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The Bean Trees

Barbara Kingsolver

 

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Author Biographies

 

http://www.gradesaver.com/ClassicNotes/Authors/about_barbara_kingsolver.html  

http://www.ket.org/bookclub/whatif/links/ 

http://www.ket.org/bookclub/whatif/links/ 

http://www.centralbooking.com/author_about.shtml?author=54 

http://www.authorsontheweb.com/features/authormonth/0012

          kingsolver/kingsolver.asp 

http://www.wfpl.org/kingsolver.htm 

 

   
Background Information

 

Barbara Kingsolver Home Page: http://www.kingsolver.com/

Cherokee Nation Site: http://www.cherokee.org/

Human Rights: http://www.globalexchange.org/countries/guatemala/history.html

Adoption: http://www.calib.com/naic/

 

   
Lesson Plans and Activities

 

Characters:

     http://www.gradesaver.com/ClassicNotes/Titles/bean/charlist.html 

     http://www.pinkmonkey.com/booknotes/monkeynotes/pmBeanTrees03.asp

     http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/beantrees/canalysis.html  

Theme:

     http://www.gradesaver.com/ClassicNotes/Titles/bean/themes.html

     http://www.pinkmonkey.com/booknotes/monkeynotes/pmBeanTrees07.asp 

     http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/beantrees/themes.html 

Plot Summary:

     http://www.gradesaver.com/ClassicNotes/Titles/bean/fullsumm.html

Quizzes:

     http://www.gradesaver.com/cgisys/cgiwrap/readers/quiz.cgi?book=

          bean&q_start=1&total_q=40

     http://www.authorsontheweb.com/features/authormonth/0012kingsolver/

          kingsolvertrivia.asp

     http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/beantrees/quiz.html  

Teaching Guides:

     http://www.harpercollins.com/catalog/guide_xml.asp?isbn=0060175796

     http://www.stuttgartbookclub.de/bookclub_pages/reading_guides/kingsolver_the_

          bean_trees.htm

Study Guide: http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~lrm22/uc101/bean_trees.htm

Questions:

     http://www.msjhs.org/staff/brunak/beanquest.html

     http://www.ket.org/bookclub/whatif/links/ 

     http://www.pinkmonkey.com/booknotes/monkeynotes/pmBeanTrees38.asp 

     http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/beantrees/study.html 

     http://iabrams.home.mindspring.com/english2/Bean_Trees_Study_Guide_e2.htm 

Sights and Symbols: http://locutus.ucr.edu/~cathy/bean/beanindex.html

Point of View:

     http://www.pinkmonkey.com/booknotes/monkeynotes/pmBeanTrees37.asp

Quotes:

     http://www.asd.k12.ak.us/Schools/West/education/bookgroupproject/

          Kingsolver/quotes.htm

     http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/beantrees/quotes.html 

Key Facts: http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/beantrees/facts.html

Pre-Reading Activity: http://teachers.net/lessons/posts/2147.html

Essay Topic: http://www.cwrl.utexas.edu/~dmlap/e309k/essay3.html