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BookConnect: Building Community One Book at a Time
Area of Focus: Personal & Community Well-Being

Topic: Celebrating Diversity and Inclusion
Level 2: Learn, Ages 5-8

TEACHER GUIDE: FRY BREAD

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Share the Book Note: Before reading the book, explain to students
the terms “indigenous” and “Native American”.

Initiate Discussion

Explore with students what may have surprised them about
this story. Would they have expected a typical Native
American family to look like this family? Why or why not?
What else surprised them?

Invite students to consider how and why the author and
illustrator worked together to evoke the five senses.

Fry bread is food, but in this book, it is also so much more
than that. Ask students other ways in which fry bread is
presented in the book. What is their favorite?
FRY BREAD Many different emotions are shown in the faces of this family

A Native American Family Story throughout the book. As you share each double-page spread
again, invite students to describe the expressions on the
by Kevin Noble Maillard people’s faces. Why do they change from page-to-page?

Coordinate Group Activities

Stimulate the Senses* Native Americans: I Never Knew...**

After reading the book to students, share some
Have students form groups in which they will
create their own food-focused book highlighting additional information about Native Americans from
how the food appeals to all five senses and how Kevin Noble Maillard's notes at the back of the book.
it represents the culture from which it comes. Then play a game with students: "Things I Never
(They might choose – for example – tacos, pizza, Knew". Divide the class into small groups and have
sushi, kebabs, hamburgers.) each discuss what information surprised them and
why. After each group has had a chance to share their
findings, have the class vote on what they found the
*Explain to students that food – as seen in this book –
may play an important role in a community’s culture. most surprising of all.
(Share that “culture” reflects parts of everyday life **You may wish to share the end papers of the book showing over 600
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shared by a family or community ncluding food, music, different tribes, explaining that some Native Americans live on
reservations, while others live intermingled with other Americans in cities,
dance, art, language, holidays, customs, and history.) towns and rural areas. You may also wish to share the map from the book,
alongside a more typical US map showing the 50 states delineated. Why
are there no lines on the book’s map?
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