Visit the Michigan Electronic Library. News Scoop . Students Grades 7-12 Celebrate the Century by Looking at the 1940's with a Scavenger Hunt. Parents Visit the State of Indiana's Inspire Database to find information from newspapers, articles and encyclopedias. Many sites provide full-text.
Kids have to read for comprehension, problem-solve, and search for information.
You can ask students to find things Jamie and Claudia talked about or stumbled upon in the book. Have them make choices and form questions of their own. K-3 Kids love studying bats. They are mysterious and a little weird, small but not really cute. They fly but they aren't birds.