1. An introduction to the study of social issues
2. An introduction to the study of homelessness.
3. A tool to help students evaluate their own feelings of compassion.
4. A study of emotions--safety, fear, happiness, anxiety, anger.
5. A tool to discern facts from opinions.
6. An introduction to research skills.
7. A way to encourage community involvement.
8. An introduction to statistics.
9. A study of writing
10. A way to provide real learning experiences
11. An introduction to memoir study.

Would my book, Have a Great One! A Homeless Man's Story, be appropriate for my fifth graders? I found out that there were two ways I could use it:

1) As a class read aloud