Giants in the Land
Publication Information
Author:  Appelbaum, Diana	Illustrator:  McCurdy, Michael
Title:  Giants in the Land	Date:  1993
Publisher:  Houghton Mifflin	City:  Boston
ISBN, paperback:  0-395-64720-7	ISBN, hardback:
Recommended audience:
ABE/ABLE:   Yes	ESOL:
Family:	Young Adult:
Picture:   Yes
General Information:
Book Type(s):    nonfiction, historical fiction
HSE Descriptor(s):    social studies| science
Summary:
Beautiful black and white scratchboard drawings illustrate how giant pine trees in New England were cut for lumber and masts for the King's navy during American Colonial times.
Teaching Ideas:
This book lends itself to the study of several content areas--economics, physics and ecology. Teachers interested in economics will find material to use to explore the relation of the Colonies to England, supply and demand, and seasonal employment. To learn principles of physics, students could focus on how the trees were felled and transported. Paired with A River Ran Wild, students interested in environmental issues could discuss communities and change. Using a matrix to develop categories of comparison, students might want to compare the events of the book with the present day battle to save the redwoods in the Northwest using these internet sites: http://www.savetheredwoods.org/ or http://nationalgeographic.com/forest/index.html. http://conbio.rice.edu/vl
Keywords: select any link below for a list of resources which also have that keyword
Geography > locations > U.S. states/regions > New England Geography > economics History > region > U.S. history > founding of the country Geography > environment > woods Science > ecology Science > physics

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