Book Detail

Streets of Gold

Publication Information
Author:  Wells, Rosemary Illustrator:  Andreasen, Dan
Title:  Streets of Gold Date:  1999
Publisher:  Dial City:  New York
ISBN, paperback:  0-8037-2149-8 ISBN, hardback:  

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

General Information:
Book Type(s):    historical fiction

HSE Descriptor(s):    social studies

Summary:
This story of a Russian family's life in Russia and then in the U.S. is based on an actual immigrant's journals.

Teaching Ideas:
DR-TA or DL-TA would work well with this book. Teachers will want to encourage students to look carefully at the beautiful and detailed illustrations. Issues related to adapting to different cultures and learning new languages will provide much for discussion or writing. From one life to another is an interesting WWW site about immigration; it can be accessed via Yahooligans.com and then searching on immigration.

Teaching Strategies:
bullet DR-TA: Directed Reading Thinking Activity
   http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/dr_ta.pdf

Keywords: select any link below for a list of resources which also have that keyword
bullet Ethnic Groups > Jewish
bullet Education
bullet Emotions-Personal Issues > emotions > relocation, personal
bullet Geography > locations > continents/regions > Eastern Europe
bullet Hardships > persecution
bullet Social Studies > sociology > social issues > immigration
bullet Communities > change


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