Homemakers, The |
Publication Information
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Author: Fisher, Leonard Everett |
Illustrator: Fisher, Leonard Everett |
Title: Homemakers, The |
Date: 1973 |
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish |
City: New York |
ISBN, paperback: 0-7614-0512-7 |
ISBN, hardback: |
Recommended audience:
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ABE/ABLE:
Yes |
ESOL:
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Family:
Yes |
Young Adult:
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Picture:
Yes |
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General Information:
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Book Type(s):
nonfiction
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HSE Descriptor(s):
social studies
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Summary: |
The author presents American colonial history through descriptions of making candles, soap, cider, and brooms. Detailed black and white woodcuts illustrate these processes. The author includes a helpful index. |
Teaching Ideas: |
Teachers who like informational texts will appreciate the many strategies that can be used with this interesting book: skim, scan, Herringbone, clustering, mapping, historical then and now, and K-W-L. Students might enjoy the hands-on experience of making candles or brooms, which could entail writing, math and research possibilities. Use the book in a text set describing daily tasks of early American life such as Warm As Wool and Log Cabin Quilt.
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Teaching Strategies: |
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Clustering
http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/clustering.pdf
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Herringbone
http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/herringbone.pdf
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K-W-L Instruction Strategy
http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/k_w_l.pdf
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