The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
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Teacher's Guide to Sue Monk Kidd's The Secret Life of Bees
Historical background, symbolism, writing prompts, vocabulary, key quotations, 16 post-reading cross-curricular learning activities. 12 pages; Adobe Reader required.

The Secret Life of Bees
This well developed unit offers participants a variety of cross-curricular activities. Written reflections are part of each activity, and all activities incorporate technology in the research and in the presentation of the final project. Participants will use blogs as a way to share ideas and responses to discussion questions. The students will delve deeper into the issue of racism, explore art as a form of communication or investigate the issues surrounding bees and beekeeping. This 99-page document requires Adobe Reader for access. Consider saving the document to your computer and printing only those pages you need.