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Part 1: Chapters 1-2

· The following version of this book was used to create this Lesson Plan: Parker-Chan, Shelley. She Who Became the Sun. Tom Doherty Associates, 2021. Hardcover.

· In Part 1 (1345-1354), Chapter 1 takes place on the Huai River Plains, Southern Henan, in 1345.

· The village of Zhongli has had a drought for the last four years.

· The peasants blame their barbarian emperor for the drought and believe that his unworthiness curses the lands.

· The Zhu family’s 10-year-old daughter follows the village boys dreaming of food.

· She is the only girl left in the village.

· She sees the headless elms and remembers how the peasants had butchered them for food.

· Now they are only of interest to the children because they shelter mice, grasshoppers, and other possible food sources.

· She has only survived because she can catch her own food.

· She was once praised for her basket-weaving skills, and she...

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