Edelgard Moers

Subject matter and reading training in one: Introducing inventors and explorers with anecdotes and allowing students to conduct their own research.

Reading in subject matter education

The key competence of reading is important not only in German lessons. Comprehension reading is a fundamental requirement in all subjects - including in elementary school subject matter education. The texts in this volume combine reading training with important aspects from the subject matter curriculum.

Famous personalities come to life

This volume provides twelve engaging anecdotes about famous inventors and explorers, helping students learn about their lives and works in a child-friendly and entertaining way. Each text is complemented by comprehension tasks differentiated at two levels.

Tasks for researchers

However, students are not only trained in reading. A special highlight is that each reading text includes a research task. This gives children the opportunity to evaluate technical inventions and historical discoveries and engage with the topic in a creative and exploratory manner.

The topics:

• Archimedes
• Carl Benz
• James Cook
• Josephine Cochrane
• Charles Darwin
• Karl von Drais
• Galileo Galilei
• Johannes Gutenberg
• Alexander von Humboldt
• Otto Lilienthal
• Ferdinand Magellan
• Leonardo da Vinci

The volume includes:

• 12 anecdotes about famous inventors and explorers at two differentiation levels
• corresponding comprehension tasks differentiated at two levels
• a suitable research task for creative and exploratory engagement with the topic
• all necessary information on the biography and work of the person as well as practical teaching implementation.