A Butterfly Is Patient By: Dianna Hutts Aston
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Genre: Non-Fiction
Grade: k-3
ISBN: 0811864790
Bibliography: Aston, D. H. (2011). A butterfly is patient. Chronicle Books.
Synopsis: This beautiful text explains the life cycle and variations of butterflies. This informational text is filled with vivid hand drawn images that provide the welcoming feel of a fiction text.
Activity: Create it! Students will recreate the life cycle of a butterfly using only a blanket or sheet and their bodies.
Grade: k-3
ISBN: 0811864790
Bibliography: Aston, D. H. (2011). A butterfly is patient. Chronicle Books.
Synopsis: This beautiful text explains the life cycle and variations of butterflies. This informational text is filled with vivid hand drawn images that provide the welcoming feel of a fiction text.
Activity: Create it! Students will recreate the life cycle of a butterfly using only a blanket or sheet and their bodies.
Underground: Finding the Light to Freedom By: Shane W. Evans
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Genre: Non-Fiction
Grade: 4-6
ISBN: 1596435380
Bibliography: Evans, S. W. (2011). Underground. Roaring Book Press.
Synopsis: This powerful text takes students into the mind of slaves as the tackle traitorous terrain; sleep under the stars, and cross raging rivers on their way to freedom. The story follows unnamed slaves as the travel along encountering both friends and enemies until they finally reach the free north.
Activity: Map and Obstacle course: students will draw their own maps for escaping the south. These maps must include where they will sleep and what they will eat. They then are taken outside and guided through a miniature obstacle course that mimics some of the obstacles mentioned from the text (crawling around cones, crossing a mini-pool full of water, and hiding behind trees).
Awards: Jane Addams Honor Book Award, Coretta Scott King Award book 2012, Best children’s book of the year 2012Notable children’s books in the literature arts 2012
Grade: 4-6
ISBN: 1596435380
Bibliography: Evans, S. W. (2011). Underground. Roaring Book Press.
Synopsis: This powerful text takes students into the mind of slaves as the tackle traitorous terrain; sleep under the stars, and cross raging rivers on their way to freedom. The story follows unnamed slaves as the travel along encountering both friends and enemies until they finally reach the free north.
Activity: Map and Obstacle course: students will draw their own maps for escaping the south. These maps must include where they will sleep and what they will eat. They then are taken outside and guided through a miniature obstacle course that mimics some of the obstacles mentioned from the text (crawling around cones, crossing a mini-pool full of water, and hiding behind trees).
Awards: Jane Addams Honor Book Award, Coretta Scott King Award book 2012, Best children’s book of the year 2012Notable children’s books in the literature arts 2012
Annie and Helen By: Deborah Hopkinson
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Genre: Non-Fiction & Multi Cultural
Grade: 2-8
ISBN: 0375857060
Bibliography: Hopkins , D. (2012). Annie and helen. New York, NY: Schwartz & Wade.
Synopsis: Annie and Helen tells the story of Helen Keller and Annie Sullivan as they work together to help Annie learn to communicate with others. Helen is a young girl who is deft and mute. Her parents enlist the help of Annie in order to improve young Helen’s behavior and help her to communicate.
Activity: Annie and Helen: The students will be numbered off into two groups. Those how have the number one will pretend to be Annie and those with the number two will be Helen. Each “Annie” will pick “Helen” and the Annie’s are to guide the Helen’s from one end of the hall to another. Since Helen cannot hear or see the Annie’s must guide there Helen’s without speaking.
Adapted from Mrs. Burdell’s classroom
Grade: 2-8
ISBN: 0375857060
Bibliography: Hopkins , D. (2012). Annie and helen. New York, NY: Schwartz & Wade.
Synopsis: Annie and Helen tells the story of Helen Keller and Annie Sullivan as they work together to help Annie learn to communicate with others. Helen is a young girl who is deft and mute. Her parents enlist the help of Annie in order to improve young Helen’s behavior and help her to communicate.
Activity: Annie and Helen: The students will be numbered off into two groups. Those how have the number one will pretend to be Annie and those with the number two will be Helen. Each “Annie” will pick “Helen” and the Annie’s are to guide the Helen’s from one end of the hall to another. Since Helen cannot hear or see the Annie’s must guide there Helen’s without speaking.
Adapted from Mrs. Burdell’s classroom
The Good, the Bad, and the Barbie: A Doll's History and Her Impact on Us By: Tanya Lee Stone
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Genre: Non-Fiction:
Grade: 9-12
ISBN: 978-0670011872
Bibliography: Stone, T. L. (2010). The good, the bad, and the barbie, a doll's history and her impact on us. New York: Viking Childrens Books.
Synopsis: This information based text tells the fifty year history of the Barbie brand. Barbie has been the standard of beauty and grace. This text takes a close look at how Barbie has affected our society and the shifts in our society have affected the brand. Stone takes an unbiased approached as she dissects the culture, of the Barbie brand.
Activity: Barbie and Ken: Students will do research on how the image of Barbie and Ken have shifted over the years. In groups of 3 students will pick a topic and research ads and images of Barbie and Ken to see how the face of this iconic couple has shifted over the last fifty years
Grade: 9-12
ISBN: 978-0670011872
Bibliography: Stone, T. L. (2010). The good, the bad, and the barbie, a doll's history and her impact on us. New York: Viking Childrens Books.
Synopsis: This information based text tells the fifty year history of the Barbie brand. Barbie has been the standard of beauty and grace. This text takes a close look at how Barbie has affected our society and the shifts in our society have affected the brand. Stone takes an unbiased approached as she dissects the culture, of the Barbie brand.
Activity: Barbie and Ken: Students will do research on how the image of Barbie and Ken have shifted over the years. In groups of 3 students will pick a topic and research ads and images of Barbie and Ken to see how the face of this iconic couple has shifted over the last fifty years