The Long Way to a New Land E-Guide

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Grade Range: 1-3

Setting: Sweden, 1868

Genre: Early Chapter Book, Historical

Page Count: 46 + Answer Key

Approximate Completion Time: 7 weeks

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In 1868, Sweden is devastated by drought and Carl Erik's family is starving. Hope reaches them when a letter from their uncle in America arrives, inviting them to "the land of opportunity." They decide to sell the farm and go to America to make a new life. The packing, the goodbyes, and the trip itself are difficult; yet the children eagerly wonder when they might get wheat bread with butter in America. Finally allowed into the country after passing through immigration, Carl Erik exclaims, "Now we are arrived."

Continue the story with the sequel: The Long Way Westward

Progeny Press' Long Way to a New Land English/Language Arts PDF curriculum will provide your Primary Elementary grade student(s) with:

Before-You-Read Activities: Ancestry, family tree, country flags, geography and map work, research on steamships, and learning about immigration. 
Vocabulary: Understand words used throughout the novel, utilizing a variety of activities to stimulate retention and growth.
Literary Techniques: Cause and effect, synonyms, action words/verbs, descriptive language.
Moral Lessons and Character Values, such as helping those in need, preparation, importance of God's word, Bible study, God meeting our needs, answer to prayer.
Activities and Writing Assignments including packing a trunk, historical transportation, crossword puzzle, past and present, life on board a ship, word search, illustration study, writing letters, and a cooking center.
Suggestions for Further Reading:  We include a wonderful reading list of more books by the same author(s) and other books that tie in with, or are similar to, A Long Way to a New Land!

All of Progeny Press' Language Arts PDF download unit lessons are written from a Christian perspective!

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  • Complete answer key PDF file included for the teacher to make grading simple!

Formatted with your Primary grade Elementary student in mind, Progeny Press language arts study guides divide the book into simplified writing assignments and lessons that strengthen their reading comprehension, vocabulary, and begins building their analysis and writing skills. Each Progeny Press novel study accomplishes all of this without busy work that can drain the fun out of reading and literature! Kids have loved Progeny Press ELA curriculum in homeschool, co-ops, and private schools for over 30 years!

Book Awards:
HarperCollins I Can Read level 3

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