Book Detail

Brooklyn Bridge, The

Publication Information
Author:  Mann, Elizabeth Illustrator:  Witschonke, Alan
Title:  Brooklyn Bridge, The Date:  1996
Publisher:  Mikaya Press City:  New York, NY
ISBN, paperback:  0-9650493-0-2 ISBN, hardback:  

Recommended audience:
ABE/ABLE:   Yes ESOL:  
Family:   Young Adult:  
Picture:   Yes

General Information:
Book Type(s):    nonfiction, biography and autobiography

HSE Descriptor(s):    science| math

Summary:
This award winner tells the history of an unusual American family, the history of an important U.S. bridge, and the story of how that bridge was crafted and designed. It ends with a list of statistics and an index.

Teaching Ideas:
This fabulous book uses clear, simple sentences and diagrams to explain complicated construction. Students may want to read the charts and illustrations in the context of an engineering or architecture theme. The human interest of father/son and husband/wife add a rich dimension not always present in an expository book. Students may want to follow it with research on other Roebling bridges. They could work out a scale model or make long paper tapes of some of the measurements. Cleveland students may want to study the bridges near the Flats, the WPA project bridges. They may be interested in learning what the cure for the bends was and anatomically what pressure does to the body. www.inventionfactory.com/history/main/html, www.endex.com/gf/buildings/bbridge/bbridge/html, www.greatbuildings.com/buildings.Brooklyn_Bridge.html

Teaching Strategies:
bullet Matrices or Charts
   http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/matrices_charts.pdf

Keywords: select any link below for a list of resources which also have that keyword
bullet Construction/Engineering > Building > architecture
bullet Emotions-Personal Issues > personal issues > individual > life choices > problem solving
bullet History > time period > 19th Century
bullet History > region > U.S. history
bullet Science > medicine > anatomy
bullet Science > physics
bullet Transportation > bridges
bullet Geography > locations > U.S. states/regions > New York > New York City
bullet Construction/Engineering > well known people > Roebling, John


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