Literature-Based Social Studies
Author: Mildred Knight Laughlin
Publisher: Greenwood
Published: 1991
Total Pages: 166
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGrade level: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, k, p, e, i, t.
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More Social Studies Through Childrens Literature
Author: Anthony D. Fredericks
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Published: 2000-02-15
Total Pages: 247
ISBN-13: 0313078408
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThese dynamic literature-based activities will help you energize the social studies curriculum and implement national (and many of state) standards. Fredericks presents hundreds of hands-on, minds-on projects to stimulate actively and engage students in positive learning. Each of these 33 units offers book summaries, social studies topic areas, critical thinking questions, and dozens of easy-to-do activities for every grade level. The author also gives practical guidelines for integrating literature across the curriculum, lists of web sites useful in social studies classes, and annotated bibliographies of related resources.
Much More Social Studies Through Children's Literature
Author: Anthony D. Fredericks
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Published: 2007-04-30
Total Pages: 277
ISBN-13: 0313094667
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFredericks presents hundreds of hands-on, minds-on projects that actively engage students in positive learning experiences. Each of the units offers book summaries, social studies topic areas, critical thinking questions, classroom resources, and lots of easy-to-do activities for every grade level. The author also provides practical guidelines for collaborative ventures with school librarians, tips for integrating literature across the curriculum, lists of relevant web sites useful in social studies curriculum. Everything is linked to the social studies standards.
U.S. History Through Children's Literature
Author: Wanda Miller
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Published: 1997-03-15
Total Pages: 245
ISBN-13: 0313079463
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAllow students to step back in time to experience the thoughts, feelings, dilemmas, and actions of people from history. For each history topic, Miller suggests two titles-one for use with the entire class and one for use with small reading groups. Summaries of the books, author information, activities, and topics for discussion are supplemented with vocabulary lists and ideas for research topics and further reading. This integrated approach makes history meaningful to students and helps them retain historical details and facts.
Children's Literature in Social Studies
Author: DeAn M. Krey
Publisher:
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 204
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGraded, annotated bibliography of children's books organized according to the NCSS's ten thematic strands of social studies: culture; time continuity, and change; people, places, and environments; individual development and identity; individuals, groups, and institutions; power, authority, and governance; production, distribution, and consumption; science, technology, and society; global connections; civic ideals and practices.
Religious Diversity and Children's Literature
Author: Connie R. Green
Publisher: IAP
Published: 2011-05-01
Total Pages: 261
ISBN-13: 1617353981
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book is an invaluable resource for enabling teachers, religious educators, and families to learn about religious diversity themselves and to teach children about both their own religion as well as the beliefs of others. The traditions featured include indigenous beliefs throughout the world, Native American spirituality, Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity (Orthodoxy, Catholicism and Protestantism), Islam, Sikhism, and other beliefs such as Bahá'í, Unitarian Universalism, Humanism, and Atheism. Each chapter highlights a specific religion or spiritual tradition with a brief discussion about major beliefs, misconceptions, sacred texts, and holy days or celebrations. This summary of each tradition is followed by extensive annotated recommendations for children’s and adolescent literature as well as suggested teaching strategies. The recommended literature includes informational books, traditional religious stories, and fiction with religious themes. Teachers, religious educators, and family members will find the literature from these genres to be invaluable tools for bridging the religious experience of the child with that of the global society in which they live.
Social Studies and Me!
Author: Sally Anderson
Publisher: Gryphon House Incorporated
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780876593318
DOWNLOAD EBOOKYoung children are naturally interested in their world. They are learning to understand who they are, who their family members are, and what it means to have friends. They are curious about their communities, who lives and works there, how things are made, and what they cost. They are beginning to ask questions about their environment and the greater world. With Social Studies and Me! teachers can support children's curiosity by using storybooks to engage them in social studies and literacy learning and deepen their understanding of skills and concepts. Themes include: I Am a Person; Families, Friends, Communities; and The Big World.
Multicultural American History
Author: Deborah A. Ellermeyer
Publisher: Libraries Unlimited
Published: 2003-09-08
Total Pages: 168
ISBN-13:
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The Children's Literature Lover's Book of Lists
Author: Joanna Sullivan
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Published: 2004-01-22
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780787965952
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis unique book is written for teachers, parents, librarians and anyone who is seeking quality literature for children (preschoolers through grade 6). The book is filled with wide-ranging lists of titles organized by grade level, theme, and content areas. This comprehensive resource simplifies your search by selecting the most useful information from websites, teacher resources, award listings, and publications that are available on children’s literature. For quick access and easy use, the lists are printed in full-page format and organized into five sections.
January's Sparrow
Author: Patricia Polacco
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2009-10-29
Total Pages: 98
ISBN-13: 0399250778
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPatricia Polacco's most powerful book since Pink and Say. In the middle of the night, The Crosswhites?including young Sadie?must flee the Kentucky plantation they work on. Dear January has been beaten and killed by the plantation master, and they fear who may be next. But Sadie must leave behind her most valuable possession, the wooden sparrow carved for her by January. Through the Underground Railroad, the Crosswhites make the slow and arduous journey to Marshall, Michigan, where they finally live in freedom. And there they stay, happily, until the day a mysterious package shows up on their doorsteps. It is January?s sparrow, with a note that reads, ?I found you.? How the Crosswhites, and the whole town of Marshall, face this threat will leave readers empowered and enthralled. This is a Polacco adventure that will live in the minds of children for years.
