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Brave Harriet

Publication Information
Author:  Moss, Marissa Illustrator:  Payne, C. F.
Title:  Brave Harriet Date:  2001
Publisher:  Harcourt City:  San Diego
ISBN, paperback:  0-15-202380-1 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 story of Harriet Quimby, the first woman to earn a pilot's license and the first woman to fly across the English Channel, is told in the first person. An author's note adds historical facts.

Teaching Ideas:
Students can compare Harriet with Amelia Earhart, Fly Pioneer, Bessie Colman, Fly High!, and Charles Lindbergh, Flight, as early aviators using a matrix with columns for motivation, difficulties, barriers overcome, type of plane, etc to keep data for comparison for writing or discussion later. Other writing/discussion topics are: How do authors use actual events as the basis of a story? How did Harriet contribute to women's rights? Web sites contain more information: www.allstar.fiu.edu/aero/quimby.htm; www.louisville.edu/library/ekstrom/govpubs/subjects/women/quimby.html; and www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/flygirls/peopleevents/pandeAMEX05.html.

Keywords: select any link below for a list of resources which also have that keyword
bullet Emotions-Personal Issues > emotions > determination/perseverance
bullet Emotions-Personal Issues > personal issues > individual > physical issues > gender
bullet History > time period > 20th Century
bullet Transportation > flight > aviators
bullet Heroes and Heroines
bullet Heroes and Heroines > ordinary people
bullet Social Studies > sociology > women > women in history


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