Book Detail

Written in Bones

Publication Information
Author:  Bahn, Paul Illustrator:  
Title:  Written in Bones Date:  2003
Publisher:  Firefly Books City:  Buffalo, NY
ISBN, paperback:  1-55297-685-8 ISBN, hardback:  

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

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

HSE Descriptor(s):    science| social studies

Summary:
This thoroughly researched book explores human history through the study of bones. Maps, photographs, and archival materials illustrate the text. The text is complex and the print small.

Teaching Ideas:
Because the text is dense and the print small, teachers may want to use the book as a reference in a larger text set on archeology. Learners can compare and contrast the ways that deaths are dealt with in various regions and cultures using a distinctive features chart. Readers may want to reseach why particular burial and preservation methods are used. A sequence chart might help readers make sense of some of the methods described for excavating and reconstructing burial sites.

Teaching Strategies:
bullet Matrices or Charts
   http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/matrices_charts.pdf
bullet Think-Pair-Share
   http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/think_pair_share.pdf
bullet Manzo's Guided Reading Procedure (Adaptation)
   http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/manzo.pdf
bullet Venn Diagrams
   http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/venn_diagrams.pdf

Keywords: select any link below for a list of resources which also have that keyword
bullet Emotions-Personal Issues > personal issues > individual > life choices > problem solving
bullet Geography
bullet History > region > world history
bullet Science > archaeology
bullet Science > prehistory
bullet Science > scientific method
bullet Social Studies > anthropology
bullet Social Studies > anthropology > cultures > cultural customs
bullet Communities > historical
bullet Science > health


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