Easy Make & Learn Projects: The Pilgrims, the Mayflower & More: 15 Fun-to-Create Reproducible Models That Make the Time of the Pilgrims Come to Life [Paperback]

Patricia J. Wynne (Author), Donald M. Silver (Author)

Book Description

Series: Easy Make & Learn Projects | Publication Date: September 1, 2001

Students will make a Peek-Inside Mayflower to learn about the Pilgrim’s voyage to the new world. They’ll also compare Pilgrim and Wampanoag clothing, cookery, and more with models like the Who Wore What? Lift & Look, and What’s Cooking? Triarama. Each reproducible model comes complete with background information, easy how-to’s, step-by-step lessons, journal-writing prompts, and extension activities. For use with Grades 1-3.

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About the Author

Donald M. Silver and Patricia J. Wynne are the creators of three previous titles in the Easy Make & Learn Projects series: Penguins, Human Body, and Lift & Look Science Mini-Books and Manipulatives.

Product Details

• Paperback: 72 pages
• Publisher: Teaching Resources (September 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0439152771
• ISBN-13: 978-0439152778
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.7 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,383,927 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Patricia J. Wynne's art has appeared in galleries, magazines, newspapers and more than 100 books for both children and adults. She has been publishing since she was eight years old, when her story about an old arrowhead found in her backyard appeared in an airline newspaper. She did her graduate work in printmaking at the University of Iowa, and attended the Iowa Writers Workshop at the same time. After teaching art and art history at the University of Windsor and Wayne State University, initiating a gallery career and working as the staff artist for the Museum of Zoology at the University of Michigan, Wynne moved to New York City and began freelancing. Her first book--an ABC board book edited by Ole Risom--was published by Random House. Other books quickly followed, including a Library of Knowledge series with Random House and Star Wars books illustrated in close collaboration with George Lucas. Wynne has published with more than 20 houses--including McGraw Hill and Simon and Schuster--creating books on everything from science to fables. Her editorial art has appeared in publications such as the New York Times, Food and Wine, Cricket and Scientific American and her illustrations and expertise are consistently sought by researchers at the American Museum of Natural History, most recently for Dark Banquet: The Curious Lives of Blood Feeding Creatures. Her books have won many awards, including honors from Parenting Magazine, the John Burroughs Association, the National Science Teachers Association and in 2008 Wynne received a Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor. Wynne's research has taken her all over the world and to such settings as artificial heart labs and the heart of the rainforest. Wynne continues to work as a freelance artist, telling stories about what she loves: the natural world, discovery of all kinds and the faraway realms of the mind's eye.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best Professional Hands-on Teacher Book Ever!, November 23, 2004

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Lynn Ellingwood "The ESOL Teacher" (Webster, NY United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Easy Make & Learn Projects: The Pilgrims, the Mayflower & More: 15 Fun-to-Create Reproducible Models That Make the Time of the Pilgrims Come to Life (Paperback)

I have used this book for several years and the experience just gets better and better. Today (two days before Thanksgiving 2004) I had students use manipulatives they made to give presentations in front of their class. While the book says grades 1-3, I don't use below second grade and have used it for ESOL students up to fifth grade. We gave presentations on the pilgrims to a third and fourth grade. They manipulatives are made from paper, tape and ribbon. They move and can be looked at from several different angles. Students love to make them and talk about them. I'm doing the Penguin book next and will look for the science/ human body books too.