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This Common Core State Standards (CCSS) aligned Literature Guide for Christopher Paul Curtis's The Watsons Go To
Birmingham - 1963 is written using time-tested best practices for teaching, and also aligned
with the NCTE/IRA English
Language Arts Standards and the Texas TEKS for Grades 5-6. (136 pages)
This The Watsons Go To Birmingham - 1963 Literature Guide includes
Author Biography: Christopher Paul Curtis, with Comprehension Check questions
List of Pre-Reading Ideas and Activities
Three Historical Context articles with Comprehension Check questions, including
African-American Life in the South in the 1960s
Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s
Racial Violence in the South
Dealing with Trauma, Grief, and Loss Article, with Comprehension Check questions
Elements of Racism and Prejudice thematic activity
List of Allusions and Terminology, defined
Note-Taking and Summarizing graphic organizers, and MUCH more!
