Use this guide to follow along as Cassie Logan experiences the injustices of racial prejudice in the American South during the 1930s. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry: An Instructional Guide for Literature will support students as they analyze and comprehend this Newbery Medal-winning story. The lessons and activities work in conjunction with the text to teach students how to analyze and comprehend story elements in multiple ways, practice close reading and text-based vocabulary, determine meaning through text-dependent questions, and much more. Appealing and challenging cross-curricular lessons and activities were written to support College and Career Readiness Standards, and incorporate research-based literacy skills to help students become thorough readers. Add rigor to your students' explorations of rich, complex literature with this essential resource!