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Lesson 1 (from Chapter 1: Flames Across the Water - Chapter 10: Treasures in a Cigar Box)

Objective

Students will meticulously analyze the many different elements of the cover art included with the narrative of Stella by Starlight order to deepen their understanding of the connection between the work's themes and the cover art chosen to underscore these themes.

Visual literacy is a very important skill to foster in today's world and the vivid artwork featured on the cover of Stella by Starlight provides an excellent opportunity to teach students skills in visual literacy. One edition of the novel depicts as one of its many elements an orange, fiery cross at the center of a cover otherwise dominated by various tones of blue. The viewer’s eye is directed straight toward this fearsome symbol of hatred, violence, and bigotry, though there are also shadowy figures of children included on the cover, and these are much closer to the viewer’s perspective than is the...

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