They Saw the Future
Publication Information
Author:  Krull, Kathleen	Illustrator:  Brooker, Kyrsten
Title:  They Saw the Future	Date:  1999
Publisher:  Atheneum	City:  New York
ISBN, paperback:  0-689-81295-7	ISBN, hardback:
Recommended audience:
ABE/ABLE:   Yes	ESOL:
Family:	Young Adult:
Picture:   Yes
General Information:
Book Type(s):    nonfiction, biography and autobiography
HSE Descriptor(s):    social studies
Summary:
The author selects people throughout history who predicted the future. A bibliography provides further reading about the 12 seers included. There is an index.
Teaching Ideas:
Teachers may want to excerpt sections and use with passages from the featured person's works e.g. Jules Verne and Round the World in 80 Days or Nicholas Black Elk and Black Elk Speaks. The text should generate heated discussion and writing between believers and non-believers about the ability to prophesy. The following web sites offer more information: Jules Verne: www.people.virginia.edu/~mtp0f/flips/jules.html; H.G. Wells: www.geocities.com/athens/marble.5652; and Black Elk: hometown.aol.com/Kels3984/elk.html; and jbtank.com/indians/blackelk.html.
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