Aliki : Teacher Resource File


Welcome to the Internet School Library Media Center. You'll find biographical information, bibliograpies and lesson plans on the children's author, Aliki, here. For other authors, visit Children & Young Adult Authors & Illustrators. The ISLMC is a meta-site for librarians, teachers, parents and students. You can search this site, use an index or sitemap. Revised8/27/02.

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Biography

Aliki
Biography from Educational Paperback Association
Aliki From Cedar Falls Public Library Youth Dept.
K6 Biographies - Aliki From Kaleidoscope 6
USM de Grummond Collection - Aliki Brandenberg Papers
Biography; her papers at the de Grummond Collection,
University of Southern Mississippi
Amadi Gibbons: She's the one in the hat
Aliki used Amadi as the model for a character in her book, Best Friends
Together Again

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Lesson Plans

Apples
Includes How Did Johnny Appleseed Help the Pioneers Move West?
Kindergarten. Part of unit. Related pages: Storytelling & Tall tales
Dinosaur Babies, Fossils, and Make Your Own Dinosaur
Any grade level. Related page: ISLMC Dinosaurs for K-12
Unit on Dinosaurs
Grade 2. From UVA Curry School of Education, Going to a Museum?
Related page: Dinosaurs for K-12
A Day with Dinosaurs
Part of Dinosaur Unit. From UVA Curry School of Education;
Grade 2 Science. Related page : Dinosaurs for K-12
Dinosaurs of Long Ago
Grade 1. From Curry School of Education.
Related page: Dinosaurs for K-12
Fossils
Grades 1 and 2
Digging Up Dinosaurs
Activities from Reading Rainbows. Related page: Dinosaurs for K-12
Dinosaur Discovery Unit Plan
Early elementary; archaeology. From Wayne State.
Related page: Dinosaurs for K-12
New Years Around the World
Early elementary; from Wayne State. Related page: Holidays for K-12
Using My Senses
Center for Insect Education Outreach
Hands and Sense of Touch Unit Plan
Kindergarten; by Cristin Cox from AskEric.
See AskEric for Body Systems & Senses Lesson Plans
Hercules the Hero: Understanding the Myth
Reviews the 12 Labors of Hercules; lesson plans; student
bibliography includes Gods and Goddesses, from Yale New Haven
lesson plans; Related page:Greek Mythology
Connecting to Ancient Greece
Second grade; unit includes myths, gods, goddesses and government;
From coreknowledge.org; Gods and Goddesses;
Related page: Greek Mythology
TeacherView: Digging up Dinosaurs
Grade 1 by Linda F. Harvey. Related page: Dinosaurs for K-12
Collaborative Thematic Unit: Middle Ages
Grades 3-4; uses A Medieval Feast
Marianthe's Story
Teacher's guide from Harper Childrens
Medieval Feasts
Grades 3-4
TeacherView: Feelings
Grade 3; activities for teaching Aliki's Feelings
TeacherView: I'm Growing
Grade 1; from EduPlace.
TeacherView: My Five Senses
Grade 1; from EduPlace.
TeacherView: My Visit to the Aquarium
Grade 2; from EduPlace
My Visit to the Aquarium
Multidisciplinary; Grades 2-3; links.
From Making Multicultural Connections Through Children's Tradebooks
Related page: Kids' Aquariums Page
TeacherView: My Visit to the Dinosaurs
Grade 3; from Eduplace
The Plant Doctor Is In: The Story of George Washington Carver
pdf file; kindergarten; from Core Knowledge
Protecting Soil
Unit plan; soil conservation section uses A Weed Is a Flower

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Online Resources

How a Book Is Made
Features Aliki. Tells kids how a book is made.
From HarperCollins

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ERIC Resources

For abstracts, please search AskEric Database.

Popular Nonfiction Authors for Children. A Biographical and Thematic Guide

By Flora R. Wyatt, Margaret Coggins and Jane Hunter Imber

Let There Be Light: Nonfiction for Today's Children

By Debra Lyman Gniewek and others

Bibliography

Aliki Bibliography

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