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Study Of Identity Formation Through The Light In The Forest By Conrad Richter [6th Grade], Anna Clark
Study Of Identity Formation Through The Light In The Forest By Conrad Richter [6th Grade], Anna Clark
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The Light in the Forest by Conrad Richter is an historical fiction Young Adult novel about a teenage boy, True Son, who was captured by American Indians as a young child, grew up as an adopted member of the tribe, and is then forcibly returned to his white family at age fifteen. The central theme of the book is True Son’s conflict with his identity and the questions of who his true family is and where his allegiance should lie.
During this unit, students will complete most of the reading assignments outside of class. Spread throughout different stages of the …
Culture And Identity In Your Community And The World [6th Grade], Stephany Weaver, Anne Daly
Culture And Identity In Your Community And The World [6th Grade], Stephany Weaver, Anne Daly
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“Culture and Identity in your Community and the World” is an interdisciplinary unit designed to stimulate questions about identity and culture and how those two things relate. This unit is meant to be taught at the end of the first semester and the beginning of the second semester. Students have already established an understanding of literary elements in fiction and will now be searching for those same engaging elements in non-fiction.
As the students read the memoir Red Scarf Girl by Ji-li Jiang in Reading, they will be studying the effects of culture and community on a single person’s identity …