Book Detail
My Name Is York |
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Publication Information |
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| Author: Van Steenwyk, Elizabeth | Illustrator: Farnsworth, Bill |
| Title: My Name Is York | Date: 1997 |
| Publisher: Rising Moon | City: Flagstaff, AZ |
| ISBN, paperback: 0-87358-650-6 | ISBN, hardback: |
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| ABE/ABLE: Yes | ESOL: |
| Family: Yes | Young Adult: |
| Picture: Yes | |
General Information: |
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| Book Type(s): historical fiction, true story, true story | |
HSE Descriptor(s): social studies |
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Summary: |
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| York, a slave of Captain Clark, accompanies his master on the famous Lewis and Clark Expedition. An afterword gives additional biographical information and the end papers contain maps. The illustrations and language are especially evocative. | |
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| The book could be used with several different but related text sets: the Lewis and Clark Expedition, both historical and fictional; comparison with overland wagontrain journeys through the same territory; and comparison with Freedman's Indian Winter. This is a good book to stimulate a discussion on multicultural collaboration. Students could also use map skills to trace the journey on a modern map. The Afterword informs the reader that York was never granted his freedom. Students will want to talk and write about how York might have felt about having so much responsibility only to be returned to the status of slave. Students may also want to explore the meeting of African American and Native American--what they had in common and what was different about their lives. See these web sites for more information: www.yorkdocumentary.com/film.html and www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/index.html. | |
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