Much More Social Studies through Children's Literature: A Collaborative Approach
Anthony D. Fredericks, Judy Grupp (Illustrator), Judy GruppBooks.org participates in affiliate programs including Bookshop.org and the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program. We may earn a commission from qualifying purchases made through links on this page, at no additional cost to you.
Overview
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.
Synopsis
These dynamic literature-based activities will help you energize the entire social studies curriculum and implement national (and state) standards.
Fredericks presents hundreds of "hands-on, minds-on" projects that actively engage students in positive learning experiences. Each of the 62 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 relevent Web sites useful in social studies education, and an up-to-date section of annotated bibliographies of the best in children's social studies literature/
Editorials
From the Publisher
"The third entry in this series of teaching aids suggests 400 activities elementary school students can perform in conjunction with 45 trade books on self-perception, family, community, history, geography, animals, and international cultures. The final two sections provide theater scripts for children to read aloud and reproducible handouts."
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Reference & Research Book News
"A participatory approach to elementary social studies teaching. Quality children's literature is the focal point for the hands-on, minds-on experiences that are presented in the 62 units linked to national standards. Practical and up-to-date suggestions for collaborations with librarians and integration across the curriculum are included."
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Curriculum Connections
"Fredericks doles out a bevy of engaging new literature-based social studies lessons. Up-to-date book recommendations are varied in both genre and topic and each is accompanied by modifiable lesson plans. The readers' theatre scripts are unremarkable but an excellent section on literature response makes up for them."
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School Library Journal