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Teaching Borders

Borders

An indigenous boy tells a story of a time when he gets stuck on the US-Canada border with his mother on their way to visit his sister,

Thomas King
From “Borders,” in One Good Story, That One. (HarperCollins, 1993; New Edition, 1999). Copyright © 1993 Dead Dog Café Productions Inc. With permission of the author.

ESSENTIAL QUESTION:

Why is the setting important to a story?
STANDARDS:

DEPTH OF KNOWLEDGE (DOK) LEVELS:

2,3
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