"When one door of happiness closes, another opens;  but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us."
- Helen Keller
Kids' Wings Great Depression Collection!
Bud, Not Buddy
in the 52-page Kids' Wings Great Depression Collection that includes units for 3 award-winning historical fiction picture books (Bud, Not Buddy, Rudy Rides the Rails, Wingwalker, and Leah's Pony) NOW for immediate download for only $12.95! Sharable within one school. Click Here.

Bud, Not Buddy
by Christopher Paul Curtis
Winner of the Newbery Medal, 2000

Ten-year-old Bud's roots grow strong through the wisdom he remembers from his mother and through the "rules and things" that he creates during harrowing challenges he encounters as a foster child.  When he decides to take wing to find his father, he discovers his courage, perseverance, creativity, and compassion provide the strength to go forward. *

This is the most profound piece of historical fiction literature of The Great Depression available. It will be laugh-out-loud funny on one page and then touching, frightening, sad, hopeful and back to laugh-out-loud funny on the next. It puts a precious face on the Great Depression that your students will never forget. The classroom literature guide is now available in Kids' Wings' single download, a Great Depression Literature group download, and in the awesome Kids' Wings Roots and Wings collection of literature units.

Bud, Not Buddy Student Unit in Roots and Wings

Interview with Christopher Paul Curtis
Guide to the Great Depression
Michigan Historical Center
Lesson Ideas for The Great Depression Gallery
Classroom Activity:  Taking an Oral History of The Great Depression
People Remember
The Great Depression Summary
Library of Congress:  American Life Histories
Riding the Rails, Timeline
Jesse Jones, a hero of the Great Depression
Railroad Map
Web-Based Unit 
Vocabulary Hangman 
Book Talks

*(From Roots and Wings, Bluebonnet CelebrationsSM #7, © 2001, Suzy Red, Lockhart, Texas)

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Problem Solving
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(20 units based on award winning literature) with scripted mock trial, logic puzzle, reading journal guide, writing prompts, and cross curriculum learning!
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