Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis

(courtesy of amazon.com) Title: Bud, Not Buddy Author: Christopher Paul Curtis Lexile: 950L Awards: Coretta Scott King Award, Newbery Medal Genre: Multicultural, realistic fiction, historical fiction, Summery: Bud, not Buddy, is a orphan from Flint Michigan who soon finds himself on the run after a particularly bad foster family tries to give him back to the orphanage, but Bud is not going back to the orphanage, no, he decides to try and find his father, famed musician Herman E. Calloway. The book takes place in 1936 and highlights issues of labor rights, racism, and poverty that pervaded the United States during the Depression era. It's an award-winning book that I would highly recommend checking out. Selling Tool: Interactive Activity: Activity: In the story Bud carried a suitcase of his favourite possessions, in this activity students will reflect on their belongings and choose four things that they would bring with them. Students will use the activity worksheet as a guide for the belogingins. Learning Objectives: Students will create a suitcase with four things in it that they couldn't live without, just as Bud has carried a suitcase of his belongings. Students will explain in the panels of the suitcase worksheet why they couldn't live without their chosen items. Learning Goal: Students will be able to relate to the character of Bud through the act of creating a suitcase of the most important possessions. Learning Objective: Students reflection of having to live like Bud will create positive empathy for the character.