Mornings on Horseback | 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.

Part 1, Chapter 1 Greatheart's Circle Abstract

* Theodore Roosevelt, Sr. and his wife lived in New York and had four children.
* The house that the family lived in was like many others in New York and it had been given to the family by Theodore's father.

Part 1, Chapter 2 Lady from the...
(read more)