This beloved book is about a young girl, Kit Kittredge, growing up during the Great Depression in the 1930's. Her wealthy family is hugely affected by the bank crashes, which causes her family to adapt to such conditions. Her family ends up opening their home to be a boarding house. Throughout the series of Kit books, Kit continuously looks for different ways in which she can help her family during such hard times. In the mean time, she acts as a normal 9-year-old as she strives to be a newspaper reporter. Along with her dog, Grace, and friends Ruthie and Stirling, Kit experiences many struggles a typical 9-year-old may have experienced during the Great Depression.
I think this book series would be great to incorporate to teaching the Great Depression. These books would be relatable to compare students' lives now compared to a child the same age during the 1930's. Terms such as boarding houses, hobos and more could be taught.
In addition, Kit loves Amelia Earhart, so a lesson about her could be incorporated as well.
Similarly, Kit loves to write, so a lesson or activity in which students create their own class newspaper would be awesome to incorporate.
Finally, Kit loves to read, and her favorite book to read is Robin Hood. Therefore, a class read aloud of that would be great.
The following is a link to a resource containing discussion questions and much more for this novel: http://www.americangirl.com/corp/pdfs/Kit_OnlineCurric.pdf
The following is a book trailer for this novel:
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