I decided for this book I am going to look at some of the lessons or activities on the web to see how teachers have used this book in the classroom. In this process I found a ton of resources for both Fever 1793 and other books by Laurie Halse Anderson.
One website I found has links to lessons, summaries, tests, group reading guide, and more for a variety of her books called Web English Teacher. http://www.webenglishteacher.com/lhanderson.html
I also found that the scholastic website has lesson plans for a large variety of books and authors including Laurie Halse Anderson. Here are the ones they have for her:
- Chains Discussion Guide
- Things Not Seen Lesson Plan
- Juvenile Justice
- Hope Was Here
- Fever 1793 Discussion Guide
Other links for Fever 1793 that I found was a printable teacher's guide for the book
(http://www.teachervision.fen.com/historical-fiction/printable/56975.html) and a site for students called Shoomp that has a lot of resources.
On Shoomp there are quotes, themes, characters, analysis, questions, quizzes, and essays for lots of books, including Fever 1793. http://www.shmoop.com/fever-1793/. The last thing I found on Shoomp for Fever 1793 is a Best of the Web for it with links and resources for a variety of other websites. Two resources that I think are great for starting this book off is a map of the city of Philadelphia during the time of the fever epedemic. I also found a video in which you can get an idea of the time with a trailer of a movie that is set in 1795. It won't let me link the video for some reason but here is the link for the video: http://www.youtube.com/embed/cGWpEAVXfeU