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Teaching Christmas at Red Butte

Christmas at Red Butte

Christmas at Red Butte by Lucy Maud Montgomery is about an orphaned girl, Theodora, who sacrifices her one family memento so her cousins can have Christmas. What will Christmas bring?

Lucy Maud Montgomery
Public Domain

ESSENTIAL QUESTION:

Is it worthwhile to make sacrifices for others?
STANDARDS:

DEPTH OF KNOWLEDGE (DOK) LEVELS:

2,3
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