Sky Pioneer |
Publication Information
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Author: Szabo, Corinne |
Illustrator: |
Title: Sky Pioneer |
Date: 1997 |
Publisher: National Geographic Society |
City: Washington, D. C. |
ISBN, paperback: 0-7922-3737-4 |
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):
biography and autobiography, photographic essay, nonfiction
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HSE Descriptor(s):
social studies
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Summary: |
This biography of American aviatrix Amelia Earhart traces her interest in aviation from childhood to her disappearance on a round-the-world flight in 1937. Photographs, journal entries, maps, a chronology, an afterword, a bibliography, and an index suggest and support classroom extensions of the book. |
Teaching Ideas: |
This striking portrait of a very determined woman suggests many topics for discussion and writing. How did her upbringing affect her achievements? What role did she play in creating opportunities for women? The book could be paired with Moser's Fly! to research aviation history and with Cross the Country with Alice to compare with women's achievements in automotive journeys. The web sites below provide additional biographical information, especially about the mystery surrounding Earhart's disappearance. Students could use a Venn diagram to compare and contrast Earhart and Charles Lindbergh.
web sites: www.ellensplace.net/ae_intro.html, www.tighar.org/Projects/Earhart/AEdescr.html, www.worldbook.com/fun/aviator/html/twolegend.htm |
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Venn Diagrams
http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/venn_diagrams.pdf
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Keywords: select any link below for a list of resources which also have that keyword |
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