Of+Thee+I+Sing

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APA Citation: Obama, B. (2010). //Of thee I sing.// New York, NY: Knopf Books for Young Readers.
Book cover: Obama, B. (2010). //Of thee I sing.// Retrieved on July 15, 2011 from: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VIltUhFHxpk/TaRHt-dzEdI/AAAAAAAAAA0/-BsGfysNE3A/s320/Of%2BThee%2BI%2BSing.jpg.

**Book Summary:**
This book, written by Barack Obama, is actually a nice tribute to 13 famous Americans. These Americans range from Georgia O'Keeffe to George Washington, and the book suggests that all the traits of these heroes are present in every American child. Each of the famous Americans faces a question in the text and a short piece of information is given about the person. The illustrations are beautiful.

**Links:**

 * Books by Barack Obama:** http://www.randomhouse.com/author/22627/barack-obama


 * Book Trailer:** http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPsJKaGV_qw&feature=player_embedded


 * Information on illustrator Loren Long**: http://www.lorenlong.com/bio.html


 * Information on Georgia O'Keeffe**: http://www.lkwdpl.org/wihohio/okee-geo.htm


 * Information on Albert Einstein:** http://einstein.biz/biography


 * Information on Jackie Robinson**: http://www.jackierobinson.com/about/bio.html


 * Information on Sitting Bull:** http://www.incwell.com/Biographies/SittingBull.html


 * Information on Billie Holiday:** http://www.billieholiday.com/about/biography.htm


 * Information on Helen Keller:** http://www.afb.org/section.asp?SectionID=1&TopicID=129


 * Information on Maya Lin:** http://www.gale.cengage.com/free_resources/whm/bio/lin_m.htm


 * Information on Jane Addams:** http://www.lkwdpl.org/wihohio/adda-jan.htm


 * Information on Martin Luther King, Jr.:** http://www.gale.cengage.com/free_resources/bhm/bio/king_m.htm


 * Information on Neil Armstrong:** http://www.aerospaceguide.net/spacehistory/neilarmstrong.html


 * Information on Cesar Chavez:** http://www.lasculturas.com/biographies/214-civil-rights/112-cesar-chavez


 * Information on Abraham Lincoln:** http://sc94.ameslab.gov/TOUR/alincoln.html


 * Information on George Washington:** http://www.mountvernon.org/learn/meet_george/index.cfm/ss/21/

Discussion Questions:
1. Who do you think the author intended to read this book and why? 2. What predictions can you make about the contents of the book by reading the title and looking at the cover of the book? 3. Compare the famous Americans talked about in the book. Which one do you think made more contributions to our history and why?

Classroom Activity:
Each student will pick one of the famous Americans brought up in the book or one approved by the instructor to research. Students will be shown how to put a video together a video using Animoto. After finding information on their person, each student will put together a PowerPoint or Animoto video to share with the class at a later date.