Christy Devillier

Summary:
This is a very easy to ready biography over Helen Keller, that provides very good pictures of her as well. Helen Keller was born in June 1880. At the age of 2 yrs old she became very sick and ended up becoming blind and deaf. Helen begins to be taught by Anne Sullivan at the age of 7 and despite the fact that she can not see or hear she goes on graduate from College with honors. She even becomes a writer herself. Helen Keller was a very inspirational women in history and she passed show more away at the age of 87 yrs old in June of 1968.

Personal reaction:
I enjoyed this book. I really liked how easy it was to read and understand for younger readers. I found this book in the juvenile section of my public library and I believe my 2nd grader would have no problems readying and understanding this book and would find it interesting as well.

Classroom Extensions:
1. I would use this book as an inspirational book to read to students to show them that with determination, anything is possible.
2. I would use this book to teach them about a very important person in American History.
3. After reading this book to my students, I would blind fold them and use ear plugs or headphones to cover their ears and I would instruct them to draw a picture or write something, so they could see what it would be like to be in her shoes. This would hopefully give them some understanding about how it feels to have a disability so that they would treat individuals with disabilities appropriately and would help them rather then hurt them. show less

This is a shortened children's version of President Abraham Lincoln's life. It starts with his childhood in Kentucky and later in Indiana and goes through all the major events in his life, including his assassination at Ford's Theatre.

I've always been fascinated with "Honest Abe." This book is short and to the point, and I think students will be interested to read this. If biographie continue on to long, students will get bored and want to move.

This would be a good book to use while show more studying the Civil War and slavery in history. I would also have the students research interesting facts about Abraham Lincoln and have them share their new found information with the class. show less

This is a shortened children's version of President Abraham Lincoln's life. It starts with his childhood in Kentucky and later in Indiana and goes through all the major events in his life, including his assassination at Ford's Theatre.

I've always been fascinated with "Honest Abe." This book is short and to the point, and I think children will be interested to read this.

This would be a good book to use while studying the Civil War and slavery in history. I would also have the students show more research interesting facts about Abraham Lincoln and have them share their new found information with the class. show less

Summary:
This is a very easy to read Biography over Davy Crockett, that includes great pictures of his life. Davy Crockett was born August 17, 1786 in Tennessee. He didn't start school until he was 13 years old. He got into a fight one day at school and decided to quit, which angered his father and Davy ended up running away from home and working on farms to get by. Davy grows up to be a very well known & skilled hunter, lawmaker, storyteller, & soldier. He died in March 1836 during the show more famous Texas battle at the Alamo, he was defending it.

Personal reaction:
I enjoyed this biography very much. This book is very easy to read and understand. It has just enough information for the reader to understand who he is but not so much that it is overwhelming for young readers.

Classroom Extensions:
1. I would use this book during a history lesson to showcase the life of Davy Crockett.
2. I would take this book and break apart the different sections of his life and have my students get into groups and make a poster over each section so they could present and teach on each section of his life. show less