Assignement #9 – The Butterfly Circus
Answer the following questions.
1. Describe the time period and setting of the story.
2. Identify all the different characters.
3. What do you consider the turning point of the film?
4. How do you interpret the title, The Butterfly Circus?
5. What character do you most identify with? Why?
6. Briefly outline the history of Special Education in the United States.
7. Identify two Federal laws which specifically deal with education of the special needs student.
8. If you were to form your own Butterfly Circus, whom would you include? What people do we marginalize or keep on the outside of society because they are different?
9. Who do you consider the hero of the story?
10. What is the role of the school nurse in Special Education?