Just being Audrey by Margaret Cardillo ; illustrated By Julia Denos

 Who was Audrey Hepburn? Was she a WWII survivor, an actress, a fashion icon or a humanitarian? Find out!

Do you want your students to learn who was Audrey Hepburn?

 

Try this book that is geared towards elementary and middle school children.

This book focuses on Audrey Hepburn’s on her life during the  Nazi-occupied Netherlands in  World War II.

In addition, it focuses on her rise to stardom in the popular films in the 1950s and 1960s, and friendship with reknown designer Hubert de Givenchy.

Her Goodwill ambassadorship for UNICEF is also discussed, which she was inspired by her own experiences, incuding the Dutch Famine, during the war.

Title: Just being Audrey

Author: Margaret Cardillo, Margaret

Illustrator: Denos, Julia

Publisher: Balzer + Bray

Lexile Level:  740

Ages: 4-8

Grades: Preschool to 3^rd Grade

Learning Standard

“3. Describe the relationship between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text, using language that pertains to time, sequence, and cause/effect.” (Reading Standards for Literature K–5)

Learning Goal

Students will gather information to create a script after reading the text titled Just Being Audrey by Margaret Cardillo.

Learning Objective

Students will conduct research about Audrey Hepburn's life by utilizing at least 3 credible sources of information in order to create a script that will focus on an aspect of her life that they believe is important. (Cognitive and Affective)

Students will create a script based on what they believe is the most important aspect to focus on about what they have learned from Audrey Hepburn’s life. (Psychomotor and Affective)

Learning Domain

Cognitive, Psychomotor and Affective

Learning Activity

Students will create their script and perform in teams to demonstrate their own portrayal of Audrey Hepburn’s life. Students will discuss what they have learned throughout their research and through the viewing of the performances. Students will be assessed with a rubric based on their ability to identify and evaluate sources of information, their performance as a team as well as their individual participation.

Learning Outcome

Students will create a script and perform in teams, to demonstrate their portrayal of Audrey Hepburn’s life, after reading the text titled Just Being Audrey by: Margaret Cardillo.

Selling Tool

Poster (Shown Above)

References

Cardillo, M., & Denos, J. (2011). Just being Audrey. New York: Balzer Bray.

New York State P-12 Common Core Learning Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy. (n.d.). Retrieved October 25, 2017, from https://www.engageny.org/resource/new-york-state-p-12-common-core-learning-standards-for-english-language-arts-and-literacy