After the Dancing Days 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.

Chapter 1 Abstract

* Annie Metcalf and her mother, Katherine, are meeting Annie's father, Larry, at the train station near their Kansas City home.
* Larry is a physician who has been treating wounded soldiers injured in World War I.
* The wounded men being wheeled from the train to ambulances remind Annie of...
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