Explore the meaning of freedom in this story set in the late 1700s through the eyes of Sarah Bishop. Sarah Bishop tells the story of a young girl who is caught up in the conflict between Loyalist and Patriot colonists and between American and British soldiers at the beginning of the Revolutionary War. Sarah is forced from her home on an adventure to find her brother and a peaceful place away from the fighting. Wanted for a crime she did not commit, Sarah learns to survive on her own, facing challenges from people and from nature and finding loyal friends along the way.
Being bored and yet loving it seems oxymoronic, but it’s not. Our little book is about our three little animal friends who one way or another lose their cell phones and discover that being without them is actually fun! Their initial boredom turns into what boredom usually turns into: freedom of thought and individual creativity. Our three little friends journey from being trapped inside the doings of little object to being free in the vast interesting world around and inside them.
COVID-19 has caused so many changes in our lives. What are we doing differently now? Why are we doing those things, and how do we feel about all of the changes? In the context of decisions their families make, students explore the basics of how the virus affects people, and design investigations to explore how it spreads from person to person, and what we can do to prevent that spread.
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