, to see if you have full access to this publication.
Book Titles No access
Tales Worth Telling
Stories of Selected Heroes/ Heroines Who Define Us as American
Authors:
Publisher:
2013
Summary
In a set of stories about 17 American heroes and heroines, this book analyzes the hero concept in the nation’s history. This book unmasks and reveals some of the United States’ most beloved historical figures, reflecting their strengths, values, and flaws as no conventional history textbook can. Each chapter provides a comprehensive and complex look at the heroes and heroines who helped to shape a national identity. This book also examines the history, mechanics, and proven benefits of storytelling, identifying the form as an effective strategy to teach about some of the nation’s most famous men and women. Each story concludes with a set of discussion questions that allow both educators and students to probe transcending values that are still relevant for young Americans today.
Keywords
Search publication
Bibliographic data
Copyright year
2013
ISBN-Print
978-0-7618-6224-6
ISBN-Online
978-0-7618-6225-3
Publisher
Hamilton Books, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
203
Product type
Book Titles
Table of contents
ChapterPages
Contents No access
Acknowledgments No access
Introduction No access
1 The Hero Concept and the Return of the American Hero No access Pages 1 - 16
2 “Tell Me A Story: Examining the Art Form of Storytelling” No access Pages 17 - 30
3 The Man Who Could Have Been King: George Washington No access Pages 31 - 40
4 The Father of the American Revolution: Samuel Adams No access Pages 41 - 48
5 The American Rascal: Benjamin Franklin No access Pages 49 - 58
6 The Surly Rebel’s Defining Moment: John Adams No access Pages 59 - 66
7 Ahead of Her Time: Abigail Adams No access Pages 67 - 74
8 Champion of the Common Man: David Crockett No access Pages 75 - 84
9 The Conductor: Harriet Tubman No access Pages 85 - 94
10 The Hidden Man: Abraham Lincoln No access Pages 95 - 104
11 The Free Man: Frederick Douglass No access Pages 105 - 114
12 Comforter of the Afflicted: Clara Barton No access Pages 115 - 124
13 The Cantankerous Hero: Thomas Edison No access Pages 125 - 134
14 The Birdmen: Wilbur and Orville Wright No access Pages 135 - 144
15 Cultivating the Human Spirit: Jane Addams No access Pages 145 - 154
16 Breaking the Barrier: Jackie Robinson No access Pages 155 - 168
17 Always Do Right: Harry Truman No access Pages 169 - 176
18 The Forgotten American: Dr. Tom Dooley No access Pages 177 - 184
19 The Dream Keeper: Martin Luther King, Jr. No access Pages 185 - 194
