VAASL Presentation 2014

Integrating Literature and Technology:

How to Make the Library the

Heart of Your School

AMELIA EARHART: The Legend of the

Lost Aviator

An Integrated Literature Guide By Nancy JohnsonNovember 6, 2014

Summary

Amelia Earhart: The Legend of the Lost Aviator by Shelley Tanaka and illustrated by David Craig is the true story of Amelia’s life and adventure. This biographical account begins with a young Amelia visiting the Iowa State Fair in 1908 where she caught sight of her first plane. Tanaka then takes the reader on a beautiful journey through archival photographs, striking illustrations, and interesting text which provide glimpses of Amelia’s college days, her time as a nurse’s aide, her solo transatlantic flight in 1932, and finally, to her last flight and unexplained disappearance.

Tanaka, S. (2008). Amelia Earhart: The legend of the lost aviator. Toronto: Madison Press Books.

Reading Level: Grade 6.4 Interest Level: Grades 1-4Target Level: Grade 6

Shelley Tanaka

2009 Winner of the Orbus Pictus Award for

Outstanding Nonfiction for Children

Lesson 1: Thinglink

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Lesson 2: Word Clouds using Wordle

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Lesson 2: Word Clouds using Tagxedo

Lesson 4: QR Codes

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Lesson 5: Image Editing Tools

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