Rival Teacher's Manual

With 18 slideshows of professional-quality photos, this digital teacher’s manual is extremely user-friendly, supportive, clear, and organized. Grab it and teach. Just add students!

For Every Chapter

• Complete Student-friendly lesson plans tied to I can statements and an Essential Question

• Individual and group exercises and assignments

• Reproducible comprehension Quizzes and Tests 

• Teaching strategies for different learning styles, comprehension questions for leading discussions, and classroom games.

• Essential chapter vocabulary 

Features and Highlights

• The Essential Question: a focused theme throughout the book for students to connect to their experience.

• Story Map graphic organizer builds the Common Core skill of analyzing character development as the plot moves toward resolution

• Extensive photos with comprehensible text of: Sevilla, Córdoba, Toledo, Jaén, Segovia

• Assignments for making Personal Connections so students can relate the material to their own lives

• Predict the plot and imagine alternative storylines

• Web links for deeper exploration through videos and slideshows of cultures, locations, and other topics

• Word Clouds based on vocabulary frequency

• Quality on-location, full-color photographs to help visualize the story in context

Beyond the Book

• Supplementary authentic resources for cultural exploration

• Learn about the history of Islam and Christianity in Spain

• The Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa

• Discover the food, architecture, art, and more of medieval Spain

• and much more!