Much More Social Studies Through Children's Literature : A Collaborative Approach

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ISBN: 9781591584452 | 1591584450
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Copyright: 4/30/2007

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Fredericks 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.

Preface	p. xvii
Acknowledgments	p. xix
Children's Literature in the Social Studies Curriculum
Teaching Elementary Social Studies	p. 3
Scope and Sequence	p. 3
The National Council for the Social Studies	p. 5
Rethinking the Social Studies Curriculum	p. 8
Constructivism and Social Studies Instruction	p. 9
Social Studies Teaching and Multiple Intelligences	p. 10
Final Thought	p. 12
Social Studies and Children's Literature	p. 13
Integrating Literature	p. 13
The Literature-Based Approach to Social Studies Instruction	p. 14
Advantages of Literature-Based Instruction	p. 16
Collaboration: The Name of the Game	p. 19
Benefits	p. 19
Forging the Partnership	p. 20
Librarian [RightArrow] Classroom Teacher	p. 20
Classroom Teacher [RightArrow] Librarian	p. 22
How to Use This Book	p. 25
Book Selection	p. 25
Hands-on, Minds-on Activities	p. 26
Readers Theatre	p. 27
Activity Sheets	p. 28
Activities and Processes
Child and Self	p. 31
All the Colors of the Earth	p. 31
Summary	p. 31
Social Studies Disciplines	p. 32
NCSS Thematic Strands	p. 32
Critical Thinking Questions	p. 32
Related Books	p. 32
Activities	p. 32
Giraffes Can't Dance	p. 34
Summary	p. 34
Social Studies Disciplines	p. 34
NCSS Thematic Strands	p. 34
Critical Thinking Questions	p. 34
Related Books	p. 35
Activities	p. 35
Happy Birth Day!	p. 37
Summary	p. 37
Social Studies Disciplines	p. 37
NCSS Thematic Strands	p. 37
Critical Thinking Questions	p. 37
Related Books	p. 38
Activities	p. 38
I'm Gonna Like Me: Letting Off a Little Self-Esteem	p. 40
Summary	p. 40
Social Studies Disciplines	p. 40
NCSS Thematic Strands	p. 40
Critical Thinking Questions	p. 40
Related Books	p. 41
Activities	p. 41
Parts	p. 43
Summary	p. 43
Social Studies Disciplines	p. 43
NCSS Thematic Strands	p. 43
Critical Thinking Questions	p. 43
Related Books	p. 44
Activities	p. 44
The Secret of Saying Thanks	p. 46
Summary	p. 46
Social Studies Disciplines	p. 46
NCSS Thematic Strands	p. 46
Critical Thinking Questions	p. 46
Related Books	p. 47
Activities	p. 47
Family	p. 49
Mama Loves Me from Away	p. 49
Summary	p. 49
Social Studies Disciplines	p. 49
NCSS Thematic Strands	p. 49
Critical Thinking Questions	p. 50
Related Books	p. 50
Activities	p. 50
So Far from the Sea	p. 52
Summary	p. 52
Social Studies Disciplines	p. 52
NCSS Thematic Strands	p. 52
Critical Thinking Questions	p. 53
Related Books	p. 53
Activities	p. 53
Star Blanket	p. 55
Summary	p. 55
Social Studies Disciplines	p. 55
NCSS Thematic Strands	p. 55
Critical Thinking Questions	p. 55
Related Books	p. 56
Activities	p. 56
The Star People: A Lakota Story	p. 58
Summary	p. 58
Social Studies Disciplines	p. 58
NCSS Thematic Strands	p. 58
Critical Thinking Questions	p. 58
Related Books	p. 59
Activities	p. 59
Tattered Sails	p. 61
Summary	p. 61
Social Studies Disciplines	p. 61
NCSS Thematic Strands	p. 61
Critical Thinking Questions	p. 61
Related Books	p. 62
Activities	p. 62
Community and Neighborhood	p. 65
How Raven Stole the Sun	p. 65
Summary	p. 65
Social Studies Disciplines	p. 65
NCSS Thematic Strands	p. 65
Critical Thinking Questions	p. 66
Related Books	p. 66
Activities	p. 66
My Great-Aunt Arizona	p. 68
Summary	p. 68
Social Studies Disciplines	p. 68
NCSS Thematic Strands	p. 68
Critical Thinking Questions	p. 68
Related Books	p. 69
Activities	p. 69
On One Flower: Butterflies, Ticks and a Few More Icks	p. 71
Summary	p. 71
Social Studies Disciplines	p. 71
NCSS Thematic Strands	p. 71
Critical Thinking Questions	p. 71
Related Books	p. 72
Activities	p. 72
The Other Side	p. 74
Summary	p. 74
Social Studies Disciplines	p. 74
NCSS Thematic Strands	p. 74
Critical Thinking Questions	p. 74
Related Books	p. 75
Activities	p. 75
Quinito's Neighborhood: El Vecindario de Quinito	p. 77
Summary	p. 77
Social Studies Disciplines	p. 77
NCSS Thematic Strands	p. 77
Critical Thinking Questions	p. 78
Related Books	p. 78
Activities	p. 78
Tomas and the Library Lady	p. 80
Summary	p. 80
Social Studies Disciplines	p. 80
NCSS Thematic Strands	p. 80
Critical Thinking Questions	p. 80
Related Books	p. 81
Activities	p. 81
Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge	p. 83
Summary	p. 83
Social Studies Disciplines	p. 83
NCSS Thematic Strands	p. 83
Critical Thinking Questions	p. 83
Related Books	p. 84
Activities	p. 84
City and Country	p. 87
Fireboat: The Heroic Adventures of the John J. Harvey	p. 87
Summary	p. 87
Social Studies Disciplines	p. 87
NCSS Thematic Strands	p. 88
Critical Thinking Questions	p. 88
Related Books	p. 88
Activities	p. 88
An Island Scrapbook: Dawn to Dusk on a Barrier Island	p. 90
Summary	p. 90
Social Studies Disciplines	p. 90
NCSS Thematic Strands	p. 90
Critical Thinking Questions	p. 90
Related Books	p. 91
Activities	p. 91
Life on an Apple Orchard	p. 93
Summary	p. 93
Social Studies Disciplines	p. 93
NCSS Thematic Strands	p. 93
Critical Thinking Questions	p. 94
Related Books	p. 94
Activities	p. 94
Mountain Town	p. 96
Summary	p. 96
Social Studies Disciplines	p. 96
NCSS Thematic Strands	p. 96
Critical Thinking Questions	p. 96
Related Books	p. 97
Activities	p. 97
Near One Cattail: Turtles, Logs, and Leaping Frogs	p. 99
Summary	p. 99
Social Studies Disciplines	p. 99
NCSS Thematic Strands	p. 99
Critical Thinking Questions	p. 99
Related Books	p. 100
Activities	p. 100
Rhyolite: The True Story of a Ghost Town	p. 102
Summary	p. 102
Social Studies Disciplines	p. 102
NCSS Thematic Strands	p. 102
Critical Thinking Questions	p. 102
Related Books	p. 103
Activities	p. 103
Where Horses Run Free: A Dream for the American Mustang	p. 106
Summary	p. 106
Social Studies Disciplines	p. 106
NCSS Thematic Strands	p. 106
Critical Thinking Questions	p. 106
Related Books	p. 107
Activities	p. 107
States and Regions	p. 109
Crab Moon	p. 109
Summary	p. 109
Social Studies Disciplines	p. 109
NCSS Thematic Strands	p. 109
Critical Thinking Questions	p. 110
Related Books	p. 110
Activities	p. 110
G Is for Golden: A California Alphabet	p. 112
Summary	p. 112
Social Studies Disciplines	p. 112
NCSS Thematic Strands	p. 112
Critical Thinking Questions	p. 112
Related Books	p. 113
Activities	p. 113
G Is for Grand Canyon: An Arizona Alphabet	p. 115
Summary	p. 115
Social Studies Disciplines	p. 115
NCSS Thematic Strands	p. 115
Critical Thinking Questions	p. 115
Related Books	p. 116
Activities	p. 116
High as a Hawk: A Brave Girl's Historic Climb	p. 118
Summary	p. 118
Social Studies Disciplines	p. 118
NCSS Thematic Strands	p. 118
Critical Thinking Questions	p. 118
Related Books	p. 119
Activities	p. 119
I Have Heard of a Land	p. 121
Summary	p. 121
Social Studies Disciplines	p. 121
NCSS Thematic Strands	p. 121
Critical Thinking Questions	p. 122
Related Books	p. 122
Activities	p. 122
Quilt of States: Piecing Together America	p. 124
Summary	p. 124
Social Studies Disciplines	p. 124
NCSS Thematic Strands	p. 124
Critical Thinking Questions	p. 124
Related Books	p. 125
Activities	p. 125
The Tsunami Quilt: Grandfather's Story	p. 127
Summary	p. 127
Social Studies Disciplines	p. 127
NCSS Thematic Strands	p. 127
Critical Thinking Questions	p. 127
Related Books	p. 128
Activities	p. 128
Nation and Country	p. 131
A Is for America: An American Alphabet	p. 131
Summary	p. 131
Social Studies Disciplines	p. 131
NCSS Thematic Strands	p. 132
Critical Thinking Questions	p. 132
Related Books	p. 132
Activities	p. 132
Coming to America: A Muslim Family's Story	p. 134
Summary	p. 134
Social Studies Disciplines	p. 134
NCSS Thematic Strands	p. 134
Critical Thinking Questions	p. 134
Related Books	p. 135
Activities	p. 135
Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.	p. 137
Summary	p. 137
Social Studies Disciplines	p. 137
NCSS Thematic Strands	p. 137
Critical Thinking Questions	p. 138
Related Books	p. 138
Activities	p. 138
Pearl Harbor Warriors: The Bugler, the Pilot, the Friendship	p. 140
Summary	p. 140
Social Studies Disciplines	p. 140
NCSS Thematic Strands	p. 140
Critical Thinking Questions	p. 140
Related Books	p. 141
Activities	p. 141
So You Want to Be President?	p. 143
Summary	p. 143
Social Studies Disciplines	p. 143
NCSS Thematic Strands	p. 143
Critical Thinking Questions	p. 144
Related Books	p. 144
Activities	p. 144
The Star-Spangled Banner	p. 146
Summary	p. 146
Social Studies Disciplines	p. 146
NCSS Thematic Strands	p. 146
Critical Thinking Questions	p. 146
Related Books	p. 147
Activities	p. 147
Vote!	p. 149
Summary	p. 149
Social Studies Disciplines	p. 149
NCSS Thematic Strands	p. 149
Critical Thinking Questions	p. 149
Related Books	p. 150
Activities	p. 150
World	p. 153
Antarctic Journal: Four Months at the Bottom of the World	p. 153
Summary	p. 153
Social Studies Disciplines	p. 154
NCSS Thematic Strands	p. 154
Critical Thinking Questions	p. 154
Related Books	p. 154
Activities	p. 154
Beautiful Blackbird	p. 156
Summary	p. 156
Social Studies Disciplines	p. 156
NCSS Thematic Strands	p. 156
Critical Thinking Questions	p. 156
Related Books	p. 156
Activities	p. 157
Horse Hooves and Chicken Feet: Mexican Folktales	p. 159
Summary	p. 159
Social Studies Disciplines	p. 159
NCSS Thematic Strands	p. 159
Critical Thinking Questions	p. 159
Related Books	p. 160
Activities	p. 160
Jabuti the Tortoise: A Trickster Tale from the Amazon	p. 162
Summary	p. 162
Social Studies Disciplines	p. 162
NCSS Thematic Strands	p. 162
Critical Thinking Questions	p. 162
Related Books	p. 163
Activities	p. 163
Lord of the Cranes	p. 165
Summary	p. 165
Social Studies Disciplines	p. 165
NCSS Thematic Strands	p. 165
Critical Thinking Questions	p. 165
Related Books	p. 166
Activities	p. 166
This Place I Know: Poems of Comfort	p. 168
Summary	p. 168
Social Studies Disciplines	p. 169
NCSS Thematic Strands	p. 169
Critical Thinking Questions	p. 169
Related Books	p. 169
Activities	p. 169
Readers Theatre
Is the Value of Readers Theatre?	p. 171
Using Readers Theatre	p. 173
Presentation Suggestions	p. 174
References	p. 175
The First Thanksgiving (Nation)	p. 176
Social Studies Concept	p. 176
Summary	p. 176
Social Studies Disciplines	p. 176
NCSS Thematic Strands	p. 176
Critical Thinking Questions	p. 176
Three Ways of Living (City and Country)	p. 180
Social Studies Concept	p. 180
Summary	p. 180
Social Studies Disciplines	p. 180
NCSS Thematic Strands	p. 180
Critical Thinking Questions	p. 180
A Conversation with Thomas Jefferson (Nation)	p. 185
Social Studies Concept	p. 185
Summary	p. 185
Social Studies Disciplines	p. 185
NCSS Thematic Strands	p. 185
Critical Thinking Questions	p. 185
All Together Now (Community and Neighborhood)	p. 192
Social Studies Concept	p. 192
Summary	p. 192
Social Studies Disciplines	p. 192
NCSS Thematic Strands	p. 192
Critical Thinking Questions	p. 192
The Shapiros' New Adventure (World)	p. 196
Social Studies Concept	p. 196
Summary	p. 196
Social Studies Disciplines	p. 196
NCSS Thematic Strands	p. 196
Critical Thinking Questions	p. 196
Day of the Wave (States and Regions)	p. 203
Social Studies Concept	p. 203
Summary	p. 203
Social Studies Disciplines	p. 203
NCSS Thematic Strands	p. 203
Critical Thinking Questions	p. 203
Activity Sheets
Literature Log I	p. 211
Literature Log II	p. 213
Story Map	p. 214
Story Pyramid	p. 215
Character Analysis Frame	p. 216
I Wonder...	p. 217
A Reader's Menu	p. 218
Author Study	p. 219
Word by Word	p. 220
Book by Book	p. 221
An Annotated Bibliography of Children's Literature	p. 223
The Concepts of Social Studies	p. 223
Self	p. 223
Family	p. 224
Communities and Neighborhoods	p. 225
City and County	p. 226
States and Regions	p. 227
Nation	p. 227
World	p. 228
The Disciplines of Social Studies	p. 229
Geography	p. 229
Anthropology	p. 230
Sociology	p. 231
Political Science	p. 232
Economics	p. 232
History	p. 233
Teacher Resources	p. 235
Index	p. 239
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