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Integrating multiple subjects is essential in our busy days—every minute counts! Knowing this, as well as the importance of non-fiction texts, I have many links to outside sources and though the project is centered around social studies, I included as much math and science as I could. I think historical fiction is an ideal medium for integration, but I realized that much of what students read in novels is passed over because they lack a frame of reference to comprehend much of the meaning, don'

This hyperlinked PDF is designed to be used on a computer or tablet (perfect for distance learning or schools with iPads or Chromebooks!) while reading By the Great Horn Spoon. This is a wonderful book for studying the California Gold Rush. Included in this PDF are questions and activities designed to aid and deepen comprehension and spark critical thinking, all in line with Common Core. More than 20 links to websites are embedded, so your students are just click away from activities, additiona

This HyperDoc is designed for use with a computer or tablet while reading Sign of the Beaver. Knowing every minute is precious, I incorporated as many subjects as possible and to keep students engaged there are links to text, audio, video, and images. This project includes: figurative language, character development, animal science, the French and Indian Wars, Native American lifestyle and treatment, the Proclamation of 1763, calculating distance and time traveled, and much more. There are more

This hyperlinked PDF is designed for use on a computer or tablet to be completed with the reading of the book My Brother Sam is Dead by James and Christopher Collier. It includes questions and activities for each chapter, some based on the book and some based on videos and articles hyperlinked within this PDF (perfect for iPads or Chromebooks). Additional information and activities enrich the experience of reading the book and are aligned with Common Core State Standards. Hyperlinked sites incl

This is the fifth or sixth iteration of my very first Hyperlinked PDF created in 2012! It is designed to be used on a computer or tablet (perfect for iPads or Chromebooks!) while reading Island of the Blue Dolphins. I created it for a pull-out class of gifted students at an immersion school so the principal has asked me to focus on English literature. Since I only had my students for two hours per week, I knew I'd need something they could do independently. It can be used in a variety of ways.

There are so many historical figures named in the novel Bud, Not Buddy that I knew a HyperDoc would complement it perfectly. This PDF is designed to be used on a computer or tablet (perfect for iPads or Chromebooks!). This document includes more than 35 links to websites with articles, videos, audio recordings, and activities designed to aid and deepen comprehension and spark critical thinking—all in line with Common Core—and some just for fun. Your students are just click away from activities

Included in this PDF are questions and activities designed to aid and deepen comprehension and spark critical thinking while reading the novel Chains. This PDF perfect for iPads or Chromebooks as more than 50 hyperlinks embedded linking your students to activities, additional research, videos, and more. I tried to balance video, audio, and reading both to keep student interest and to provide students the opportunity to learn from diverse media. It can be used individually or as a class. This re

This hyperlinked PDF is designed to be used while reading the novel, The Witch of Blackbird Pond. Perfect for online learning, it contains more than 45 links to outside articles, charts, graphs, or videos to help students understand and connect to the text more deeply. Also included are extension pages with character analyses, the role sugar played in slavery, and more, to broaden student perspectives, serve as jumping off points for classroom discussion, or to keep early finishers engaged. Thi

This HyperDoc is designed to be used on a computer or tablet (perfect for iPads or Chromebooks) while reading Because of Winn-Dixie. Included in this PDF are questions and activities designed to aid and deepen comprehension and spark critical thinking—all in line with Common Core. More than 25 links to websites are embedded, so your students are just click away from activities, additional research, videos, and more. Every page includes links to "extras" for exploration—ideal for early finishers

This hyperlinked PDF is designed to be used on a computer or tablet (perfect for iPads or Chromebooks) while reading Pedro’s Journal. Questions and activities have been developed to aid and deepen comprehension and spark critical thinking—all in line with Common Core. More than 20 links are embedded in this PDF document so your students are just click away from activities, additional research, non-fiction texts, videos, games, and more. This project can be used individually or as a class; use a

This product has been reworked with chapters split apart, images and links added, and questions updated. More than 30 links are embedded in this PDF. These links provide curated research, videos, and more. Questions and activities have been developed to aid and deepen comprehension and spark critical thinking. It can be used individually or as a class; use all or part of it; the many links to enrichment material make it ideal for early finishers and great for homeschoolers, too. This is a great

What a great book! The story told in Number the Stars is captivating, largely true, and chock full of interesting historical tidbits. This Hyperlinked PDF book project is designed to be used with a computer or tablet (perfect for Chromebooks and iPads), while reading the novel. It includes links to more than 25 sites with articles, video, photos, and activities related to the novel in order to help deepen comprehension and better understand the historical background. The questions and activitie

This HyperDoc is designed to be used on a computer or tablet—perfect for iPads or Chromebooks—while reading the novel Al Capone Does My Shirts. Along with questions that explore different perspectives and spark critical thinking, links are included to help students understand the historical context, life in the time period, changes over time, and historical characters. In an effort to integrate multiple subjects and engage students of varying levels, videos, images, and articles are linked and

We've got to make the most of every minute in our over-scheduled school days. Going one-to-one with iPads and Chromebooks means even more is expected of us, so I tried to combine as much as possible in making this Hyperlinked PDF. It is designed to be used on a computer or tablet—perfect for iPads or Chromebooks—while reading the novel Hatchet. Included are questions to spark critical thinking and links to help students understand unfamiliar concepts. In an effort to engage students of varying

This hyperlinked PDF is designed to be used on a computer or tablet (perfect for iPads or Chromebooks!) while reading Tuck Everlasting. Included in this PDF are questions and activities designed to aid and deepen comprehension and spark critical thinking—all in line with Common Core. More than 10 links to websites are embedded, so your students are just click away from activities, additional research, videos, and more. Ideal for early finishers! This provides the perfect platform for doing an i

This Hyperlinked PDF is designed to be used on a computer or tablet (perfect for iPads or Chromebooks). Included in this document are questions and activities developed to aid and deepen comprehension beyond the book and spark critical thinking—all in line with Common Core. More than 30 links to websites are embedded in this PDF, so your students are just click away from activities, additional research, videos, games, and more. I tried to balance reading, videos, audio, and charts to keep studen

*I have overhauled this project to separate chapters for ease of use, and I have added images, links, and questions. Teachers often request that I create one of my interactive book projects for a specific novel and this is the most frequently requested— Charlotte’s Web. This hyperlinked PDF is designed to be completed while reading the novel and includes questions to spark critical thinking and links to help students understand unfamiliar concepts. In an effort to integrate multiple subjects and

This digital project is designed to be used as students read the novel Fever 1793. As with all my Hyperlinked PDF projects, it incorporates as many subject areas as are fittingly possible with links to multiple outside sources of information. I tried to carefully balance the use of written sources, video, and audio recordings to keep students' interest and expose them to diverse media. The links help students understand the historical and cultural perspective in which the novel takes place, as

This hyperlinked PDF is designed to be an accompaniment to the novel The Watsons Go to Birmingham (perfect for iPads or Chromebooks). Knowing how precious our instructional minutes are, I included a little figurative language, a little science, a little geography, a little comprehension, a little character study, a little math, a little grammar, a little fun, and of course, lots of Civil Rights history. More than 30 links are included to articles and videos that will engage your students and de

The idea for this hyperlinked PDF was sparked by my children after a visit to the Alamo. They were intensely interested, but as California kids, this wasn't included in their social studies curriculum, so they knew little about it. A docent at the museum suggested The Boy in the Alamo. I created this hyperlinked PDF—designed to be used on a computer or tablet (perfect for iPads or Chromebooks!)—to help them understand more of what they were reading. When we stopped to visit a cousin in Texas, s