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Woman Who Outshone The Sun


TITLE: Woman Who Outshone The Sun
AUTHOR: Martinez, Alejandro Cruz
ILLUSTRATOR: Olivera, Fernando
PUBLISHER: Children's Book Press
PLACE OF PUBLICATION: San Francisco COPYRIGHT DATE: 1987
ISBN: 892391014 PRICE: $18.60
CULTURAL GROUP: Hispanic THEME:
SYNOPSIS:
The author retells the Zapotec legend of Lucia Zentono, a beautiful woman with magical powers who is exiled from a mountain village and takes away its water in punishment.
CORE BOOK: no

CONTENT CONNECTIONS

SUBJECT: Science GRADE: 4 TOPIC: Ecosystem/Chesapeake Bay
ILLUSTRATIVE LESSON
TECHNOLOGY LINK:
  • Use SIMTOWN (Maxis Software) to have students build their own town without exceeding the available natural resources.

SUBJECT: Reading/Language Arts GRADE: 5 TOPIC: Legends

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