6-A+Am+Flamingo

 **6-A American Flamingo, 1838 - John James Audubon [1785-1851] ** American Flamingo is one of the 435 hand-colored engravings that make up John James Audubon's monumental Birds of America, issued in four volumes between 1826 and 1838 (Picturing America: Teachers Resource Book, p.28)  **John James Audubon's Birds of America ** []

=**Discovery Education Video**= This video can be used with younger students, it is a short two min. video segment with emphasis on the "f" sound in the word Flamingo. http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?guidAssetId=29B17295-CF24-4403-882D-DE275B2BD518&blnFromSearch=1&productcode=US.

This video is about the artist John James Audubon as he explains his work. It is just under 2 mins.: http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?guidAssetId=0A25036A-80DE-4054-BF7D-CBCA580DED1B&blnFromSearch=1&productcode=US

//**The American Woodsman: Our Namesake and Inspiration, National Audubon Society [] **//
 * [[image:142-80_audubon-web.jpg width="186" height="226" align="right" caption="John James Audubon Portrait"]] John James Audubon 1785-1851 **

**John James Audubon Center at Mill Grove, Audubon, PA [] **

**Want to learn more about birds? Check out these web sites: ** WhatBird.com [] eNature.Com [] Sibley Online Guide to Birds [|http://sibley.enature.com/]

= = - Poster of American Flamingo hung with featured book covers of titles written about or set in Pennsylvania - Book Titles:
 * High School Bulletin Board idea: "Products of Pennsylvania: Read Locally"**
 * In Days Gone By: Folklores and Traditions of the Pennsylavnia Dutch
 * Montgomery County Ghost Stories
 * Pennsylvania Caves and Other Rocky Roadside Wonders
 * Pennsylvania Trail of History Cookbook
 * Trout Streams & Hatches of Pennsylvania: A Complete Fly Fishing Guide to 140 Streams
 * Philadelphia & The Pennsylvania Dutch Country
 * Remarkable Pennsylvania Women
 * Voices: African American and Latina Women in Pennsylvania Share Their Stories of Success
 * It Happened in Pennsylvania
 * Save Our Land, Save Our Towns: A Plan for Pennsylvania
 * John James Audubon: The Making of An American
 * Benjamin Franklin
 * Fever, 1793
 * Gruel & Unusual Punishment: A Pennsylvania Dutch Mystery with Recipes
 * Birds of America: The Complete Collection of 435 Illustrations from the Most Famous Bird Book in the World