About this book
Grade Level Equivalent: 5.3
Lexile Measure: 840L
Guided Reading Level: Z
Age: Age 11, Age 13
Genre: Classics, Historical Fiction
Subject: American Revolutionary War, Courage, Bravery, Heroism, Equality, Fairness, Justice, Survival
CLASS PROJECT: A Parallel Timeline
Have students identify the main historical events against which the action of the book takes place and arrange them on a timeline. They should then identify key story events and arrange these events on the opposite side of the timeline. You may want to have students construct this parallel timeline on a roll of mural paper. Use the finished timeline to review what was happening in American history and what was happening to Johnny Tremain.
- Subjects:Colonial and Revolutionary America, American Revolutionary War, Reading Comprehension, Literature Appreciation
