Going West
Publication Information
Author:  Van Leeuwen, Jean	Illustrator:  Allen, Thomas
Title:  Going West	Date:  1992
Publisher:  Dial Books	City:  New York, NY
ISBN, paperback:  0-8037-1027-5	ISBN, hardback:
Recommended audience:
ABE/ABLE:   Yes	ESOL:
Family:   Yes	Young Adult:
Picture:   Yes
General Information:
Book Type(s):    fiction, memoirs/reminiscences, easy reading
HSE Descriptor(s):    social studies
Summary:
Seven-year-old Hannah recalls her family's journey west in a covered wagon and relocation on the prairie.
Teaching Ideas:
Teachers should read this book carefully, with learners in mind, before using it. Some members of the OLRC Reading Group found the book too simplistic and full of quick solutions, but others believed it to be a suitable comparison to expository selections about the Westward Expansion. Lessons featuring this and related titles (Aurora Means Dawn, Dandelion, Dakota Dugout) would enable adult learners to compare different treatments of the same events, draw their own conclusions about plot simplicity, etc., which might lead to an interesting discussion of whether particular titles paint inappropriately "rosy" pictures of pioneer life (and why authors might choose to do so). The book might also make a good read-aloud.
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Emotions-Personal Issues > emotions > relocation, personal History > region > U.S. history > Westward Expansion Geography > environment > prairie

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