What to Do about Alice?
Publication Information
Author:  Kerley, Barbara	Illustrator:  Fotheringham, Edwin
Title:  What to Do about Alice?	Date:  2008
Publisher:  Scholastic Press	City:  New York
ISBN, paperback:  9780439922319	ISBN, hardback:
Recommended audience:
ABE/ABLE:   Yes	ESOL:
Family:   Yes	Young Adult:   Yes
Picture:   Yes
General Information:
Book Type(s):    biography and autobiography
HSE Descriptor(s):    social studies
Summary:
This fun to read story of Alice Roosevelt provides a great introduction to childhood life in the White House.
Teaching Ideas:
Write a news story about one of Alice's escapades. How would a page in Alice's journal read? Would Alice seem as outrageous today? Why or why not?
Teaching Strategies:
Creating a Classroom Magazine    http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/create_class_zine.pdf
K-W-L Instruction Strategy    http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/k_w_l.pdf
Sketch to Stretch    http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/sketch_stretch.pdf
Types of Journals    http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/types_of_journals.pdf
Unsent Letters    http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/unsent_letters.pdf
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Emotions-Personal Issues > emotions > joy History > time period > 19th Century History > time period > 20th Century Social Studies > sociology > women > women in history History > region > U.S. history > well known people

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