Created by: Kelly Garcia & Dominique Werner
Title of novel: La Guerra Sucia
Author of novel: Nathaniel Kirby
Level: Level 3
Brief summary of the novel (3-4 sentences): An American reporter gets a job opportunity of a lifetime reporting on an emerging story coming from South America. Leslie is tasked with solving the mysteries of missing Argentinian citizens. The more Leslie finds out, the deeper into trouble she becomes and eventually becomes a “desaparecida” herself.
Topics: 1970’s Argentina political climate. Historical Fiction.
Cultural Contexts: Los Desaparecidos de Argentina, 1977.
Themes: Mystery
Pre-reading activities: Locate Argentina on the map, in particular Buenos Aires (GoogleEarth) Discuss the role of reporters and their responsibilities relating to human rights violations.
Discuss background historical setting in political and social climate in Argentina.
https://www.ifsw.org/argentina-and-los-desaparecidos/
Enrichment activities while reading: Using historical images, ie. newspaper clippings, photographs of important Argentinian political figures (Juan & Evita Peron), students will be asked to give a single word describing the images, en Español.
Post-reading activities: StoryBird https://storybird.com/
Little Bird Tales https://www.littlebirdtales.com/
Eva Peron Mini Bio https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zu0p04Z2yzQ
Chapter Illustrations
EdPuzzle
Word Clouds with http://www.Mentimeter.com
Key vocabulary with http://www.Quizlet.com
BreakoutEDU:
Focus on Reading 