PURPOSE: This PowerPoint lesson provides digital pre-reading resources & factual historical background information for Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan. This product is ideal for preparing READ ALOUD, LITERATURE CIRCLES, or BOOK CLUBS.GOAL: to prepare each student to understand the historical fiction background of the novel by front-loading historical facts to aid comprehension & align to standardsAUDIENCE: whole group, small group, or independent work for regular ed, learning support