Much More Social Studies through Children's Literature: A Collaborative Approach » (New Edition)

ANTHONY D. FREDERICKS has written more than 20 books for Teacher Ideas Press. A former reading specialist and classroom teacher, he is Professor of Education, York College, York, Pennsylvania. Tony is the author of more than 65 teacher resource books, over 30 award-winning children's books, and several trade books on effective teaching.

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/

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