M.C. Higgins, the Great
Virginia Hamilton's Newbery Medal-winning novel M.C. Higgins, the Great, is the story of a young black boy living in the Appalachian Mountains of Kentucky. M.C. must reconcile his family's future with its past, as waste from strip-mining threatens the land once settled by an ancestor fleeing slavery. With this content pack, students will be able to recreate its key scenes. Additional exercises could include identifying the internal and external conflicts, analyzing character traits, describing mood and tone, and defining key vocabulary. Apply the keyword #M.C. Higgins, the Great to show all content from this pack in the Comic Maker.
