PURPOSE: This NONFICTION PowerPoint lesson provides digital pre-reading resources, factual historical background information, photos, music, maps and links for A Long Way From Chicago by Richard Peck.GOAL: to prepare each student to better understand the setting of the novel by front-loading historical facts to aid comprehension & align to standardsAUDIENCE: whole group, small group, or independent work for regular ed, learning support, ESL or virtual/homeschool classrooms, lit circles, or b