Jack London’s The Call of the Wild for Teachers

Teachers have found The Call of the Wild - from the very earliest days of its publication in 1903 - to be a novella rich in instructional possibilities in history, geography and ethics as well as literature. In this resource book for teachers, Daniel Dyer provides an array of activities - traditional and nontraditional - to accommodate a wide range of students, teachers, schools and communities. Dyer’s instructional ideas should stimulate exploration of such subjects as California and Klondike history and geography; transportation by rail, ferry, steamship and dog team; techniques of gold mining; breeds of dogs; and subarctic flora and fauna - as well as the novel’s great literary themes. Each of the seven chapter guides includes exercises in vocabulary, reading comprehension, and geography - many of which may be photocopied for classroom distribution - as well as essay or discussion topics and a rich assortment of other activities and projects. This text may be used with any edition of the novel, although it is keyed to The Call of the Wild: Annotated and Illustrated , also announced for spring 1997.