For Teachers
Dear Teachers,
I have been working to make this website chock full of information and resources for you to use in your classrooms to "make the past come alive."
I will describe what you can find here once I get it all set up, but be advised that there will be pictures, videos (readalouds, blogs, background information), audeos (speeches and music), and documents (maps, lyrics, etc.) pertaining to the history in my two novels for kids, A Buss from Lafayette, and The Riddle of Penncroft Farm.
Meanwhile, if you have read any of my historical fiction novels with your class, I would be happy to "beam" into your classroom via Skype, FaceTime, or Google Hangouts (gratis) to answer questions students might have (schedule permitting).
Contact me at dorotheajensen@gmail.com to set up a classroom e-visit.
Also, if any of your students create art, video, or other pieces about any of my books, please send them (or links to them) to jensendorothea@gmail.com and I will post them on this website.
(Note the Reader Spotlight tab up above.)
Thanks,
Dorothea
Here's a very short intro I made for The Riddle of Penncroft Farm.
If it does not display properly on this page, use the link below to watch it on Vimeo!
This was published by Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich soon after The Riddle of Penncroft Farm was originally released in 1989. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt has allowed me to scan and post a printable/downloadable version of it here!
Always happy to find The Riddle of Penncroft Farm
on websites aimed at teachers!
A Buss from Lafayette Teacher's Guide is a complete "lesson plan" for using A Buss from Lafayette as a springboard for teaching about the American Revolution and Lafayette in 5-9 grade classrooms.
This book has been used in classrooms across the U.S. to enrich the study of the American Revolution ever since it was first published. Many dedicated teachers have posted quizzes, lessons, etc. about Riddle online. Here are some of the projects posted by teachers and students I found online.
This is a 10 page (!) list of chapter by chapter study questions that I found online, apparently written by a teacher. I couldn't find an author listed, and when I click on the web address, it simply downloads the document. If anyone out there has information about where this came from, please write me at jensendorothea@gmail.com
Anyway, these are excellent, detailed questions about my first historical novel. I'm not sure I can answer all of these myself without going back and reading The Riddle of Penncroft Farm again!
I have posted it on my Google drive for direct downloading. (Just click on the orange title above.)