Authors: Stan Mack & Susan Champlin
Copyright: 2009
Publisher: Bloomsbury U.S.A. Children’s Books, New York
Age Level: 9-11 and up
Reading Levels:
o Fountas & Pinnell – U Fiction
o Lexile – 430
o Accelerated Reader – 3.4
Pages: 122 (hard cover)
Genre: Fiction /Graphic Novel
“You can’t make history without making a little trouble!” – from Road to Revolution
Suggested delivery: Read aloud, small group read, independent read
Links:
· Scholastic In Depth Look at Thomas Jefferson & Declaration of Independence
- http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/indepth/old_reports/declaration_independence/thomas_jefferson.htm
- Publisher’s Website with information & Teacher’s Guide (Pre/During/Post Reading)
- http://www.bloomsburykids.com/books/catalog/road_to_revolution_hc_131ttp://www.bloomsburykids.com/sites/dev.bloomsburykids.com/files/Road%20to%20Revolution%20TG.pdf
- Author – Stan Mack’s Website
- http://www.stanmack.com/
- Stan Mack’s website/Student section – You have a voice – email us http://stanmack.com/cartoon.php?id=2
3 teaching suggestions - using the book with students in grades 4-6
1. Create a timeline with the main historical events discussed in the book
2. Blow up map image on page 4 –The Town of Boston 1775 and make game pieces with Main Characters on page 3 and have students take turns retelling/summarizing the story using manipulatives
3. Comic strip creator – student interactive http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/comic-creator-30021.html#lessons
Key Vocabulary:
1. revolution
2. colonies
3. brink (of war)
4. sprawling (trading)
5. regulating
6. taxing (imposing)
7. blunders
8. defiance
9. parliament
10. rallying (cry)
11. argumentative (colonies/13)
12. protest
13. boycott
14. rioting
15. rebels
16. mob (of citizens)
17. disguise
18. retaliation
19. port
20. appointed
21. (raise the) stakes
22. fledgling
23. blockading (the port)
24. trickle (of food)
25. (a rich tory) “ripe for the plucking”
26. lordship
27. horsewhipped
28. “nameless street urchin”
29. (you) loafers
30. flogging
31. swig and swing
32. homespun (cloth)
33. (they) barge (into town)
34. effigy (of a British officer)
35. handbills
36. “rumpled old goat”
37. crude (humor)
38. tingly
39. flickers
40. quarrels (fray)
Before Reading Strategy: Vocabulary Self- Awareness/KWL – History of Boston and American Revolution
During Reading Strategy: Character Mapping/Event - Problem Mapping
After Reading Strategy: Reader’s Theatre/Voki Characters (Nick & Penny)
A writing activity that requires the students to respond to the text to demonstrate inferential comprehension – Have students write a Two-Voice Poem either Penny/Nick, Patriots or Rebels/British Officers
Awards, Reviews, Honors or Mentions: “Action packed, laced with humor, and visually dynamic for today’s readers, Road to Revolution! cleverly intertwines fact and fiction for an unprecedented view of American history.” – from an Editorial Review on Amazon
- Bank Street Children’s Books of the Year
- Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People (NCSS/CBC)
Other Books by the Author or that may follow:
o Series: Cartoon Chronicles of America
- Janet and Me, 2004
- The Story of the Jews, 2001
o For Better, For Worse: A Guide to Surviving Divorce for Preteens and their families, 2001
o Real Life American Revolution, 1994
Topics from book: Orphans, United States History – Revolution - 1775-1783, Massachusetts, Friendship, History & Social Studies
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