Thursday, November 16, 2017

John, Paul, George & Ben


















Author/Illustrator: Lane Smith
Genre: Historical Fiction
Awards: None
Grade Level: Kindergarten-1st

This book is about to young lives of John Hancock, Paul Revere, George Washington, and Ben Franklin. Oh, and Thomas Jefferson. These historical figures have all done something great in their adulthood and left footprints in history. This book is a comical read about how they came to be who they are and why they might have done the things they did. For example at the beginning of every school year when they were asked to write their names on the board Jon would always write it so big it could be seen from outer space. This is similar to how he signed another very important document.

I would definitely use this book in my classroom if I was teaching younger elementary students. I would use it to introduce some of our greatest historical figures. This book could be used as a read aloud before beginning a social studies lesson.

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