透過繪本來認識許多對世界有影響的人物是有趣也有效的歷史學習方式之一。 家裡若有不同年紀的孩子, 繪本對年幼的孩子不攏長, 而對高年級以上的孩子也是很好的學習動機, 國中的孩子在讀繪本的同時, 除了有更多的對話, 他們也會因此對這位人物引發興趣自己想要知道更多。傳記繪本是Research 很好的文本材料, 生動活潑的內容搭配插圖, 讓歷史不再只是死背的內容! 而是故事的啟發! 以下是我們讀過也挑選過適合大小朋友的優良繪本
註記: Amazon 連結是方便大家去看內頁, 但這些書台北市圖書館都借的到 (耶! 台灣圖書館萬歲!)。國外的朋友們當地的圖書館我相信也應該有喔…
若這本書已經有中文版, 我也都註記中文書名方便大家圖書館館藏查詢使用。
我的書單是按照年代的 (18, 19, 20, 21世紀) 但我故意沒有把傳記人物的年份寫出來, 學生可以利用此書單Research人物的年份, 再按照時間發生的順序記錄下來, 也可以製作Timeline Book 紀錄閱讀歷史的學習歷程檔案。此書單本身已經可以是很好的歷史學習資源!
18th 世紀以前
Bard of Avon: The Story of William Shakespeare
Blockhead: The Life of Fibonacci
The Librarian Who Measured the Earth
18th 世紀
Karl, Get Out of the Garden!: Carolus Linnaeus and the Naming of Everything
Balderdash: John Newbery and the Boisterous Birth of Children’s Books
Thomas Jefferson Builds a Library
19th 世紀
Prairie Boy: Frank Lloyd Wright Turns the Heartland into a Home
Charles Darwin’s around-the-world adventure
Gregor Mendel: The Friar Who Grew Peas
The Crayon Man the True Story of the Invention of Crayola Crayons
Uncommon Traveler: Mary Kingsley in Africa
Six Dots: A Story of Young Louis Braille (中文書名: 改變世界的六個點)
The Boy Who Drew Bird: A Story of John James Audubon (中文書名: 畫鳥的男孩)
Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World’s Most Famous Bear (中文書名: 遇見維尼: 全世界最有名小熊的真實故事)
The Noisy Paint Box: The colors and Sounds of Kandinsky’s Abstract Art
Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom (中文書名:摩西: 哈特莉塔布幔的逃亡與拯救)
Abe Lincoln: The Boy Who Loved Books (中文書名:愛看書的男孩 亞伯拉罕 林肯)
Who Says Women Can’t be Doctors: The Story of Elizabeth Blackwell (為什麼不能有女醫生: 美國第一位女醫生的故事)
Small Wonders: Jean-Henri Fabre and His World of Insects
20th Century
On a Beam of Light 乘光飛翔: 愛因斯坦的故事
Odd Boy Out Young Albert Einstein: 怪男孩. 亞伯特愛因斯坦
Joan Procter, Dragon Doctor. The Woman Who Loved Reptiles
Levi Strauss Gets a Bright Idea
The Boy Who Loved Math 中文書名: 愛數學的男孩
The Boy Who Grew a Forest-The True Story of Jadav Payeng
Grace Hopper: Queen of Computer Code
Sky Boy: How They Built The Empire State Building
Shark Lady: The True Story of How Eugenie Clark Became the Ocean’s Most Fearless Scientist
The Boy on Fairfield Street: How Ted Geisel Grew Up to Become Dr. Seuss (喜歡塗鴉的男孩 : 蘇斯博士的童年故事 )
It Began with a Page: How Kyo Fujikawa Drew the Way
Our of this World: The Sureal Art of Lenora Carrington
The Girl Who Name Pluto: The Story of Venetia Burney:
One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of the Gambia
Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and His Orchestra
Blue Grass Boy: The Story of Bill Monroe, Father of Bluegrass Music
The Secret Kingdom: Nek Chang, a Changing India, and a Hidden World of Art
Otis and Will Discover the Deep
Manfish: A Story of Jacques Cousteau (守護海洋的人魚)
Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race
Emmanuel’s Dream: The True Story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah
Balloons Over Broadway (氣球大遊行:紐約感恩節遊行操偶師的故事)
Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library
The Watcher: Jane Goodall’s Life with the Chimps (黑猩猩的好朋友:珍古德)
Pie from Nowhere: How Georgia Gilmore Sustained the Montgomery Bus Boycott
Brothers at Bat: The True Story of an amazing all brother baseball team
William Hoy Story: How a Deaf Baseball Player Changed the Game
Look Up!: Henrietta Leavitt, Pioneering Woman Astronomer
Harvesting Hope The Story of Cesar Chavez
Contemporary
Life in the Ocean: The Story of Oceanographer Sylvia Earle
Solving the Puzzle Under the Sea: Marie Tharp Maps the Ocean Floor
The Girl Who Thought in Pictures: The Story of Dr.Temple Gradin
Free As a Bird: The Story of Malala
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