s 
The
Monarch
Award:
Illinois'
K-3
Children's Choice Award
2008
Master List
Sponsored by
the
Illinois
School Library Media Association
2008 Nominee: The Firekeeper's SonIn eigthteenth-century Korea, after Sang-hee's father injures his ankle, Sang-hee attempts to take over the task of lighting the evening fire which signals to the palace that all is well.
Author: Linda Sue Park
Illustrator: Julie Downing
Book
Activities
- Discussion questions: What ways do we use to communicate
today? What ways were use hundreds of years ago? What does it mean to
be responsible?
- Language arts: Tell about a time when you had to help a grown up.
- Writing: What if Sang-Hee had not lit the fire? Make up a
new ending for the story.
- Math:
- Science: Study the uses of fire.
- Social Studies: Find Korea on a map. Research the history
of the country.
- Drama: Pair students and have them debate whether to
light the fire.
- Cooking/Food:
- Art: Draw a mountain and use red, orange and yellow
tissue paper to make signal fires.
- Music:
- Movement:
Related Books
Keep the Lights Burning, Abby by Peter and Connie Roop
Count Your Way through Korea by James Haskins
The Christmas Train by Ivan Gantchev
Kate Shelley and the Midnight Express by Margaret Wetterer
Websites
2008 Nominee Resources