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Activist: Shows ways we can make a difference.

Acceptable grade levels: Grade 3 to High School

Classification: Biographies

Concepts/ Topics covered in book:

Jane Zalben has selected 16 people she thinks have made a difference in the world. For each person she gives a quote and then a one page biography.Each biography is rich in well-researched details. The book includes a glossary, bibliography, resource list, and index. It is richly illustrated with original collages by the author.

People in this book are: Ralph Waldo Emerson, Mahatma Ghandi, Albert Einstein, Eleanor Rooseveldt, Ralph Bunch, Mother Theresa, John Kennedy, Anwar El-Sadat, Cesar Chavez, Elie Wiesel, Martin Luther King, Anne Frank, The Dalai Lama, Wangari Mathsi, Aung Sun Suu Kyi, and Princess Diana.

Questions

Pre-Reading: What do you think a person would have to do to make a difference in the world?

Post-Reading:

Why do you think the author picked these particular people?
Can you think of other people who have created a difference in the world by affecting people's lives?

Activities

Have students make posters or a PowerPoint presentation a person in the book.

Have students write a biography of someone they thought should have been included.

Go to the Nobel Prize site http://nobelprize.org to learn about other important people who have made a difference.

Make a chart showing variety of ways these different people made a difference.

Make banners for the classroom with favorite quotes from the book.

Essay idea: The author shows how each of the people in the book were set on the path to peace by something that happened to them in their childhoods. Write about something that has happened to you that makes you want to help other people.

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