About the Author Essential Question:How does Kingsolver use the motif of beans, flowers, birds or cars to convey a theme or universal message? How do I persuade an audience of my claim and support it with evidence? Reading Tip:
As you read, use post-its to mark pages with quotes related to any of the following motifs (recurring symbols): birds, flowers, cars, or beans. You will find this tremdously helpful when it comes to completing the final essay.
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The Bean Trees UnitUnit ObjectivesStudents will be able to ...
Final Unit AssessmentEssay Prompt: Choose a motif from The Bean Trees and explain how that motif (water, flowers, cars, beans or birds) contributes to a theme from the book. Below are some tools to help you.
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A Look at Guatemalan History
Why did Estevan & Esperanza flee their country?
Historical BackgroundAbout this Video In Guatemala, investigators using forensic science have compelling evidence that thousands of innocent indigenous Ixil Mayans were the target of extermination in the 1980's. Science correspondent Miles O'Brien reports on how murder, politics and science intersect in the genocide trial of former leader Efrain Rios Montt.
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What Was the Sanctuary Movement?The Sanctuary Movement was a religious and political campaign of approximately 500 religious congregations of many different denominations in the U.S. that helped Central American refugees by sheltering them from Immigration and Naturalization Service authorities. The movement flourished between 1982 and 1992.
The movement originated along the U.S./Mexico border in Arizona. In 1981, Rev. John Fife and Jim Corbett, among others, began smuggling Central American refugees into the United States. It was their wish to offer sanctuary from the political violence that was taking place in El Salvador and Guatemala. The Department of Justice indicted several activists in south Texas for aiding refugees. In 1985, sixteen activists in Arizona, including Fife and Corbett, were indicted; eleven went to trial and eight were convicted of alien smuggling and other charges. The defendants claimed their actions were justifiable to save lives of people who would be killed and had no other way to escape. |