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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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The Secret Life of Bees Blog

Vocabulary


Bee Vocab 1

Bee Vocab 2

Bee Vocab Review

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Vocabulary Assessments


Vocab 1 Quiz

Vocab 2 Quiz

Vocab BIG Test


Related Work


Study Guide ?s

These responses may be used on quizzes &  TEST day.

Lesson 1 -- The Times They Are A-Changin'

Dylan Homework

Lesson 2 -- A Discussion of Civil Rights

Lesson 3 -- Dream Speech - FREEBIE

Lesson 4 -- Jim Crow

Joseph Holloway Remembers

Lesson 5 -- Dear T-Ray

Lesson 6 -- Label -- FREEBIE

Lesson 7 -- Black Madonna

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Lesson 8 -- Character Sketches

Lesson 9 -- Wailing Wall

Lesson 10 -- Presentations

Presentation Rubric

Lesson 11 -- Literary Terms

Lesson 12 -- Individual Review

Lesson 13 -- Remember the Titans

Lesson 14 -- Putting It Together

Bees vs. Titans Rubric

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Assessments

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Chapters 1-4 Quiz

Chapters 5-9 Quiz

Chapters 10-11 Quiz

Socratic Seminar

Bee Novel Unit Test

Bee Essay Test

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