Can't You Make Them Behave, King George? by Jean Fritz
This story is a historical fiction and biography because it gives a realistic account to the taxation history and tales of King George the Third life. It also could be multicultural because it discusses the taxation of America by England in 1765. This story tells the history of him becoming a king and ruling his kingdom and his decline in his health. This book is a very simple book with a simplistic style of art. It is valuable in helping to learn of the history.
Motivational Activities:
1. The student will be introduced to historical fact finding note cards. They will put interesting facts on colorful cards.
2. Children will be given 2 maps of England and America (a before and after the split) to color and note the changes.
Questions:
1. Do you know why King George the III want tax the American people?
2. What happened due to the taxation of the people?
3. Did the people like the taxation? If not, why?
References
Fritz, J. (1977). Can't You Make Them Behave,
King George? New York: Scholastic Inc.
Galda, L., Cullinan, B. E., & Sipe, L. R.
(2010). Literature and the Child 7edition. Belmont: Wadsworth, Cengage
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Hello Sheena,
ReplyDeleteThis is a funny book about England and the colonies and taxation. I like your map activity and your historical fact note-taking activity as well.
I can think of another activity for children. Children can learn more about economics by making a comparison-contrast chart of income tax rates, sales tax rates, and property tax rates in different countries. This is also a good match lesson because they can look at percentages and compare various yearly incomes in dollars and in other currencies.