Our House
Publication Information
Author:  Conrad, Pam	Illustrator:  Selznick, Brian
Title:  Our House	Date:  1995
Publisher:  Scholastic, Inc.	City:  New York, NY
ISBN, paperback:  0-590-46523-6	ISBN, hardback:
Recommended audience:
ABE/ABLE:   Yes	ESOL:
Family:   Yes	Young Adult:   Yes
Picture:
General Information:
Book Type(s):    fiction
HSE Descriptor(s):    language arts - reading
Summary:
Based on her research and interviews, the author tells fictional stories of families in Levittown-one chapter for each decade since the 1940's when the community was developed. The stories are told from a child's point of view but involve the family unit.
Teaching Ideas:
The stories lend themselves to many instructional activities: DR-TA, Bleich's Heuristic, Save the Last Word for Me, Agree/Disagree. Family history projects could be initiated with a chapter. The individual chapters about photography and keeping journals seem especially appropriate to recording family history. www.levittown.cjb.net
Teaching Strategies:
Agree? Disagree? Why?    http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/agree_disagree_why.pdf
Bleich's Heuristic for Responding to Reading    http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/bleichs_heuristic.pdf
DR-TA: Directed Reading Thinking Activity    http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/dr_ta.pdf
Save the Last Word for Me (Adaptation)    http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/adapt_save_last_word.pdf
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Art and Photography > photography History > time period > 20th Century History > region > U.S. history Social Studies > sociology > social issues > change Communities > change

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