Kate Waters Author Study
Kate Waters's books make the study of history vibrant and relevant by emphasizing the connections between historical events and today's children.
Start your author study by reading a short biography of Kate Waters and choosing some of her books to read . Then use the activities and lessons below to have fun with Waters's unique historical perspective. Find more information about Kate Waters on her Web site, and more teaching ideas at the Kate Waters Teacher Resource File.
Resources
Kate Waters Interview Transcript
by Kate Waters
Author Kate Waters' books include works about the Mayflower and about daily life among the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag in the early seventeenth century. She was interviewed by Scholastic students.
Kate Waters Author Visit Kit
by Kate Waters
Kate shows children the many steps in the process of getting a book published, and can serve as an author-in-residence, able to speak about writing, editing, using photographs as illustrations and book publishing. She also speaks to adults.
Sarah Morton's Day Discussion Guide
Discussion Guide for Sarah Morton's Day: A Day in the Life of a Pilgrim Girl by Kate Waters.
The Story of the White House Teaching Plan
Teaching plan for The Story of the White House by Kate Waters.
Giving Thanks: The 1621 Harvest Feast Lesson Plan
Filled with color photographs, this unique interpretation of the first Thanksgiving tells the story through two points of view—a Pilgrim boy and a Wampanoag Indian boy.
Lesson Plans
On the Mayflower Lesson Plan
by Jeremy Brunaccioni
The photography brings to life the voyage of the Mayflower and the hardships faced by the passengers. Students love imagining that they are at sea aboard the Mayflower.
