Pistes d'exploration

Choose two different chapters of infographics and connect them in some way. Explain the connection to the class.

Talk about how companies use statistics to sell their products.

Create a bookmark with a slogan depicting the main idea on one side and add some pertinent facts from the book to the other side.

Create a board game using the information from a chapter in the book. Give your game a title that clearly represents the topic.

Create a multiple choice quiz game using information from the book.

Select five of the most interesting facts from the book and share them with a classmate.

Create a page like one from the book and answer questions such as: How many girls are in the class? Boys? Who is tallest? Who has the most siblings? Most pets? What is the most popular food or TV show? Present the information using tables and pie charts.

After reading the facts from the book, discuss what you and your class can do to make the world a better place.

Peruse the book. Create a personalized definition for this kind of information-based text. Share and compare your ideas.

Choose two pages and find connections in some way. Use a Venn Diagram to compare and contrast.

Create an infographic poster using icons, graphics and pictograms to highlight key information on a topic of your choice.

A Life Like Mine: How Children Live Around the World, The Human Body

Mots-clés

Non-fiction , comparisons , global awareness , infographics , layout , multimodal , pictograms , point of view , statistics , structures and features

Commentaire descriptif

“. . .visualize data and information in a whole new way!” This book is one of a series that is perfect for introducing infographics to young readers, while encouraging the analysis of global data. Appealing pictographs illustrate data in sections such as “More and More People,” “Rich World, Poor World,” and “What a Waste!” while conveying some weighty issues. In “Water,” pouring taps show that someone in a rich country uses up to a hundred times more water daily than someone in the poorest countries. “Work, Rest, and Play” depicts leisure time and tourist dollars spent around the world. Readers may be surprised to learn that while France is the most popular tourist country, USA is the biggest earner, by a margin of almost twice that of Spain, the second biggest earner (France coming in third). As the data piles up, students will likely begin drawing conclusions about social justice and ecological ramifications in our current global economy. This pretty package delivers thought-provoking material—an excellent object lesson in the purpose of infographics. Included are a glossary, an index and recommendations for further research.