Student Preparation for a Jan Reynolds Lecture:

Please download the following Teaching Research Techniques with the Vanishing Cultures book series, by right-clicking on the link and choosing "Save as." Then print as needed.

Here's how one librarian shared my book series with her students. She posed these questions.

-Using the map inside your book, on what continent is your topic located?

-Read the introduction. In the first sentence of the introduction, you will
find the name of the group of people of this vanishing culture. What is the
name of this group?

-Although the people of this culture may appear different from us, what do
we share with them?

-Do we lose a part of ourselves if this culture disappears?

-What reason does the author give for this culture disappearing?

-After the introduction read the first 4 pages, and tell what is happening.

-List the activities that take place the next day.

-Skim the last section of the book called, "About this book", and write
down one interesting fact from the author's description of living with
these people.

-What is the title of this book?

-What is the subtitle?

-Who is the author?

-Who is the illustrator? (You might need to look on the title page or the
back of the title page for this answer.)

-What does the word "Vanishing" mean? Use dictionary.

-What does the word "Culture" mean? Use dictionary.
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