Book Detail

One Kingdom: Our Lives with Animals

Publication Information
Author:  Noyes, Deborah Illustrator:  
Title:  One Kingdom: Our Lives with Animals Date:  2006
Publisher:  Houghton Mifflin City:  Boston
ISBN, paperback:  0-618-49914-8 ISBN, hardback:  

Recommended audience:
ABE/ABLE:   ESOL:  
Family:   Young Adult:   Yes
Picture:  

General Information:
Book Type(s):    nonfiction, reference

HSE Descriptor(s):    science| social studies

Summary:
Subtitled "the human-animal bond in history, science, and story," this fascinating book focuses on animals, real and not real, throughout history, particularly as they have interacted with humans.

Teaching Ideas:
Many of the episodes could be researched further. Teachers might use the teaching strategy Agree/Disagree and Why? with ethical issues raised in the book. Readers may want to look into the issue of anthropormorphism, what it is and why people use it.

Teaching Strategies:
bullet Agree? Disagree? Why?
   http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/agree_disagree_why.pdf
bullet Creating a Classroom Magazine
   http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/create_class_zine.pdf
bullet K-W-L Instruction Strategy
   http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/k_w_l.pdf
bullet Matrices or Charts
   http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/matrices_charts.pdf

Keywords: select any link below for a list of resources which also have that keyword
bullet Social Studies > anthropology > folklore > superstitions
bullet Emotions-Personal Issues > personal issues > group > relationships
bullet Science > biology > zoology > animal behavior
bullet Science > biology > zoology > animals
bullet Science > biology > zoology > animals > pets


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