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The Secret Life of Bees


The Historical Fiction Book

* A novel by American author Sue Monk Kidd. 

* Set in the American South in 1964, the year of the Civil Rights Act and intensifying racial unrest.


* The coming-of-age story addresses the difficulty of loss and betrayal. 


* It received critical acclaim and was a New York Times bestseller. It was nominated for the Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction and was adapted into a film directed by Gina Prince- Bythewood.


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Essential Questions

  • Do the attributes of a hero remain the same over time?
  • What is the role of a hero or “sheroe” (coined by Maya Angelou) in a culture?
  • How does Sue Monk Kidd, the author, use historical context to help define the characters and the personal issues they have to deal with?
  • How can citizens, including ourselves, break through barriers of prejudice to promote tolerance?
  • If the need for love is our most basic emotional need, then what could be more despairing than to feel, unloved and why?
  • What are the elements of the Bildungsroman (coming-of-age stories), and how does this novel reflect those elements?

The Secret Life of Bees Blog

Vocabulary

Bee Vocab 1

Bee Vocab 2

Bee Vocab Review

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Resources

Study Guide Questions

Jim Crow Laws Power Point

Sue Monk Kidd Power Point

Blog Expectations

Compare & Contrast ppt


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Dream Speech Clip

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Individual Work

Quick Writes

Character Notebook

Literary Terms Activity

Dream Speech

Extended Definition

Coming of Age Project

Socratic Seminar ?s

Remember the Titans

Coming of Age Compare & Contrast Paper

Coming of Age C&C rubric

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Team Work

Jim Crow

Joseph Holloway Remembers

Literary Terms

Quotations

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The Coming of Age Unit Test - Bees
The Coming of Age Essay Test

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