Neighbors A Family from El Salvador: A Story Based on Real History
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Beschreibung
Produktdetails
ISBN
978-0-86647-487-0
Erscheinungsdatum
12.02.2019
Einband
Taschenbuch
Verlag
Pro Lingua LearningSeitenzahl
84
Maße (L/B/H)
21,6/14/0,5 cm
Gewicht
119 g
Sprache
Englisch
This 82-page easy-to-understand reader is one of 12 historical novels in the Hopes and Dreams series, whose diverse and fascinating characters, regardless of their ethnicity, face prejudice, danger, hardships, and setbacks, but survive with perseverance, a little bit of luck, and a generous amount of love in their new home in the US.
Plot Summary forNeighbors:
In the 1980s in El Salvador, the struggle for power between the government's army and the Guerillas causes widespread damage and death. A peasant couple, Ramó n and Pilar, see their neighbor being taken away, his wife killed, and his house burned. Ramó n becomes involved in a protest and is marked for death. He tries to escape to the U.S. but is returned to El Salvador and discovers that his village was destroyed and his family gone. He again crosses the U.S. border and is rescued from death in the desert by two nuns. He is given sanctuary by a couple in Texas. While there, he learns that his family is safe. Together again, they move to Maryland where they work in a restaurant. After several years, they work to help others gain protected status and sanctuary in the U.S. Includes a downloadable Teacher's Guide with a Plot Summary, Discussion Questions, Historical Photos, and Detailed Background. Includes downloadable Ready-to-use classroom activities:
What Did You Read? Form,
Book Report Form, Word Play, and Fill-in-the-Blanks Review Activities. Also in the " Hopes and Dreams" Series The Family from Vietnam: Vietnamese-Americans A Different Home: Cuban Americans For Gold and Blood: Chinese-Americans Hungry No More: Irish-Americans Nobody Knows: African-Americans The Magic Paper: Mexican-Americans Sent Away: Japanese-Americans Little Italy: Italian-Americans Old Ways, New Ways: Jewish-Americans Two Hearts: Irish-Americans
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