Content-Based Chapter Books Fiction (Social Studies: Kids Around The World): Maasai Dreamer: A Story from Kenya (National Geographic Bookroom)

Schaffer, Julia

ISBN 10: 1426350996 / ISBN 13: 9781426350993

Published by National Geographic School Pub, 2007

About this Item

This is a used book in good condition and may show some signs of use or wear . This is a used book in good condition and may show some signs of use or wear .

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Content-Based Chapter Books Fiction (Social Studies: Kids Around The World): Maasai Dreamer: A Story from Kenya (National Geographic Bookroom)
• Publisher: National Geographic School Pub
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1426350996
• ISBN 13: 9781426350993
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Good

About this title

Synopsis

A school well project helps a Maasai community in Kenya.

With the Kids Around the World series, use the power of content-based fiction to explore the relationship between traditional cultures and contemporary society. Students learn some of the many challenges modern life can pose to traditional values and ways of life - and explore how cultures can thrive even in the midst of change. Each book highlights a different cultural group. (Genre: Realistic Fiction)

About the Author

Professor, College of Education Temple University Dr. Michael Smith joined the ranks of college teachers after eleven years of teaching high school English. He has won awards for his teaching at both the high school and college levels. His research focuses on how experienced readers read and talk about texts, as well as what motivates adolescents� reading and writing both in and out of school. He has written eight books and monographs, including �Reading Don�t Fix No Chevys�: Literacy in the Lives of Young Men, for which he and his co-author received the 2003 David H. Russell Award for Distinguished Research in the Teaching of English. His writing has appeared in such journals as Communication Education, English Journal, Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, Journal of Educational Research, Journal of Literacy Research, and Research in the Teaching of English.