Book Detail

Odd Boy Out: Young Albert Einstein

Publication Information
Author:  Brown, Don Illustrator:  Brown, Don
Title:  Odd Boy Out: Young Albert Einstein Date:  2004
Publisher:  Houghton Mifflin City:  New York
ISBN, paperback:  0-618-49298-4 ISBN, hardback:  

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

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

HSE Descriptor(s):    science| math

Summary:
This picture book biography of Albert Einstein focuses on his early years when he did not fit in--anywhere. Don Brown illustrates his book in delightful ink and watercolor and includes a biographical note updating the events of the book.

Teaching Ideas:
Readers can create a list of ways Einstein did not fit in followed by a discussion of what he didn't like about school, which should interest most students. Using that same list, students could write about how he might fit in a typical school today or how the characteristics that caused him to be an outsider contributed to his later success. Einstein's work in science and math make this an interesting book for students to read. Students may be interested in finding out about the childhoods of other famous people, then writing stories about their own or family memebers' childhoods.

Teaching Strategies:
bullet Agree? Disagree? Why?
   http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/agree_disagree_why.pdf
bullet Helping Students in the Writing Process
   http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/help_writing_process.pdf
bullet K-W-L Instruction Strategy
   http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/k_w_l.pdf
bullet Types of Journals
   http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/types_of_journals.pdf

Keywords: select any link below for a list of resources which also have that keyword
bullet Education > schools
bullet Emotions-Personal Issues > emotions > imagination
bullet Family > children > childhood
bullet History > time period > 20th Century
bullet Science > physics
bullet Math > problem solving
bullet Work > scientist
bullet Emotions-Personal Issues > personal issues > individual > curiosity
bullet Emotions-Personal Issues > emotions > individual > outsider
bullet Science > scientist/inventors > Einstein, Albert


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