Tool Kits For Teachers
Webquest tool for teachers/librarians
Ann Dutton Ewbank, Education Liaison Librarian at Arizona State University West Campus, and Linda Alkove, 7th/8th Grade Teacher-Librarian at Cholla Middle School, have created curriculum materials for Teachers and Librarians to facilitate the discussion of Weedflower in the classroom. The materials have aligned Weedflower curriculum to the Arizona Academic Standards in both 4th and 8th grade in the areas of reading, writing, and social studies.
Japanese-American Internment Camps in Arizona: Lesson Plan for 7th and 8th Grades
Created by teachers Sally Roof and Lee Meyer as part of the Arizona Memory Fellows Project. After being introduced to the events surrounding the internment of Japanese-Americans in a study entitled “Prelude to World War II”, students will be introduced to the reality of an internment camp in Poston, Arizona. Weedflower by Cynthia Kadohata is incorporated into this lesson plan.