Into the Air: An Illustrated Timeline of Flight

Title: Into the Air: An Illustrated Timeline of Flight
Author: Ryan Ann Hunter
Illustrator: Yan Nascimbene
Genre: Nonfiction
Summary: This nonfiction book takes a deep look into the invention/process of flight. The book is organized as a timeline of flight. Throughout the book there are illustrations with each aspect of the timeline. For example, the book explains that people experimented with flying machines, on this page of the book there are short inserts about 4 different flying machine attempts with dates. The timeline and text is very easy for students to read because of the overall layout of the book. It explains the process of flight from a child's eye.

How to use: I would use this book to show students not only the different types of nonfiction books, but different types/styles of timelines. Timelines and chronological order is an important concept for elementary students, so I feel this book would be a great aid. An activity that I might do with this book would be to read the book to the entire class, and then have students pick their favorite date in the book and do further research.

Land of Morning Clam: Korean Culture Then and Now

Title: Land of Morning Calm: Korean Culture Then and Now
Author: John Stickler
Genre: International Literature
Short Summary: This text explains to readers many different aspects of Korean culture. In addition, each aspect of Korean culture is compared over time; how the culture has changed over years. Readers will get a glimpse of religious changes, celebrations, and many other parts of the Korean culture.

How to use this text in class: This text would be very helpful in teaching diversity. Because this book provides information on many important parts of Korean culture, it would be a tool used for students to understand not only how Korean culture has changed but how it differs from other cultures.