Lesson 1 (from Chapters 1-10)
Objective
The objective of this lesson is to examine the evacuation of children from London during World War II, and what is communicated about Operation Pied Piper. In 1939, Hazel and Flora was sent from London to Oxford with other children. Their exodus from the city was called Operation Pied Piper.
Lesson
Class Discussion: What news have Hazel, Flora, and their mother been expecting in September of 1939? Why do the girls have knapsacks packed and their gas masks ready at hand? When and why does the government implement Operation Pied Piper? Why does Hazel read the story of the Pied Piper the night before she and her sister are to leave London? Why does she find no comfort in the story? How does the story make her determined to take care of Flora? How do Hazel and Flora feel the morning they have to leave? Where do they...
Aligned to the following Common Core Standards:
- ELA-Writing W.9-10.3(d), 9-10.7, 11-12.3(d), 11-12.7
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