Parent Guide > Cheboygan Day

This week in class, we’re reading "Cheboygan Day" by Brittany Allen.

In "Cheboygan Day," two siblings are treated very differently by their peers when they arrive as new students in a small coastal town.

As we read, we will be discussing the themes of Community, Identity, Loneliness & Isolation, Morality, Prejudice & Discrimination, and Social Pressure as they relate to the text. We are trying to answer these big questions :

"What is the importance of community?", "What does it mean to feel alone?", "What are the effects of following the crowd?", "Can you change your identity?", "What makes you who you are?", "How does prejudice emerge?", and "Why do people do bad things?"

Ways to support your child:

• Ask your child about this short story at home:
  • What was "Cheboygan Day" about?
  • What did you learn about Community?
  • What did you learn about Identity?
  • What did you learn about Loneliness & Isolation?
  • What did you learn about Morality?
  • What did you learn about Prejudice & Discrimination?
  • What did you learn about Social Pressure?
• Watch the following clips with your child at home:
  • 'Why Do We Gossip? | Man on the Street'
  • 'Everything You Need To Know About Fraternal and Identical Twins | Dr. Sarah Finch | Dr. Finch’s Lab'
  • 'Twin Teens: One Black, One White Celebrate Their Differences | Inside Edition'
  • '12 Things Not to Say to an Adopted Person | Jeanette-ically Speaking'