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Cindy Ellen by Susan Lowell
Cindy Ellen by Susan Lowell





#12: Character Motivation and Evidence RL.5 #8: Problem/Solution Interactive Notebook Page RL.5 #7: Cindy Ellen – What do you think? RL.1 and 3 #5: Ask and Answer Questions from the Story RL.1 #4: Critical Thinking Literature Questions Interactive Notebook Page #1: Cindy Ellen Problem Solution Interactive Notebook Page Engaging interactive notebook pages included. These engaging activities are turn-key…read the story to your class or have them read it as part of literature circles, go over the Cinderella story elements and engage them with these lessons!Īctivities are naturally differentiated and aligned with the Common Core State Standards. This is a no prep unit for “Cindy Ellen: A Wild Western Cinderella” by Susan Lowell. "This is our country now.This entry was posted in Uncategorized on Apby elizabethchapinpinotti (updated on April 26, 2015) "Then the Anglos basically decided, 'We don't like your rules,"" Perez said. Mexico's aboli- tion of slavery, for instance, had little force on its northeastern frontier, where Southerners needed only to produce a "contract" that technically la- beled their human chattel as indentured servants. Anglos had been invited to settle Texas and were granted rights, citizenship, and considerable latitude in their adherence to distant authority. Perez tried to balance this with a broader, Mexican perspective.

Cindy Ellen by Susan Lowell Cindy Ellen by Susan Lowell

"It makes kids think of the American Revolution and throwing off oppression." "The word 'revolution' slants it from the start," he said. Even there, he'd found it hard to bring nuance to students' understanding of Mexico and Texas in the nineteenth century. The son of Mexican immigrants, Perez had taught at a predominantly Hispanic school in Dallas named for Zaragoza.

Cindy Ellen by Susan Lowell

A lot of Texans don't know him, either, or even that Mexico had its own fight for independence." When I confessed my ignorance of Zaragoza, he smiled and said, "You're not alone. While exploring the birthplace, I met Alberto Perez, a history and so- cial studies teacher in the Dallas area who was visiting with his family. Zaragoza went on to become a national hero in Mexico, leading a reformist revolt against Santa Anna and defeat- ing an invading French force on May 5, 1862, the date celebrated as Cinco de Mayo. “I wandered over to the adobe birthplace of Ignacio Seguin Zaragoza, whose father was posted at the garrison in the early 1800s.







Cindy Ellen by Susan Lowell