A New Coat for Anna
Illus. in full color. "A fresh and moving story of a mother's dedication to acquire a coat for her daughter in post-World War II hard times. Anna's mother decides to trade the few valuables she has left for wool and for the services of a spinner, a weaver, and a tailor. Lobel's pictures do a tremendous job of evoking the period. Insightful and informative, this may make children consider how precious the ordinary can become in times of turmoil."
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Online Units and Resources for A New Coat for Anna
A New Coat for Anna
This supplemental unit provides resources for students in first and second grade to understand how people acquire goods and services. More specifically, the children will learn about the process involved in making a coat, from sheep to clothing.
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Guide in Budapest
Facts and Pictures of Hungary (Y)
Our Five in a Row Adventures Vol. 2
Highlights and sugggestions from someone who has "rowed" before you. (Y,T)
A New Coat for Anna
From TeacherViews. (Grades K-6) (Y M)
Literature Connection: Trade and Money
(Y)
Making Multicultural Connections
(Grade 2) (Y)
A New Coat for Anna Poem
(Y, M, O, T)
Five in a Row's Hanna's Cold Winter
Here are some pictures to go-along with the story. (Y, M, O, T)
Cultural Awareness
Scroll down for links to FIAR book resources (Y)
Intermediate Civics (3-4): Values and Principles
Selflessness in the face of personal adversity. Alternate book list. Grades 3-4 (Y)
Books About Hippos - Fiction
(Y)
Mr. Fargan's Reading Pages
Grade 3.2 (Y)
Childrens Books About World War II
(Y)
Budapest Zoo & Botanical Garden
(Y, M, O, T)
Go-alongs about WWII
Air Raid on Pearl Harbor - From Library of Congress- this day in history. (Y, M, O, T)
Aleutian World War II National Historic Area - The Aleutian World War II National Historic Area and Visitor Center in Dutch Harbor, Alaska, tell these compelling stories and preserve the historic Fort Schwatka on Mount Ballyhoo. In a unique arrangement, the park and visitor center are owned and managed by the Ounalashka Corporation (the village corporation for Unalaska) and the National Park Service provides them with technical assistance. Through this cooperative partnership, the Unangax are the keepers of their history and invite the public to learn more about its past and present. (Y, M, O, T)
Attack at Pearl Harbor - From Eyewitness to History.com (Y, M, O, T)
Childrens Books About World War II - (Y)
China Burma India Theater of World War II - From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Y, M, O, T)
Fly Girls - During WWII, more than a thousand women signed up to fly with the US military. Wives, mothers, actresses and debutantes who joined the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPS) test-piloted aircraft, ferried planes and logged 60 million miles in the air. (Y, M, O, T)
Manzanar National Historic Site - In 1942, the United States government ordered more than 110,000 men, women, and children to leave their homes and detained them in remote, military-style camps. Manzanar War Relocation Center was one of ten camps where Japanese American citizens and resident Japanese aliens were interned during World War II. (Y, M, O, T)
North American Battleground of World War II - Teaching with Historic places lesson plans (Y, M, O, T)
Pearl Harbor - The Day Remembered (Y, M, O, T)
Pearl Harbor Raid - a historical overview and special images selection from the Naval Historical Center (Y, M, O, T)
Remembering Pearl Harbor - National Geographic's Pearl Harbor page with maps, timelines, survivor's stories, and more (Y, M, O, T)
Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historical Park - Preserves and interprets the stories and places of our nation's home front response to World War II. (Y, M, O, T)
Tuskegee Airman - During World War II, black fighter pilots fought the Germans abroad and racism in the ranks...may we never forget...and may future generations understand the way it was...
(Y, M, O, T)
USS Arizona Memorial - Includes a National Park Service Printable Travel Guide (Y, M, O, T)
WWII Pilots - "The B-24 Liberator was produced in greater quantities and flown in more theaters of war by the air forces of more countries than any other four engine bomber in World War II. 19,256 planes (in several versions) were produced by Consolidated Vultee, Ford Motor Company, Douglas Aircraft and North American Aircraft between the years of 1939 and 1945. Today there are only two flight-worthy B-24's in existence, and it's history and role in WW II is only dimly recalled except by those who flew in them." (Y, M, O, T)
Go-alongs about Sheep
Sheep crafts - Crafts for kids from Danielle's Place (Y)
Sheep mini-unit - from Biblical Holidays (Y, M, O, T)