While teaching the Hunger Games, I spent a lot of my time looking for articles to teach along with the novel. We read about censorship, racism, slavery, child soldiers, media, education, WWII, and many other topics that could have served as Collins' inspiration for different aspects of the novel. Literally a week after I finished teaching the novel, I was shopping and spotted something that could have made my planning periods so much easier: The Hunger Games Companion. This book is amazing, in fact I don't think you should teach the novel without it. It is a great source for nonfiction articles that deal with the major themes of the novel. It's interesting and entertaining, and is so helpful to get kid s interested in reading nonfiction. The discussions we had in class were much deeper and more thoughtful after students had read excerpts from the book. I highly suggest buying it! You can buy it here.
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