Steamboat! The Story of Captain Blanche Leathers |
Publication Information
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Author: Gilliland, Judith Heide |
Illustrator: Meade, Holly |
Title: Steamboat! The Story of Captain Blanche Leathers |
Date: 2000 |
Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Publishing, Inc. |
City: New York |
ISBN, paperback: 0-7894-2585-8 |
ISBN, hardback: |
Recommended audience:
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ABE/ABLE:
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ESOL:
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Family:
Yes |
Young Adult:
Yes |
Picture:
Yes |
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General Information:
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Book Type(s):
biography and autobiography
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HSE Descriptor(s):
social studies
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Summary: |
The story of Blanche Leathers, the country's first female steamboat captain, sailing on the Mississippi River. |
Teaching Ideas: |
Use Google maps and images to see the areas of the Mississippi that Blanche sailed. Write a diary/journal to describe her emotions as she longed to be a captain as a child and as she prepared as an adult. Students could resesarch other female trail blazers by using the "Women in History" thematic collection. Students could also write a letter to Blanche or another famous woman. |
Teaching Strategies: |
K-W-L Instruction Strategy
http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/k_w_l.pdf
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Matrices or Charts
http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/matrices_charts.pdf
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Reader's Theater
http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/readers_theater.pdf
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Types of Journals
http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/types_of_journals.pdf
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Unsent Letters
http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/unsent_letters.pdf
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