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The girl who thought in pictures

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Tema: Different kind of people. The autism

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Before introducing the character and listening to the video about the book or the pdf, there will be a brainstorming with the vocabulary related to The farm and the students will be asked if they have heard the word autism or Asperger's Syndrome. Words that appear in the book such as: Cow, cattle, beef, breeds, hay, raise, herds... will be written down on the blackboard, with emphasis on grain, forage, harvest, livestock, barn...  

Then the students listen to the reading of the video about the book The girl who thought in pictures (9 minutes), focusing on the unknown words.   
  
Students will be divided into groups and given a Reading paper to answer the questions.   
  
After the first activity, they will be given (in pairs) a text with different information and questions related to autism. Once answered (their own ideas), they will share them in class. The meaning of the words in bold in each fragment will be explained to them. 
  
Some precursors of Temple Grandin:  
  
-Jantina Tammes (1871-1947) was a Dutch botanist and geneticist and the first professor of genetics in the Netherlands.  
  
-Rebecca Craighill Lancefield (1895-1981) was a prominent and renowned American microbiologist. She joined the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research in New York in 1918. Her work comprised more than 50 publications over 60 years.  
  
-Rachel Louise Carso (1907-1964) was an American marine biologist and conservationist who, through the publication of Silent Spring in 1962 and other writings, helped launch modern environmental awareness.  
  
Other women of her time include: 
  
-Dominique G. Homberger (1948- ). American zoologist known for her work on the evolution of complex structures in birds and mammals, and author of a text on vertebrate dissection.  
  
-Alison Jolly (1937-2014). Primatologist known for her studies on the biology of lemurs and for her educational and outreach work on these primates. She was the author of several books for both scientists and the general public and conducted a large amount of field work on lemurs in Madagascar.  
  
-Martha M. Robbins (1967- ). American primatologist, expert in zoology, ecology and biological anthropology. Her studies have focused on the social behaviour, reproductive strategies, population dynamics, endocrinology and genetics of gorillas. She has worked for the conservation of these endangered great apes.   
  
-María de los Ángeles Alvariño González (1916-2005). Spanish oceanographer, zoologist and professor. 
 
Of the people with Asperger's syndrome recognised at the time, the following stand out:  
  
-Lisa Marie Nowak (1963- ). Engineer and former NASA astronaut, who took part in the space shuttle Discovery mission, flight STS-121, as a crew member.  
  
-Susanna Tamaro ( 1957- ). Italian novelist who has also worked as a science documentarian and assistant film director.  
  
-Susan Magdalane Boyle (1961- ). Scottish singer who first came to prominence in 2009, when she appeared as a contestant on the third season of the British television show Britain's Got Talent. Boyle rose almost immediately to worldwide fame when she sang I Dreamed a Dream from the musical Les Miserables. 

Descripción

From a video with the reading of the book in pdf The girl who thought in pictures, the students will learn who Temple Grandin is. 
Expressing basic emotions. 

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