One Thousand Tracings: Healing the Wounds of World War II |
Publication Information
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Author: Judge, Lita |
Illustrator: Judge, Lita |
Title: One Thousand Tracings: Healing the Wounds of World War II |
Date: 2007 |
Publisher: Hyperion |
City: New York |
ISBN, paperback: 139781423100089 |
ISBN, hardback: |
Recommended audience:
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ABE/ABLE:
Yes |
ESOL:
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Family:
Yes |
Young Adult:
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Picture:
Yes |
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General Information:
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Book Type(s):
memoirs/reminiscences, nonfiction
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HSE Descriptor(s):
social studies
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Summary: |
One family in the USA begins an effort to help those in Europe suffering from the aftermath of WWII by sending shoes and other needed supplies. |
Teaching Ideas: |
Students could use this book to begin a discussion of the human costs of war. Students may be inspired to organize donations for a local charity or organization as a service project. This book is a model for writing. It is journal formatted and offers examples of many personal writing modes: letters, postcards, news articles, and notes and reminds instructors of the value and importance of personal writing. |
Teaching Strategies: |
Bleich's Heuristic for Responding to Reading
http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/bleichs_heuristic.pdf
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Book Conversations
http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/book_conversations.pdf
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Think-Pair-Share
http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/think_pair_share.pdf
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Types of Journals
http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/types_of_journals.pdf
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Unsent Letters
http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/unsent_letters.pdf
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