Pistes d'exploration

Discuss the inventions as you read the book.

Research one of the inventions in the book and share what you find with the class as a slide presentation.

Choose the most important invention in the book. Write about it and give three reasons to justify your choice.

Write a poem about one of the inventions.

Discuss the different inventions as you go through the book.

In small teams, discuss which is the most important invention in the book. Give three reasons to support your choice.

Use the book as a model to create an alphabet book about other inventions that you find interesting. First build a class list and then separate the task into smaller chunks with pairs of students working on two-page spreads.

As a class, recall alphabet books that you read in elementary school. What unifying themes do you remember? Before reading, create an alphabox with one word for each letter. Add new words after reading.

Choose one letter and read its corresponding two-page spread. Deconstruct the visual and written texts using a graphic organizer. Discuss how the texts work together to enhance your understanding.

As a class, choose a new theme for an alphabet book. Follow the model: for each letter, include a visual text, an information-based text and a narrative or poetic text.

A History of Just About Everything: 180 Events, People and Inventions That Changed the World, Rosie Revere, Engineer

Mots-clés

Non-fiction , alphabet , history , inventions , inventors , technology

Commentaire descriptif

This lively picture book inspires creativity and imagination in readers as they learn the backstory of 26 modern inventions, and inventors that have shaped and affected our daily lives, such as bicycles, umbrellas, zippers, toilets, microwaves and computers. Appropriate for varying interest levels, each entry includes a four-line poem that introduces the invention, a large, colourful illustration, and a longer description and historical context in the inner or outer margins of the page. In some cases, an earlier incarnation of the invention (e.g. an old-fashioned wooden radio) is depicted. The book wraps up with a set of fourteen thought-provoking questions (and answers) asking curious readers to further consider what they have read: Where did the phrase “the real McCoy” come from? What is Braille and why was it invented? The quiz is followed by a one-page primer on patents, what they are and why they are essential.