Salt to the Sea Lesson Plan

Students should read sections 1 - 30 (ending on a Florian section).

Common Core Objectives

1. 1

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.6

2. 2

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.9

Note that it is perfectly fine to expand any day’s work into two days depending on the characteristics of the class, particularly if the class will engage in all of the suggested classroom exercises and activities and discuss all of the thought questions.

Content Summary for Teachers

1: Joana

The first section introduces Joana, a young Lithuanian woman fleeing East Prussia with a group of refugees in 1941. She is haunted by guilt for an as-yet unknown reason. One of the refugees traveling with Joana is a six-year old boy,...