Unit Plan
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Mama's Happy Christmas [Pdf]

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
"Mama's Happy Christmas" is a one page, fictional, reading passage about children creating a play for their sick mother on Christmas day. It is followed by constructed-response questions which require students to provide evidence from...
Activity
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: "A Christmas Carol" Was the First Book Transmitted Over Radio!

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
As part of a calendar classroom activity highlighting the day "A Christmas Carol" was first produced on the radio, this classroom activity provides a brief classroom project and includes lesson plan ideas, web links, and additional texts.
eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Louisa May Alcott

For Students 9th - 10th
The complete text of many of Alcott's famous works, a brief biography and a portrait are offered here. The most unusual feature is the ability to annotate the works as you read. Great for notetaking, adding marginalia, raising questions,...