Followers of the North Star
Publication Information
Author:  Altman, Susan & Lechner, Susan	Illustrator:  Wooden, Byron
Title:  Followers of the North Star	Date:  1993
Publisher:  Children's Press	City:  Chicago
ISBN, paperback:  0-516-05151-2	ISBN, hardback:
Recommended audience:
ABE/ABLE:   Yes	ESOL:
Family:   Yes	Young Adult:
Picture:   Yes
General Information:
Book Type(s):    poetry
HSE Descriptor(s):    social studies
Summary:
These poems present a profile of African-American heroes in an historical and cultural context. Heroes and heroines include Benjamin Banneker, Harriet Tubman, cowboy Deadwood Dick, George Washington Carver, Jackie Robinson, Leontyne Price, and Martin Luther King Jr.
Teaching Ideas:
Since the quality of poems varies, teachers and students together may want to choose which ones to read aloud, which ones to discuss, or which ones to study. For more information on some of the people in the book, see the following websites: Benjamin Banneker (http://www.inventorsmuseum.com/benjamin_banneker.htm); George Washington Carver (http://www.inventorsmuseum.com/georgecarver.htm); Leontyne Price (http://www.shs.starkville.k12.ms.us/mswm/MSWritersAndMusicians/musicians/Price.html) and (http://search.eb.com/blackhistory); Harriet Tubman (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p1535.html) and (http://www.camalott.com/~rssmith/Moses.html); Martin Luther King, Jr. (http://www.kodak.com/go/Martinluther), (http://www.eduplace.com/ss/king/mlk.html)
Keywords: select any link below for a list of resources which also have that keyword
Ethnic Groups > African-American History > region > U.S. history History > region > U.S. history > well-known people > Tubman, Harriet Heroes and Heroines > well-known heroes Heroes and Heroines > ordinary people Science > scientists/inventors > Banneker, Benjamin History > region > U.S. history > well-known people > King, Martin Luther, Jr. Sports/Recreation > athletes > Jackie Robinson Literature and Language > poetry

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