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American Girl Book Club - History For Girls, Ongoing Children’s Literature Group

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Ages 11-14
Live Group Class
In this ongoing book club, we will read and discuss the American Girl series by Pleasant Company. We will read the core books associated with seven American Girls, including Felicity Merriman, Samantha Parkington, and Kit Kittredge.
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4.8
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Live video meetings
1x per week
3-6 learners per class
40 min

What's included

1 live meeting
40 mins in-class hours per week

Class Experience

US Grade 3 - 6
We'll be reading and discussing American
Girl books together!
The class is comprised of teacher presentation and learner participation.
Learners are assigned a reading section and each class meeting begins with a plot summary of the reading. Following this reading review, I pose guiding questions to initiate a discussion of the book and to analyze the author's use of literary elements including: characterization, setting, internal and external conflict, motivation, suspense, imagery, narration, and theme. Learners are encouraged to participate in the discussion and to offer their interpretations of the literature.

Learners are available to join at any time.
It's easy to catch up on the reading using the guide below. We would love to have you join!
Assigned books and reading sections are listed below:

SCHEDULE
Week 1: Introduction to the course, KWL Chart for each era of history
Meeting #2: Read Meet Felicity
Meeting #3: Read Meet Josefina
Meeting #4:Read Meet Kirsten
Meeting #5:Read Meet Addy
Meeting #6 Read Meet Kit 
Meeting #7:: Read Meet Molly

Learning Goals

Students will read historical fiction books and discuss the importance of American history through group discussion.

Other Details

External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Sources
Because these stories are historical fiction, additional reading is available to help shape the perspectives offered in this series. Here is some supplemental reading available for your readers to go with each character Felicity - "Exploring Colonial Williamsburg from A to Z" Kirsten - History of the American Frontier - 1763-1893 Addy - 28 days: Moments in Black History That Changed the World Smith, Charles R. Samantha - Child Labor and the Industrial Revolution: The 20th Century (Building Fluency Through Reader's Theater) Perfect Paperback – Illustrated, May 6, 2009 Kit Kittredge -What Was the Great Depression? (Part of the What was... Series and What was...? Series) by Janet B. Pascal Molly - Home Front Girl by Joan Morrison

Meet the teacher

Joined February, 2024
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Teacher expertise and credentials
Florida Teaching Certificate in Elementary Education
My name is Kailee Trippett and I taught 2nd grade for 7 years. I love teaching strategies and tools to help students become confident and successful readers, writers, and mathematicians. While I offer many 2nd-grade core classes, I also offer some fun supplemental classes. I have taught theatre, music and drama for 2 years, and enjoy those subjects as well. I can't wait to meet your learner and see them grow!

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