Mud City
Publication Information
Author:  Ellis, Deborah	Illustrator:
Title:  Mud City	Date:  2003
Publisher:  Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press	City:  Toronto, Ontario
ISBN, paperback:  978-0-88899-518-6	ISBN, hardback:
Recommended audience:
ABE/ABLE:   Yes	ESOL:
Family:	Young Adult:   Yes
Picture:
General Information:
Book Type(s):    fiction, historical fiction
HSE Descriptor(s):    social studies
Summary:
Shauzia, with her dog, has fled Afghanistan and survives on the streets of Peshawar, Pakistan, and in a refugee camp. This is the second part of a trilogy.
Teaching Ideas:
This book could be written about almost any child displaced by war. It could be Gaza or Syria. Research conditions in these two war-torn places. Also read the other 2 books in the trilogy and form a discussion group for each book. Groups can then share with each other.
Teaching Strategies:
Agree? Disagree? Why?    http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/agree_disagree_why.pdf
Book Conversations    http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/book_conversations.pdf
K-W-L Instruction Strategy    http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/k_w_l.pdf
Admit Slips and Exit Slips    http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/admit_slips.pdf
Problem and Solution Outline and Text Frame    http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/prob_solution.pdf
Keywords: select any link below for a list of resources which also have that keyword
Social Studies > anthropology > cultures Emotions-Personal Issues > emotions > determination/perseverance Emotions-Personal Issues > emotions > giving/generosity Emotions-Personal Issues > emotions > loneliness Hardships > survival Social Studies > sociology > social issues > homelessness History > topic > war History > topic > war > children and war History > topic > war > refugees > refugees survival

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