Grade Range: K-4Resource Type(s): Lessons & Activities, WorksheetsDuration: 30 MinutesDate Posted: 5/21/2009
Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie is a work of children's literature about a young heroine who runs her family's lighthouse during a fierce storm. Included in an OurStory module entitled Life on the Water, this activity includes four strategies that will help adults and children actively read Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie together. OurStory is a series of modules designed to help children and adults enjoy exploring history together through the use of children's literature, everyday objects, and hands-on activities.
Interdisciplinary, Museum education, Thematic approach
In the early nineteenth century, lighthouses in the United States were considered inferior to tho...
woman, Women's History Month, OurStory, water, ship, children’s literature, parent guide, family activity, Women, family, maritime, Women's History, literacy, reading, boat, transportation, march, ocean, picture book, Our Story
In the winter of 1856, a storm delays the lighthouse keeper's return to an island off the coast o...
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