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Bezig met laden... What's New? The Zoo!: A Zippy History of Zoosdoor Kathleen Krull
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. "What's New? The Zoo!" is an informational book that explains how zoos are anything but new. It provides short historical anecdotes about different zoos and zoo-like places dating as far back as 4,400 years ago. It gives some historical context along with each zoo story, showing the impact and importance of zoos throughout history. It discussed how new trade routes lead to a diversity in zoos, while in the 20th century, zoos began moving to be more for science and research than for human entertainment. As an informational book, "What's New? The Zoo!" is - in my opinion - a fantastic choice for younger students. It does't bog the reader down with too many details, and the illustrations are very engaging and correlate well to the different stories. I like how it did end by hi lighting the importance of zoos for protecting animals and educating scientists and everyone else about animals and took the emphasis away from zoos as entertainment, which I personally do not agree with. It's not extremely out of the box, but this book would be perfect to read before taking your class to the zoo to educate them about why zoos are important, but it would also be useful for using along with social studies or history when teaching about a time period that is mentioned in the book. Media: Ink and watercolor on watercolor paper What's New? The Zoo? is an illustrated overview of zoos that combines history with hard science and social science. Kathleen Krull outlines the history of zoos, and offers insight into what compels us to keep animals, what we've learned from them, and what has changed in zoos since the founding of the first known zoo, "4,400 Years Ago, The Sumerian City of Ur, in Present-Day Iraq The king of beasts lunges and roars. The King of Ur roars right back, feeling like the ruler of all nature. How delicious to wield his power over dangerous animals! It's the world's first known zoo, and all we're sure about (from clay tablets in libraries) is that is has lions." From this beginning, Krull highlights transitional moments in zoos throughout the ages and across the globe. Just a few examples include: Ancient Egypt and Rome where zoos were created to impress Ancient China where the zoo was a contemplative and sacred place Sweden where the science of zoology was established in 1735 The U.S. National Zoo where the concept of zoos protecting threatened species was introduced South Africa's Kruger National Park where the protection of rhinos was so successful that rhinos were delivered to other zoos Germany, 1907, where the "cageless zoo" concept is introduced (Did you know that Aristotle wrote the first encyclopedia of animals?) On most pages, humorous, watercolor illustrations nestle around paragraphs of simple font against white space. Several pages, however (including one depiction of fifteen buffalo waiting for a train at Grand Central Station, 1907), are double-spreads with many amusing details. The very talented Kathleen Krull never disappoints! If you like your science accessible and entertaining, this is the book for you. http://shelf-employed.blogspot.com geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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A millennia-long history of animal keeping shares facts about what zookeeping has taught humanity and how individual lives have been profoundly shaped by the wild creatures found in zoos all over the world. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)590.73Natural sciences and mathematics Zoology Zoology Education and research ZoosLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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This informational text allows 2nd and 3rd grade students to gather facts about animals and zoos throughout history in a simple and clear manner. Using a determining importance strategy, it would be a great book to allow students to practice making their own decisions about what is and isn't important in creating a timeline of the events discussed throughout the book. I would also use this story to help students understand and write about the reasons that a zoo to protect animals is important. This builds their argumentative/persuasive/opinion writing skills. ( )