Product Description

Teacher's Guides: Felicity 1774, Kirsten 1854, Addy 1864, Samantha 1904, Molly 1944

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #4148765 in Books
• Published on: 1995
• Binding: Paperback

Customer Reviews

Usually overpriced for the content for collectable reasons only
My opinion on these guides- If you want these for educational purposes and pay more than $30 per guide you have paid too much. There's NOT $30 per of teaching material in one (some would even say there is less than that)
Not to bash the book completely, but I've seen used American Girl Teachers Guides go for $120; for just one guide!
If these were commonly priced under $30 used I would give it more stars.
Each contains (if mint):
An Overview section (8-10 pages, this section is too short!)- book summaries of the six main books for the subject, a short description of the history of the era. A few paragraphs about the author. a section about historical fiction, short directions on how to use the map, tips for introducing vocabulary, and blackline masters for the map.
Meet "insert girl's name" section- The longest section. Contains plot summaries and Themes for each main book, vocabulary words (only 8-10 per book), and only 4-5 pages of uninteresting worksheets for each book.
Then the last section contains project ideas (roughly 5 per guide). Only a few of which are really interesting and imaginative.
Am I missing something here? Unless your a collector there is no reason to pay over $30 for one of these books.
An inventive educator can come up with a more interesting set of projects and worksheets for far less than $120 per American Girl.