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

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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.

  • 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 relevant 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.
  • All titles are linked to national social studies standards.
  • A chapter on the need for collaboration between the classroom teacher and the school librarian is included.
  • Each individual unit also includes a section on one or more collaborative classroom/library projects. Grade levels are included.
  • A crossover section points out how social studies literature can also be used to promote other aspects of the elementary curriculum.

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This is Book 24 in the Through Children's Literature Series. See all Through Children's Literature books here.

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About Anthony D. Fredericks

Anthony D. Fredericks is the author of many teacher resource books including the best-selling The Complete Science Fair Handbook, which he coauthored with Isaac Asimov. Fredericks is professor of education at York College, Pennsylvania.

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