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Blumberg, R. (2004). York’s Adventures with Lewis and Clark: An African-American’s Part in the Great Expedition. New York: Harper Collins.
Book type: Partial biography, 88 pages
Awards:
2005 Orbis Pictus Award
ALA Notable Book
Golden Kite Award for Nonfiction
A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year
A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year
Grades: 4th to 8th
Summary: The focus of this book is on a forgotten man who traveled with Lewis and Clark on their expedition. York was an African-American slave. He was the personal servant of Clark and he grew up with Clark from childhood. He was the only slave that was taken on the expedition. Because York was black, Indians who had never seen a black person thought that he was strong and almost magical. He helped to gain the Indian’s trust and helped make peace with them so that the expedition could continue on their journey. Although much of York’s life was not recorded, this account helps the reader to understand that had it not have been for him, the expedition would have failed.
Credibility of Author: From letters of Wiliam’s Clark letters to his brother Jonathan, James J. Holmberg edited these letters so that people could read Clark’s own words. Rhonda Blumberg draws on Clark’s journal entries to tell this story about York.
National Standards:Social Sciences Standards: Living and Working Together in Families and Communities, Now and Long Ago, The History of the United States: Democratic Principles and Values and the People from Many Cultures who Contributed to its Cultural, Economic, and Political Heritage, Era 2: Colonization and Settlement (1585-1763), Era 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754-1820s)
Illustrator/Illustrations: The illustrations were selected by Rhonda Blumberg and include: reproduction of paintings, photographs, prints, documents, and artifacts.
Access features: table of contents, chapter titles, introduction, endnotes, bibliography, subject index, and illustration credits
My response to the book: It is truly amazing and sad how many of African-Americans are forgotten for their contributions. It is great that Blumberg took the time to write a book that gives us the information about one of these great contributors. I had never heard of York until I read this book. The end of his life was truly upsetting because I hoped that he would have died a happy man after all that he went through. This was definitely a great to use as a literature discussion. I experienced so many emotions while reading about this great man.
How I would use this book in my classroom: I would use this book a discussion during Black History month. We have a celebration and play that discusses many African-Americans on the last Friday of February. This would be a great book for our sixth grade class to read and act out.
Related text: In Search of York: The Slave Who Went to the Pacific With Lewis and Clark by Robert B. Betts, and How We Crossed The West: The Adventures Of Lewis And Clark by Rosalyn Schanzer
Blumberg, R. (2004). York’s Adventures with Lewis and Clark: An African-American’s Part in the Great Expedition. New York: Harper Collins.
Book type: Partial biography, 88 pages
Awards:
2005 Orbis Pictus Award
ALA Notable Book
Golden Kite Award for Nonfiction
A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year
A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year
Grades: 4th to 8th
Summary: The focus of this book is on a forgotten man who traveled with Lewis and Clark on their expedition. York was an African-American slave. He was the personal servant of Clark and he grew up with Clark from childhood. He was the only slave that was taken on the expedition. Because York was black, Indians who had never seen a black person thought that he was strong and almost magical. He helped to gain the Indian’s trust and helped make peace with them so that the expedition could continue on their journey. Although much of York’s life was not recorded, this account helps the reader to understand that had it not have been for him, the expedition would have failed.
Credibility of Author: From letters of Wiliam’s Clark letters to his brother Jonathan, James J. Holmberg edited these letters so that people could read Clark’s own words. Rhonda Blumberg draws on Clark’s journal entries to tell this story about York.
National Standards:Social Sciences Standards: Living and Working Together in Families and Communities, Now and Long Ago, The History of the United States: Democratic Principles and Values and the People from Many Cultures who Contributed to its Cultural, Economic, and Political Heritage, Era 2: Colonization and Settlement (1585-1763), Era 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754-1820s)
Illustrator/Illustrations: The illustrations were selected by Rhonda Blumberg and include: reproduction of paintings, photographs, prints, documents, and artifacts.
Access features: table of contents, chapter titles, introduction, endnotes, bibliography, subject index, and illustration credits
My response to the book: It is truly amazing and sad how many of African-Americans are forgotten for their contributions. It is great that Blumberg took the time to write a book that gives us the information about one of these great contributors. I had never heard of York until I read this book. The end of his life was truly upsetting because I hoped that he would have died a happy man after all that he went through. This was definitely a great to use as a literature discussion. I experienced so many emotions while reading about this great man.
How I would use this book in my classroom: I would use this book a discussion during Black History month. We have a celebration and play that discusses many African-Americans on the last Friday of February. This would be a great book for our sixth grade class to read and act out.
Related text: In Search of York: The Slave Who Went to the Pacific With Lewis and Clark by Robert B. Betts, and How We Crossed The West: The Adventures Of Lewis And Clark by Rosalyn Schanzer
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