Boy of the Deeps
Publication Information
Author:  Wallace, Ian	Illustrator:  Wallace, Ian
Title:  Boy of the Deeps	Date:  1999
Publisher:  Groundwood Book	City:  Toronto, Canada
ISBN, paperback:	ISBN, hardback:  0-88899-660-8
Recommended audience:
ABE/ABLE:   Yes	ESOL:
Family:   Yes	Young Adult:
Picture:   Yes
General Information:
Book Type(s):    fiction, true story
HSE Descriptor(s):    social studies
Summary:
On his first day in the coal mines, a boy with his father survive an accident.
Teaching Ideas:
Teachers can pair this book with Hendershot's In Coal Country or use it with a text set on child labor. Research on the Internet will provide material for a then-and-now comparison for discussion and writing. Although the book is short, it presents excellent vocabulary. Learners may want to locate Cape Breton, Nova Scotia on a map. The final sentence could be used in a Discussion Web or Think-Pair-Share strategy:"Tomorrow they would go down into the deeps again, for they were miners and that was their job." The book encourages discussion of the concept of community and how it is developed.
Teaching Strategies:
Discussion Webs    http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/discussion_webs.pdf
K-W-L Instruction Strategy    http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/k_w_l.pdf
Think-Pair-Share    http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/think_pair_share.pdf
Unsent Letters    http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/unsent_letters.pdf
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Emotions-Personal Issues > personal issues > individual > physical issues > safety Family > father > father-child relationships Geography > locations > continents/regions > Canada History > time period > 19th Century Social Studies > sociology > social issues > child labor Work > children Work > occupations > mining

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