Book Detail
Picture Book of Simon Bolivar, A |
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Publication Information |
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| Author: Adler, David | Illustrator: Casilla, Robert |
| Title: Picture Book of Simon Bolivar, A | Date: 1992 |
| Publisher: Holiday House | City: New York |
| ISBN, paperback: 0-8234-0927-9 | ISBN, hardback: |
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| ABE/ABLE: Yes | ESOL: |
| Family: | Young Adult: |
| Picture: Yes | |
General Information: |
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| Book Type(s): biography and autobiography, nonfiction | |
HSE Descriptor(s): social studies |
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Summary: |
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| Adler describes Simon Bolivar's life and character, showing how his courage and dedication enabled him to achieve his goal: to liberate his native Venezuela from Spain. | |
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| This book would work well in text sets on biography, revolutions (including, perhaps, the U.S. Revolutionary War), or freedom fighters (with books about Civil Rights heroes, Tubman, etc.). Depending on the topic of the text set, teachers could easily invite generalizations and comparisons such as What makes a good biography? or What do these freedom fighters have in common? Class charts synthesizing important information can be created, which would provide a natural opportunity to teach note-taking and summarizing skills. Maps of Spain, Europe, and South America would enrich the book, as learners could find locations mentioned in the book. In addition to map-reading instruction, the book and maps could together be used to pose some interesting problems for learners to solve, e.g., Where do you think Bolivar boarded the boat to Europe? Why? How do you think he traveled from Spain to France? Why? How long do you think it might have taken him to travel from Spain to France? Why? Teachers may want to look at the rest of Adler's biography series. | |
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 Matrices or Chartshttp://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/matrices_charts.pdf |
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