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Across a War-Tossed Sea by L.M. Elliott
5.0
Across a War-Tossed Sea is excellent for teaching WWII standards that touch on America's response to the war (commonly referred to as the home front in the Common Core) and English Language Arts POV (point of view, or perspective) standards.
C8.S1.PO 4. Explain how the following factors affected the U.S. home front during World War II: a) war bond drives b) war industry c) women and minorities in the work force d) rationing e) internment of Japanese-, German-, and Italian -Americans
A pair of British brothers survive a harrowing trip across the Atlantic to be taken in by an American family to weather the war in America, while London is bombed by the Luftwaffe. This story features so many things your students wouldn't be aware of, just through use of the British POV (point of view, or perspective).
The boys are teased mercilessly for being British and they get into scrapes because they misunderstand American English and racial norms of the time period. They struggle to understand why Americans vilify the British in our colonial history in school. The boys also participate in so many things Americans were asked to do on the homefront -- collecting tin and rubber, rationing for foodstuffs, etc. There is even a small German soldier POW camp near the farm where the boys live that figures into the ending.
For the free teaching resources mentioned here, visit my blog: https://amb.mystrikingly.com/blog/war-torn-historical-fiction
C8.S1.PO 4. Explain how the following factors affected the U.S. home front during World War II: a) war bond drives b) war industry c) women and minorities in the work force d) rationing e) internment of Japanese-, German-, and Italian -Americans
A pair of British brothers survive a harrowing trip across the Atlantic to be taken in by an American family to weather the war in America, while London is bombed by the Luftwaffe. This story features so many things your students wouldn't be aware of, just through use of the British POV (point of view, or perspective).
The boys are teased mercilessly for being British and they get into scrapes because they misunderstand American English and racial norms of the time period. They struggle to understand why Americans vilify the British in our colonial history in school. The boys also participate in so many things Americans were asked to do on the homefront -- collecting tin and rubber, rationing for foodstuffs, etc. There is even a small German soldier POW camp near the farm where the boys live that figures into the ending.
For the free teaching resources mentioned here, visit my blog: https://amb.mystrikingly.com/blog/war-torn-historical-fiction