Status
Available
Local notes
921 Joa
Collection
Series
Genres
Publication
DK Children (2008), Edition: 1/27/08, 128 pages
Description
A look at the young peasant woman who led the French army to victory over the English and saw the crowning of the French king, and later was made a saint.
Language
Original language
English
Physical description
128 p.; 5.13 inches
User reviews
LibraryThing member GSoto95
Joan of Arc is a photographic biography of the Maid of New Orleans. It follows her story from when she was just a farmer’s daughter to her hearing God’s voice and becoming an influential part of driving out the English army and crowning the rightful king of France, before leading up to her
I enjoyed reading this book, because while it is a subject we all learned about in school, I hadn’t really read into it as much. This book did a good job of giving explanations in simple ways for children to understand, and had a wide variety of pictures to help carry the meanings of what some of the passages were talking about.
Extension Ideas:
1) I can have students read this book then work on a worksheet regarding the life of Joan of Arc.
2) We can have a classroom discussion about whether or not students thought they could be capable of such bravery at such a young age and write our answers down in journal entries.
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eventual death by being burned at the stake. I enjoyed reading this book, because while it is a subject we all learned about in school, I hadn’t really read into it as much. This book did a good job of giving explanations in simple ways for children to understand, and had a wide variety of pictures to help carry the meanings of what some of the passages were talking about.
Extension Ideas:
1) I can have students read this book then work on a worksheet regarding the life of Joan of Arc.
2) We can have a classroom discussion about whether or not students thought they could be capable of such bravery at such a young age and write our answers down in journal entries.
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Pages
128