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Louis Armstrong

[Louis Armstrong]
Author: -James Lincoln Collier
Title: -Louis Armstron
Illustrator: -
Publisher: -Collier Macmillan Publishers
Year: -1985


Format: -Hardcover
Genre: -Biography
Reading Level: -Independent Reader
Interest Level: -High School


Topics: -History of Music, history of blacks, history of New Orleans.


Summary: - This biography talks about the life of Louis Armstrong. Goes from when he was a little boy playing in the alley of New Orleans. It talks about how he was neglected from his family as a child. He got interested into music because New Orleans was such as musical city at the time. At a young age he started to play and is now famous for the Jazz that he played and it also mentions the records he had made.



Extension Activities: -
Have the students write a research paper on their favorite person from history. Have them find sources from both library and the internet. Share something new they found out about that person.