Civil Rights for Kids: Pies From Nowhere by Dee Romito Read Aloud

Looking for a great read aloud to help teach your upper elementary students about the Civil Rights Movement? This social studies read aloud unit is designed to teach Civil Right for kids using a book read-aloud. This social studies unit is intended to be used with the book Pies From Nowhere by Dee Romito. The book can be found here (non-affiliate link).

This Civil Rights read aloud unit includes:

• Two levels of comprehension questions
• Short answer comprehension questions with student opinion questions included
• Character maps
• Summarizing graphic organizer
• Civil Rights Movement vocabulary chart
• Context clues vocabulary chart
• Extended response writing prompts with rubric
• Plot diagrams
• Civil Rights Movement timeline activity

An even mix of the reading activities and social studies activities in this social studies read aloud unit create  well-rounded and cross-curricular lessons and allows you to tailor the resource to your students’ needs!

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TEACHERS LIKE YOU SAID…

⭐ A third grade teacher said, “This is an amazing read aloud with great activities to support it! My students took a lot away from the story and activities that followed.”

⭐ A fifth grade teacher said, “​​Kids loved this as I used it to accompany our social studies after we studied the Civil Rights movement.”