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Thursday, August 2, 2012

The American Revolution Reflection

When I was reading this book, I was amazed how the author addressed most if not all learning styles. This book is designed for children even though I found it interesting as an adult. Th pictures were beautiful. I found it to b very engaging by having things to do like Reading letters that they would pull out of envelopes. It was very interactive.  It started by discussing the life of a colonist. I liked how the author wrote the book in a way that the child could understand not just when something happen but gave them a visual to understand the time frame. As the book progressed through the Revolutionary War, it gave interesting facts about people who were involved with the war. For instance, information about Crispus Attucks. I think one of an author's most difficult challenges is keeping the attention of the audience and children need many things to keep their interest like pictures and hands-on activities. I think this book was well done by being informative and interesting.

1 comment:

Karen Finucan said...

Kathy,

I don't know what happened to my last post to you but---

I mentioned how I liked Wood's version of history. He is straight and to the point. I liked how he kept his biases out in comparison to some of the other authors we have read.