RESOURCE:

Reading The Little Chapel That Stood

Grade Range: K-4
Resource Type(s): Lessons & Activities
Duration: 30 Minutes
Date Posted: 3/5/2012

Use this guide to actively read The Little Chapel that Stood, a picture book about September 11, 2001. Part of an OurStory module entitled September 11, 2001, this activity includes discussion prompts, a glossary, and background information. OurStory is designed to help children and adults explore history together through the use of children's literature, museum objects, and hands-on activities.

National Standards

Historical Thinking Standards (Grades K-4)

Standards For English Language Arts (Grades K-12)

Standards in History (Grades K-4)

United States History Standards (Grades 5-12)

Instructional Strategies

Multiple activities, Museum education

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Keywords

tragedy, literacy, September 11, World Trade Center, 9/11, family, poem, family activity, September 11, 2001, September 11th, Pentagon, parent guide, picture book, poetry, analysis, reading, Our Story, terrorism, children’s literature, OurStory

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