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Little Dreamers: Visionary Women Around the World
Last updated Thursday, January 23, 2020
Author: Vashti Harrison
Date of Publication: 2018
ISBN: 0316475173
Grade Level: 4th (GLCs: Click here for grade level guidelines.)
Date(s) Used: Feb. 2020
Synopsis:
Featuring the true stories of 35 women creators, ranging from writers to inventors, artists to scientists, Little Dreamers: Visionary Women Around the World inspires as it educates. Readers will meet trailblazing women like Mary Blair, an American modernist painter who had a major influence on how color was used in early animated films, actor/inventor Hedy Lamarr, environmental activist Wangari Maathai, architect Zaha Hadid, filmmaker Maya Deren, and physicist Chien-Shiung Wu. Some names are known, some are not, but all of the women had a lasting effect on the fields they worked in.
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There are wonderful pictures in this book.
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As you prepare to introduce the stories of each creator, allow the children to look at the picture to guess who the creator is.
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Name something that was invented by a woman (Windshield Wipers, Dishwashers, Computers, etc)
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Think of a woman in leadership that you admire and why?
Vocabulary
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Visionary: thinking about or planning the future with imagination or wisdom
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Persistence: firm or continuance in a course of action in spite of difficulty or opposition.
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Essence: the intrinsic nature or indispensable quality of something, especially something abstract, that determines its character.
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Innovation: a new method, idea, or product
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Inheritance: assets that an individual passes on to his or her loved ones
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Which creator in the story were you surprised to read about?
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What do you think inspired these women to become leaders?
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