Rappaport, Doreen. Lady Liberty: A Biography. Library Binding ed. Cambridge: Candlewick, 2008. Print
This a great book by Doreen Rappaport and illustrated by Matt Tavares which shows a very interesting view point of the building of the Statue of Liberty. The author takes many perspectives of different people who were effected by this and they participate in telling the story of the statue. This way, readers get many perspectives from just one book. The reader learns about why we have the Statue of Liberty, where we got it, when it was built and who was effects by this statue. The text is also accompanied by great illustrations that help capture the events. This is great book to use when teaching about the Statue of Liberty and famous United States monuments.
Resources:
http://www.statueofliberty.org/default_sol.htm
This is a site part of the Statue of Liberty- Ellis Island Foundation. This is a great place for students to expand on what they learned from the book. There are current pictures, facts, and information about how students can possibly visit the Statue of Liberty on Ellis Island.
Vocabulary:
statue, monument, liberty
Before reading:
The teacher should see what information the students may already know about the Statue of Liberty. They can be asked questions such as when it was built, who built it, why it was built and where it is located. They can help the students to prepare them for the information that they will be given during the reading of the book.
Writing Acitivity:
Students can reflect upon what they learned about the Statue of Liberty through this book. They can talk about what facts about the monument they did not know before reading the book. They can also reflect upon the illustrations provided by Matt Tavares and how they impacts the imformation they learned or how it influenced their thoughts about the creation of the monument.
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