A Land Remembered | Overview & Chapter Abstracts for Teachers

Chapter Abstracts

Chapter abstracts are short descriptions of events that occur in each chapter. They highlight major plot events and detail the important relationships and characteristics of characters and objects. The Chapter Abstracts can be used to review what the students have read, or to prepare the students for what they will read. Hand the abstracts out in class as a study guide, or use them as a "key" for a class discussion. They are relatively brief, but can serve to be an excellent refresher of the text for either a student or teacher.

Chapters 1, 2 and 3 Abstract

* In 1968, Solomon MacIvey is being driven through the streets of Miami in a Rolls Royce as he regrets the role he had in the real estate development of the city.
* Solomon meets Toby Cypress at the Seminole Indian village before traveling to the MacIvey homestead to...
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