Study Guide The Witch of Blackbird Pond

1959 Newbery Medal winner. After the death of her grandfather, 16-year-old Kit leaves her Caribbean home to live with her Puritan aunt and uncle in Connecticut. Her unexpected arrival sets the stage for conflict between the free-spirited Kit and the Puritan community - especially when she befriends the widow who lives beside Blackbird Pond.

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• background on the authors and stories
• pre-reading suggested activities
• vocabulary activities related to the stories
• general content questions
• literary analysis and terminology questions designed to give students a good understanding of writing technique and how to use it
• critical analysis questions designed to help students consider and analyze the intellectual, moral, and spiritual issues in the stories and weigh them with reference to scripture
• detailed answer key