Crowvus Book Blog

  It's #HistFicThursdays, and I'm so excited to be sharing a guest post from  Heidi Eljarbo ,   as part of her  Coffee Pot Book Club  tour. Find out all about Heidi's connection with art and her thoughts on the most important piece of art in history. But first, let's meet the book.. Blurb A Historical Art Mystery WWII and the mid-seventeenth century are entwined in this fourth dual timeline novel about Nazi art theft, bravery, friendship, and romance. April 1945. Art historian Soli Hansen and her friend Heddy arrive at an excavation site only to find Soli’s old archeology professor deeply engrossed in an extraordinary find in a marsh. The remains of a man have lain undisturbed for three centuries, but there’s more to this discovery… As Soli tries to understand who the baroque man was and discovers what he carried in a sealed wooden tube, problems arise. A leak reveals the finds to the notorious Lieutenant Colonel Heinz Walter, and soon, both Nazi elite and...

Here is the first lesson plan I'm posting on this blog! Hopefully, it will be the first of many. "First Aid for Fairies and Other Fabled Beasts" by Lari Don The Curriculum Experience and Outcome for this lesson is: Inspired by a range of stimuli, and working on my own and/or with others, I can express and communicate my ideas, thoughts and feelings through musical activities. EXA 0-18a / EXA 1-18a / EXA 2-18a For each topic, I try and do a composition lesson. The class have to create a piece of music in their group that is inspired by their topic. Why not do this with a book too? Learning Intention: To understand how to work in a group and create music for a book. Success Criteria: I can use my body to make 4 different sounds. I can talk about my feelings towards the book. I can listen to others in my group. I can create a 1 minute piece of music about the book. Introduction Talk about different ways you can make sound with your body (clappin...