Name: ______Period: ______
Home of the Brave Webquest
It is important to have some background about a book before reading in order to have a better
understanding of the plot. It enriches your whole experience!
Directions:Please go to my reading page on our team website and use each site to answer the following pre-reading questions.
Author: Katherine Applegate
1. What was Katherine Applegate’s inspiration for Home of the Brave?
2. Why did Applegate decide to write the story using free verse poetry?
3. What is her hope for students who read the novel?
4. After reading the interview with Applegate, what do you still want to know about her?
The Golden Kite Award 2007/ The Rebecca Caudill Book Award 2010
- What are two purposes for the Golden Kite Book Award?
a.b.
2. Why is the Golden Kite Award unique among other awards for young readers?
3. Why was the Rebecca Caudill Award started?
4. What state honors books with the Rebecca Caudill Award? ______
5. List four new facts you learned about Rebecca Caudill.
a.b.c.d.
Geography, Culture, and Traditions of Sudan
After looking at the map of Africa, please shade in the country of Sudan. Kek, the protagonist in Home of the Brave is from Sudan, the largest country in Africa. Go to the website named Map of Africa and respond to the following questions:
- What body of water is located to the east of Sudan? ______
- What well-known river flows through the country? ______
- The capital of Sudan is______.
Now, go to the website called Imana: a Sudanese Girl to learn about life in Sudan.
1. What is an internal refugee village? ______
2. People living in the internal refugee village receive donated money to buy ______and ______.
3. Based on your reading, please list three contrasts between Imana’s life and your life in Wilmette.
a)b) c)
To continue your reading, click on Read Imana’s Interview at the bottom of this webpage.
1. How is Imana’s experience with her birthday different from yours? ______
______
2. Please complete the chart below based on your reading of Imana’s interview.
Our personal lives are similar because… / Our personal lives are different because… / Our school days are different because…Imana (Sudan) and Me (Wilmette) / 1.
2. / 1.
2. / 1.
2.
Please read the following information about the conflict in Darfur. It is because of this violence that Kek, the protagonist in Home of the Brave, has lost his father and brother and has moved to the United States to be with his aunt’s family in Minnesota.
The Darfur Conflict is an ongoing civil war centered on the western Darfur region of Sudan. It began in February 2003 when two different armed rebel groups accused the Sudanese government of mistreating the native African people in favor of Arab people living in the region. One side of the conflict is mainly the official Sudanese military and police, and the Janjaweed, a Sudanese group recruited mostly from the Arab tribes of northern Sudan; these tribes are mainly camel herders when they are not fighting. The other side is made up of rebel groups, recruited primarily from non-Arab and native African tribes. Although the Sudanese government publicly denies that it supports the Janjaweed, it has been accused of providing financial assistance and weapons to the group and of participating in joint attacks that target African civilians.
There are different estimates on the number of people who have died because of this conflict, ranging from under twenty thousand to several hundred thousand, from either direct combat or starvation and disease due to the conflict. Millions of people have been forced into refugee camps or over the border as well.
The Sudanese government and the rebel groups they have been fighting signed a ceasefire agreement in February, 2010, with a tentative agreement to pursue further peace.
Please record your thoughts, reactions, and questions about the information above. You will be learning more about the conflict in Darfur this year in your social studies class! ______
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What do you think of when you hear the word HOME? The smell of pizza you have every Friday night with your family? A brisk walk with your dog? A good book? The sound when your hockey stick hits the puck? In the box below, draw an object that represents what HOME means to you. Next to it, write a short paragraph explaining what the object is and why this represents HOME to you.