Picture Book of Sojourner Truth, A
Publication Information
Author:  Adler, David	Illustrator:  Griffith, Gershom
Title:  Picture Book of Sojourner Truth, A	Date:  1994
Publisher:  Holiday House	City:  New York, NY
ISBN, paperback:  0-8234-1072-2	ISBN, hardback:
Recommended audience:
ABE/ABLE:   Yes	ESOL:
Family:   Yes	Young Adult:
Picture:   Yes
General Information:
Book Type(s):    biography and autobiography, nonfiction
HSE Descriptor(s):    social studies
Summary:
As with the other Adler biographies, most readers will find this book engaging and thought provoking. It tells the life story of Sojourner Truth, an African-American woman who lived through most of the 19th century. The book ends with author's notes and a timeline.
Teaching Ideas:
Teachers may want to pair this book with Adler's biography of Frederick Douglass, whose life spanned almost the same years as Sojourner Truth's, and with Polacco's Pink and Say, a fictional story of the Civil War. Students may also want to compare Truth with Rosa Parks, who lived a century later. The book would fit well into several units including African-American heroes, slavery, biographies, civil disobedience, women in history, and U.S. history. www.digitalsojourn.org/speech.html www.sojournertruth.org
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Hardships > adversity History > time period > 19th Century History > region > U.S. history > well-known people > Lincoln, Abraham Social Studies > sociology > social issues > civil disobedience Heroes and Heroines > well-known heroes History > region > U.S. history > well-known people > Truth, Sojourner Social Studies > sociology > women > women in history Social Studies > sociology > women > heroines

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