Good Brother, Bad Brother
Publication Information
Author:  Giblin, James Cross	Illustrator:
Title:  Good Brother, Bad Brother	Date:  2005
Publisher:  Clarion	City:  New York
ISBN, paperback:  0-618-09642-6	ISBN, hardback:
Recommended audience:
ABE/ABLE:   Yes	ESOL:
Family:	Young Adult:   Yes
Picture:
General Information:
Book Type(s):    biography and autobiography, nonfiction
HSE Descriptor(s):    social studies
Summary:
Subtitled "The Story of Edwin Booth and John Wilkes Booth," this long biography portrays their lives before and after the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. This is a GED level book.
Teaching Ideas:
Venn Diagrams lend themselves perfectly to comparing and contrasting the two brothers. A timeline would be useful to organize the events of this complex story, using a level for each brother and one for historical events. Unsent Letters can be written from brother to brother or to father to interpret and advise on life events and decisions. Pairs of students can work together to cluster information from selected chapters and clarify the who, what, when, where, how and why of the material. Class discussions can be centered around why the author chose the particular chapter titles. The discussion of the disparate development of siblings within the same family might bring the book into the present.
Teaching Strategies:
Book Conversations    http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/book_conversations.pdf
Clustering    http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/clustering.pdf
Matrices or Charts    http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/matrices_charts.pdf
Venn Diagrams    http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/venn_diagrams.pdf
Unsent Letters    http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/unsent_letters.pdf
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Family > family history History > time period > 19th Century History > region > U.S. history History > topic > war > Civil War History > topic > war > Civil War > abolition History > region > U.S. history > well-known people > Lincoln, Abraham Social Studies > sociology > social issues > crime > murder Family > siblings Work > actors Literature and Language > drama

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