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 ** Courageous Characters **


 * In this six-week unit, students select a fictional story with a courageous character and pair it with related informational text from the same historical time period. **

Students choose from stories about varied circumstances in which people acted with tremendous courage: in times of slavery, instances of shipwrecks, or during the days of unfair child labor practices. Students recognize that acts of courage may have lasting effects on others. In this unit, students have the opportunity to refine their definitions of courage by examining how characters—real and fictional—grow by overcoming obstacles. After reading about outwardly courageous people, students consider quiet acts of courage, and class discussions reveal the importance of those people who often remain unnoticed or behind the scenes. Students examine how language and vocabulary enhance the reader’s experience, cite specific passages of text to justify their thoughts, and critically examine the artistic license often taken in historical fiction. In the culminating project for this unit, students write and publish their own stories of courageous characters.

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