Description

Using the graphics, students can activate prior knowledge--bridge what they already know with what they have yet to learn. Graphically illustrated biographies also teach inference skills, character development, dialogue, transitions, and drawing conclusions. Graphic biographies in the classroom provide an intervention with proven success for the struggling reader. Titles Include: The Beatles, Alexander Graham Bell, Daniel Boone, Davy Crockett, Madam Curie, Walt Disney, Amelia Earhart, Thomas Edison, Albert Einstein, Benjamin Franklin, Houdini, Michael Jackson, Thomas Jefferson, Martin Luther King Jr. Abraham Lincoln, Charles Lindberg, Barack Obama, Elvis Presley, Jackie Robinson, Franklin Roosevelt, Babe Ruth, George Washington. Set of 20. Grades 9-12.