory
Be by Augusta Scattergood PLUS a Bonus 5-page Literature Guide for
Through My Eyes.
This
Kids Wings Literature Guide includes:
For the Teacher: Background Building
The Laws Don't Affect Kids, Do They?
Discussion Cards
Anticipation Guide
12-Seconds Summaries
Where in the World? Map Activities
2-Page Readers Theater Script
Preparing Your Intellectual Tools, Interactive Journaling
Character Studies
Chapter Vocabulary and Prediction Questions
Cracks in the Pool, Multiple Choice Comprehension for Chapters 1-4
Crossword Puzzle, Chapters 5-9
Things That Were Broken, Chapter 7-9
Visualizing Chapters 10-13
.gif) A Three-Page
Persuasive Writing Lesson and Prompt
Analogies Practice
Hot, Squished, and In a Hurry, Chapters 14-17, Multiple Choice
Cloze Activities, Chapters 18-21
Logic Puzzle: Words of Wisdom for Glory
The Research Song
Research Project: Is it safe to go barefooted in the rain?
Visualizing the Text, Chapters 22-24
Visualizing the Text, Chapters 25-26
Changes and Consequences, Chapters 27-32, Multiple Choice
Write an Expository Composition: Changes in the Characters
A Timeline of Change in America, Research Project and Presentation
Exploring Historical Fiction
Answer Pages
Glory
Be
is one of the 27 units in the Kids Wings
Literature Collection, Growing Young Americans
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