Toussaint L'Ouverture
Publication Information
Author:  Myers, Walter Dean	Illustrator:  Lawrence, Jacob
Title:  Toussaint L'Ouverture	Date:  1996
Publisher:  Simon & Schuster	City:  New York
ISBN, paperback:  0-689-80126-2	ISBN, hardback:
Recommended audience:
ABE/ABLE:   Yes	ESOL:
Family:	Young Adult:
Picture:   Yes
General Information:
Book Type(s):    biography and autobiography
HSE Descriptor(s):    social studies
Summary:
The author wrote the biography of Haiti's hero, Toussaint L'Ouverture, who led the fight for liberation from France and Spain, to accompany Jacob Lawrence's paintings.
Teaching Ideas:
The book can be used with text sets on slavery and about Jacob Lawrence. It would work especially well with From Slave Ship to Freedom Road, another pictorial history. Martin Luther King and the Civil Rights Movement might make a good comparison/contrast with Toussaint L'Ouverture. The relationship between the text and illustrations would be an interesting reason to reread the book. A timeline of important events in his life, perhaps crossed with what was happening in the rest of the world, may be of interest. Since Haiti still struggles for its independence from larger powers and from poverty, students could research online, in newspaper archives, and libraries for current information about Haiti. There are many web sites featuring information about Jacob Lawrence including these: www.jacoblawrence.org/, encarta.msn.com/find/Concise.asp?ti=0035/B000, and www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Classroom/9912/toussaint.html.
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Art and Photography > art > painting Emotions-Personal Issues > emotions > determination/perseverance Emotions-Personal Issues > personal issues > group > leadership Geography > locations > countries > Haiti History > time period > 18th Century History > region > Caribbean Social Studies > sociology > social issues > racism Heroes and Heroines > well-known heroes

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