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Much More Social Studies Through Children's Literature

Author : Anthony D. Fredericks

Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Page : 277 pages

File Size : 45,32 MB

Release : 2007-04-30

Category : Language Arts & Disciplines

ISBN : 0313094667

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Book Description

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.



More Social Studies Through Childrens Literature

Author : Anthony D. Fredericks

Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Page : 247 pages

File Size : 31,48 MB

Release : 2000-02-15

Category : Language Arts & Disciplines

ISBN : 0313078408

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Book Description

These 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.



Social Studies Through Children's Literature

Author : Anthony D. Fredericks

Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Page : 210 pages

File Size : 24,43 MB

Release : 1991-10-15

Category : Education

ISBN : 0313078424

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Book Description

Use this activity-centered, literature-based approach to get students excited about social studies. These 32 units have summaries of books, social studies topic areas, lists of content-related words, curricular perspectives, and critical-thinking questions, as well as myriad activities. Fredericks also gives you an excellent annotated bibliography of children's literature and a list of social studies resources.



U.S. History Through Children's Literature

Author : Wanda Miller

Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Page : 245 pages

File Size : 37,54 MB

Release : 1997-03-15

Category : Language Arts & Disciplines

ISBN : 0313079463

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Book Description

Allow 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 :

Page : 204 pages

File Size : 19,79 MB

Release : 1998

Category : Children

ISBN :

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Manual aids teachers in selecting children's books that correlate with one or more of the ten thematic strands of social studies and provides sample social studies literature response activities. Annotated book lists given. Elementary.



Social Studies and Me!

Author : Sally Anderson

Publisher : Gryphon House Incorporated

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 36,8 MB

Release : 2011

Category : Education

ISBN : 9780876593318

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Book Description

Young 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.





A More Perfect Union

Author : Christina L. Allen

Publisher :

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 36,33 MB

Release : 2003

Category : Children's literature

ISBN :

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Social Studies Discoveries on the Net

Author : Anthony D. Fredericks

Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Page : 289 pages

File Size : 23,57 MB

Release : 2000-10-15

Category : Education

ISBN : 0313009635

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Book Description

Tap into the budding investigators within youngsters and help them connect to the incredible array of social studies knowledge and resources on the Internet. The 75 lessons in this book guide you and your students in exciting Internet projects that target specific content objectives for specific social studies concepts. Each unit includes activities, questions, and lists of relevant Web sites and related literature. A great way to motivate students, build online technology skills, and increase knowledge.



Science Through Children's Literature

Author : John W. Butzow

Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Page : 228 pages

File Size : 47,14 MB

Release : 2000-03-15

Category : Education

ISBN : 0313077940

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Book Description

The Butzows' groundbreaking, critically acclaimed, and best-selling resource has been thoroughly revised and updated for today's classroom with new titles and new activities. More than 30 exciting instructional units integrate all areas of the curriculum and serve as models to educators at all levels. With each chapter there is also a list of related sources-including Internet sites. Adopted as a supplementary text in schools of education nationwide, this resource features outstanding children's fiction books that are rich in scientific concepts yet equally well known for their strong story lines and universal appeal. Activities can be used with appropriate titles for higher grades.