Book OD Title Author How it can be used. Summary Information X The Night Gardner Terry Fan What one person can do One day William for a community. discovers that his tree Start of an authentic outside his window has problem-based learning been sculpted into a project. wise owl. In the Writing prompts following days, more topiaries appear. Soon, William's little gray town is full of color and life. Even though the night gardener disappears as suddenly as he appeared William and his town are changed forever. X Jacob's New Dress Sarah Hoffman Transgender Issues Jacob wants to wear What it means to fit the dresses. This affects his mold society gives us. parents, his peers, and Examine gender his teacher. stereotypes Paired with nonfiction articles on the Let Books Be Books movements checklists. Bullying X The New Way David McCauley Getting students excited Things Work about Science. Visualization of concepts and how things work. X Mr. Tiger Goes Peter Brown Universal themes This an okay to be Wild Tries to fit society and different story. Mr. loses identity. Tiger lives in a world Peer pressure with prim and proper Transgender issues ladies and gentlemen. Sexuality issues He then decides to go Writing prompt wild. He goes and live Introduction to problem in the wilderness and solving and authentic he starts to miss his learning unit. friends, so he goes back and finds that things What lessons does the are beginning to scientist learn? changes and now he feels free to be himself.
Book OD Title Author How it can be used. Summary Information X The Night Gardner Terry Fan What one person can do for a community. Start of an authentic problem-based learning project. Writing prompts One day William discovers that his tree outside his window has been sculpted into a wise owl. In the following days, more topiaries appear. Soon, William's little gray town is full of color and life. Even though the night gardener disappears as suddenly as he appeared William and his town are changed forever. X Jacob's New Dress Sarah Hoffman Transgender Issues What it means to fit the mold society gives us. Examine gender stereotypes Paired with nonfiction articles on the Let Books Be Books movements checklists. Bullying Jacob wants to wear dresses. This affects his parents, his peers, and his teacher. X The New Way Things Work David McCauley Getting students excited about Science. Visualization of concepts and how things work. X Mr. Tiger Goes Wild Peter Brown Universal themes Tries to fit society and loses identity. Peer pressure Transgender issues Sexuality issues Writing prompt Introduction to problem solving and authentic learning unit. What lessons does the scientist learn? This an okay to be different story. Mr. Tiger lives in a world with prim and proper ladies and gentlemen. He then decides to go wild. He goes and live in the wilderness and he starts to miss his friends, so he goes back and finds that things are beginning to changes and now he feels free to be himself.
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