Teachable Texts

117. Alfred Nobel: The Man Behind the Peace Prize by Kathy-Jo Wargin

October 22, 2009 at 7:48 pm Leave a comment

Topics: Alfred Nobel, Nobel Peace Prize, nitroglycerin, death, literature, art, dynamite, peace, legacy

Units of Study: Nonfiction, Content-Area

Habits of Mind: persisting, gathering data through all senses, striving for accuracy and precision, questioning and posing problems, applying past knowledge to new situations

Reading Skills: prediction, synthesis, determining importance, interpretation, empathy

My Thoughts: With the announcement of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize being awarded to Barack Obama, you may want to take the opportunity to discuss the history of the prize itself.  It’s a great text for discussing the Habits of Mind.  The illustrations are quite large and are particularly vivid–perfect for classroom read alouds.

Entry filed under: Female Authors, nonfiction, Picture Books. Tags: Alfred Nobel, applying past knowledge, art, content-area, death, determining importance, dynamite, empathy, gathering data through all senses, interpretation, legacy, literature, nitroglycerin, Nobel Peace Prize, nonfiction, peace, persisting, prediction, striving for accuracy, synthesis.