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Lädt ... Red Bird Sings: The Story of Zitkala-Sa, Native American Author, Musician, and Activistvon Gina Capaldi, Gina Capaldi
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. Gertrude Simmons was born in 1876 in South Dakota on Yankton Sioux reservation. She left home at the age of 8 to go to boarding school. She loved learning to read and write and had quite the talent for speaking in public. She also loved music lessons. She found herself missing home and feeling as though she was "caught between two worlds not able to be fully in one or the other. She missed home and found herself speaking publicly about inequality for women and the mistreatment of her people. She began writing in the Atlantic Monthly and became Zitkala-Sa or Red Bird. She continued writing and playing music. She and her husband continued their fight for equality for their people. The authors paraphrased the semiautobiographical stories Zitkala-Sa wrote in the Atlantic Monthly and combined them with information about her from a variety of sources. Genre: Biography Age Appropriateness: 1st-4th Media: Acrylic paint and Digital media? Review/Critique: One day Zitkala ended up leaving her reservation to become educated at a White Missionary school. The transition was very difficult and she felt like she had lost parts of her culture. As she got older she adapted to her new life and she ended up going to college. Her road was tough, but she ended up doing great things. This is a good biography because the story format makes it very accessible to kids. It doesn't cover information from birth to death, but more focuses on her life from 7 through young adult. The pictures are very vibrant and the words are very understandable for a younger audience. This book retells the life of Zitkala-Sa A.K.A. Gertrude Simmons. She was a Native American from South Dakota who left the reservation at 8-years-old to go to boarding school in Indiana. The book is based on her stories and her artwork. This is a lovely book that examines the challenges of balancing new and heritage cultures. keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
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"I remember the day I lost my spirit." So begins the story of Gertrude Simmons, also known as Zitkala-Sa, which means Red Bird. Born in 1876 on the Yankton Sioux reservation in South Dakota, Zitkala-Sa willingly left her home at age eight to go to a boarding school in Indiana. But she soon found herself caught between two worlds--white and Native American. At school she missed her mother and her traditional life, but Zitkala-Sa found joy in music classes. "My wounded spirit soared like a bird as I practiced the piano and violin," she wrote. Her talent grew, and when she graduated, she became a music teacher, composer, and performer. Zitkala-Sa found she could also "sing" to help her people by writing stories and giving speeches. As an adult, she worked as an activist for Native American rights, seeking to build a bridge between cultures. The coauthors tell Zitkala-Sa's life by weaving together pieces from her own stories. The artist's acrylic illustrations and collages of photos and primary source documents round out the vivid portrait of Zitkala-Sa, a frightened child whose spirit "would rise again, stronger and wiser for the wounds it had suffered." Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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Google Books — Lädt ... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)978.004History and Geography North America Western U.S. Ethnic And National GroupsKlassifikation der Library of Congress [LCC] (USA)BewertungDurchschnitt:
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