RESOURCES For TEACHERS
Cherfas, Jeremy. Animal Communications. Minneapolis: Lerner Publications Company, 1991.
This text looks at how animals communicate
though visual signals, sound signals, chemical, signals and touch. The colorful pictures, captions, and
diagrams help to illustrate the point the author makes.
Gifford, Clive. Eyewitness: Media
and Communications.
Dorling Kindersley, 2000.
This text provides an overview of the history
of communications by highlighting inventions and important moments in
history. The bright pictures enhance
understanding.
Kalman, Bobbie. How Animals Communicate. New York:
Crabtree Publishing Company.
1997.
This is a very detailed look in the types of
ways that animals choose to communicate.
It gives a longer look into bees, whales, and elephants.
Steffens, Bradley. Printing Press:
Ideas into Type. San
Diego: Lucent Books. 1990.
This informative text gives the history of
print from the invention of paper in China to the rise of mass print to the use
of computers in the printing process.
Through timelines gives the reader a quick glance of important events.
http://www.fonz.org/zoogoer/zg1995/buzz.htm
This site gives interesting facts about how
and why bees communicate with each other.
Gives links to other animal communication practices.
teacher.scholastic.com/lessonrepro/lessonplans/profbooks/gotmessage.htm
This site provides information on how to
build smalls telegraph machines the students can use to send Morse Code
messages.
RESOURCES FOR STUDENTS
Adler, David A. A Picture Book of Helen Keller. New
York: The Trumpet Club. 1990.
An account of the life and education of Helen
Keller. It is presented in a way that
younger grades can easily follow.
Adler, David A. A Picture Book of Louis Braille. New York:
Holiday House. 1997.
An informative telling of the life of Louis
Braille that is easy to follow. It has
the Braille alphabet displayed at the end.
Aliki. Communication. Morrow,William & Co.
1999.
An introduction to the ways that
communication occurs.
Aust, Siegfried. Communication!
News Travels Fast.
Minneapolis: Lerner Publications
Company. 1991.
This book focuses on the ways that people
have communicated throughout history and how people do so today. Students will be able to easily follow this
book through the illustrations and captions.
Coerr, Elanor B. Buffalo Bill and the Pony Express. Harper Collins Chirdren’s Books. 1996.
This An I Can Read Book is a fictional
account of Bill Cody’s work with the Pony Express.
Dubowski, Mark. Titanic: The
Disaster That Shocked the World! New York: Dorling Kindersley.
1998.
A very detailed look at the historic
Titanic. The book offers pictures of
memorabilia from the time.
Fradin, Dennis. Louis Braille:
The Blind Boy Who Wanted to Read. New Jersey:
Silver Press. 1997.
Biographical account of the life and work of
Louis Braille.
Gibbons, Gail. Puff. . . Flash. . . Bang! New York:
William Morrow and Company, Inc.
1993.
This colorful book focuses on the non-verbal
ways that the world communicates.
Gifford, Clive. Eyewitness: Media
and Communications.
Dorling Kindersley. 2000.
This text provides an overview of the history
of communications by highlighting inventions and important moments in
history. The bright pictures enhance
understanding.
Gross, Ruth Belov. You Don’t Need Words!. New York:
Scholastic. 1991.
Shows how people can communicate without the
use of words but through signals and body language.
Hayward, Linda. A Day in the
Life of a TV Reporter. New
York: Dorling Kindersley. 2001.
Easily read account of what the job of a TV
reporter entails. Gives good
information on the types of tools used by a TV reporter.
Humphrey, Paul. What Was It Like Before the Telephone?. Austin:
Steck Vaughn. 1995.
Photographs and illustrations give a very
informative look into how communication evolved over time.
Kalman, Bobbie. How Animals Communicate. New York:
Crabtree Publishing Company.
1997.
This is a very detailed look in the types of
ways that animals choose to communicate.
It gives a longer look into bees, whales, and elephants.
Leedy, Loreen. Messages in the Mailbox:
How to Write a Letter.
New York: Holiday House. 1991.
Gives a look at the different types of letter
and how to write. Offers many samples
to exhibit what they are talking about.
Lewis, Cynthia
Copeland. Hello, Alexander Graham Bell Speaking. Minnesota:
Dillon Press. 1991.
This easy to follow biography focuses on the
life and work of Alexander Graham Bell.
McGrath, Susan. How Animals Talk. Washington D.C.: The National Geographic Society.
1987.
Very detailed photographs give an accurate
look at how animals communicate.
Merbreier, W. Carter.
Television What’s Behind What You See. New York: Harper
Collins. 1996.
Cartoon like drawings give the reader a look
into how television works.
Tunnell, Michael O. Mailing May. New York: Tambourine Book. 1997.
True story of how a young girl was mailed to
her grandmothers house in 1913.