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This is a lesson plan encompassing three 90-minute lessons as a culmination for the Lowry novel, The Giver. While it was written with 8th graders in mind, it is easily adaptable to any age group that reads this novel. The site includes a lesson outline, objectives, standards addressed, and complete despcription of the lesson which includes groups of students creating powerpoint presentations about the novel to share with other groups.
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This is Lois Lowry's official website. Find up-to-date information on Lois Lowry's personal appearances, her new works, etc. It includes her blog, as well as all kinds of links to interesting middle school information and other authors.This is a great site for showing kids how to blog (you can actually read and respond to her personal blogs!). It also gives you a link to a site called "Good Conversations" which are interviews with children and juvenile fiction writer authors, as well as a chance to get a FREE DVD. You can email Lois Lowry or read speeches she has given at various functions.
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This lesson plan is from the SCORE series developed in California. It requires use of the Internet for students to complete the materials.

NOTE: SCORE Cyberguides announced that they are no longer checking links and maintaining these excellent resources as of April 2008 due to lack of funding. You will want to verify all links before using the cyberguide in class. You may want to use portions of this cyberguide in combination with other online resources.
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This lesson plan for Lois Lowry’s book emphasizes the concept of ‘resistance to injustice’. The summary is well presented and the lesson begins with vocabulary suggestions and a Quick write task to allow teachers to tap into the student’s existing knowledge. The Research assignments direct students to learn more about resistance efforts in Nazi occupied countries, the tasks do assume a level of student skill. Teachers will be able to use this as a great introduction to WWII curriculum.
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Book Club Online offers a set of complete lesson plans for this gripping tale of friendship and courage by Lois Lowry. The Outline of Lesson Plans conveniently describes the curriculum area and focus for each chapter’s specific lesson. The lessons themselves have a topic introduction, the lesson goal, a writing activity and an online prompt. There are also a variety of related books and websites that further explore the Holocaust.
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Teacher Raymond Marshall, Jr. composed a group of story questions to accompany Lois Lowry’s poignant book about a Jewish family trying to survive in occupied Denmark. Teachers will be able to assign these questions for individual writing assignments, refer to them as prompts for further research, or use them for classroom book discussions.
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The Holocaust can be a difficult subject to teach in the elementary grades. This site, created by Carol Hurst, helps teachers present the topic without focusing on the more inappropriate areas of the subject. The discussion ideas provide important questions about the characters and the activities focus on the time and setting of the book. Teachers will find this a useful entry into a study of the world during World War II.
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SCORE presents a CyberGuide for Lois Lowry’s thought provoking book about a boy’s life in a ‘perfect’ society. The CyberGuide includes 5 activities with content standards and performance rubics that will encourage students to appreciate the variety and freedom of our lives. The activities ask students to use the Library of Congress to create a personal birthday 3 day history chart, to investigate freedoms globally, and to prepare an outline for their future. The site also has a web link for students to write to the author. Teachers will find this guide to be a direct approach to a complex subject, suitable for all abilities.

NOTE: SCORE Cyberguides announced that they are no longer checking links and maintaining these excellent resources as of April 2008 due to lack of funding. You will want to verify all links before using the cyberguide in class. You may want to use portions of this cyberguide in combination with other online resources.
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Listen to Lois Lowry talk about this riveting book! Random House has put together a great site that begins with a message from the author about the basic concept of this Newberry Medal winner. In The Classroom offers teachers lesson activities that range from pre-reading to interdisciplinary connections involving historical fiction reading comparisons, discussions about ambiguity in writing, the scientific nature of color, and even research into utopian societies past and present. Teachers will find the Web links off beat, but the general lessons are easy to use and will challenge students.
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Teachers.net offers an ‘after reading’ ‘hands on’ activity for Lois Lowry’s unforgettable novel. Students will take black and white photos of objects that are integral to the story, and write a magazine introduction for the photos. Here’s a great easy quick, fun, way to change the regular routine and introduce an activity students will enjoy and remember. This activity is good for students who are more reluctant readers.
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