Draw a picture of Kit in Barbados on one side and Kit in Connecticut on the other side. Why are the people unfriendly to Kit? Do you think she should have kept her "high-spirited ways" or adjusted to her new environment.įold a piece of paper in half.
Why do you think it may not be a good idea to only ever read one book, and not different kinds of books? Do you like to read different types of books? The preacher explains that there were no plays to read where he grew up (page 25) and appears to only read the Bible and religious books. The average temperature in Barbados is 86 degrees and in the summer in Connecticut it is only 76 & winters are very cold.
Connecticut is on the northeast coast of North America where the the water is grey, cold, and the weather is rarely warm enough for people to swim at the beach. Where is Barbados? Where is Connecticut? How are these two places different? (Barbados is a tropical island, like Hawaii, where most everyone learns to swim as the water is very warm. Now family members of those executed are asking the present day Governor for pardons.) Where else did witch trials take place? (The Salem witch trials were much more well-known, but actually the first witch trials in New England occurred 30 years earlier in Connecticut where this book takes place. If they sank, they were not thought to be a witch, but they would drown anyway.) If they did float, they were considered a witch. Their hands and feet were bound, then they were thrown into water to see if they would float.
What happened to people believed to be be witches in the 1600's in New England? (Suspected witches were put to a "water test". Punctilious - showing attention to detailĭiscussion topics for during/after reading: Puritanical - practicing or affecting strict religious or moral behaviorĬolonist - an original settler or founder of a colonyįorecastle - forward part of a ship, below deck and usually used as a crew living areaīarbados - a British colony in the Windward Islands in the easternmost boundary of the Caribbean Sea When does this story look like it takes place? But Kit’s friendship with Hannah Tupper, believed by the colonists to be a witch, proves more taboo than she could have imagined and ultimately forces Kit to choose between her heart and her duty. Just when it seems she must give up, she finds a kindred spirit. Torn between her quest for belonging and her desire to be true to herself, Kit struggles to survive in a hostile place. Alone and desperate, she has been forced to leave her beloved home on the island of Barbados and join a family she has never met. Kit Tyler is marked by suspicion and disapproval from the moment she arrives on the unfamiliar shores of colonial Connecticut in 1867. Grade Level: 5th (GLCs: Click here for grade level guidelines.)
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