Indstillingen af en historie er alt vigtig tid og sted. Jude in Other Words for Home bor i Syrien med sin familie, men emigrerer derefter til USA som flygtning fra den syriske borgerkrig. Studerende kan bruge et indstillingskort til at illustrere de forskellige indstillinger i bogen og skrive en kort beskrivelse af hver gang og sted i beskrivelsesfeltet.
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SETTING in Other Words for Home
SYRIA
Coastal towns in Syria such as Latakia
MEDITERRANEAN SEA
PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES
CYPRUS
ISRAEL
LEBANON
TURKEY
JORDAN
BLACK SEA
Damascus
SYRIA
Aleppo
IRAQ
GEORGIA
ARMENIA
RUSSIA
AZERBAIJAN
IRAN
CASPIANSEA
UNITED STATES
Cincinnati
OHIO
DISTANCE FROM HOME TO HOME
6,058 mi
MODERN DAY -SYRIAN CIVIL WAR (2011- __ )
EGYPT
Other Words from Home begins on a coastal town in Syria. Jude lives with her mother, father, and brother in a beautiful seaside town that typically hosts many tourists.
RED SEA
SAUDI ARABIA
KUWAIT
PERSIAN GULF
As the Syrian Civil war threatens to get worse and worse, Jude's family decides that for their safety, Jude and her pregnant mother must flee to the United States. Jude and her mother move in with their Uncle Mazin, his wife, Aunt Michelle, and daughter Sarah in a historic section of Cincinnati, Ohio called Clifton.
The journey from Syria to the United States is a long one - 6,058 miles! Jude's mother tells her how lucky they are to have been able to come when they did. As the war progresses and there are many other refugees trying to flee, they find that it is not as easy to enter the United States.
The story is set in modern day. The Syrian Civil War began in March 2011 when pro-democracy protests erupted around the country in an effort to unseat Bashar Al Assad's repressive regime. The war continues as of this writing in May 2021.