Overview

This book provides teachers, librarians, and education methods professors with strategies, lesson plans, and activities that enable them to use literature as a springboard to social studies thematic instruction. With the amount of time and resources allocated to teaching social studies being significantly reduced, social studies lessons need to be incorporated into other subjects. Notable Books, Notable Lessons: Putting Social Studies Back in the K–8 Curriculum offers the tools to teach students social studies concepts that are increasingly relevant and essential in today's diverse, globalized world—lessons that are vital in order to prepare students to think critically and participate in our multicultural democracy. Providing information that elementary and middle school teachers and librarians, district-level curriculum directors and principals, staff developers, and social studies and literacy methods professors will find extremely useful, this book uses the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS)/Children's Book Council (CBC)'s current and past lists of Notable Books at the elementary and middle school levels to offer easy-to-follow lesson plans that integrate social studies instruction with reading and language arts. The lesson plans pose compelling questions to facilitate discussion and critical thinking and suggest engaging activities that are connected to the social studies concepts. The book also includes sample student handouts for the selected pieces of literature.

Full Product Details

Author:   Andrea S. Libresco ,  Jeannette Balantic ,  Mary Battenfeld
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Libraries Unlimited Inc
Edition:   Annotated edition
Weight:   0.680kg
ISBN:  

9781440840791

ISBN 10:   1440840792
Pages:   242
Publication Date:   21 September 2017
Recommended Age:   From 7 to 17 years
Audience:   Primary & secondary/elementary & high school ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Educational: Primary & Secondary ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

1 Introduction 2 Culture Primary: Glass Slipper, Gold Sandal: A Worldwide Cinderella Lesson by Katrina Yoder and Paul J. Yoder Intermediate: Inside Out and Back Again Lesson by Noreen Naseem Rodríguez Middle: Muchacho Lesson by Sung Choon Park 3 Time, Continuity, and Change Primary: The Tree Lesson by Lisa Hardey Intermediate: Unspoken: A Story from the Underground Railroad Lesson by Jennifer Burke Middle: Counting on Grace Lesson by Jing Williams and Susan Gapp 4 People, Places, and Environments Primary: At the Same Moment, Around the World Lesson by Lynne Farrell Stover Intermediate: Healthy Kids Lesson by Andrea Libresco, Jeannette Balantic, and Mary Battenfeld Middle: Canary in the Coal Mine Lesson by Don Campbell 5 Individual Development and Identity Primary: In Our Mothers' House Lesson by Christina Tschida and Lisa Brown Buchanan Intermediate: The Arrival Lesson by Noreen Naseem Rodríguez Middle: Freedom Riders: John Lewis and Jim Zwerg on the Front Lines of the Civil Rights Movement Lesson by Laura Bauer and Maram Mabrouk 6 Individuals, Groups, and Institutions Primary: Climbing Lincoln's Steps: The African American Journey Lesson by Deborah Morowski Intermediate: When Rivers Burned: The Earth Day Story Lesson by Ryan Hughes Middle: Irena Sendler and the Children of the Warsaw Ghetto Lesson by Kathleen Kavet 7 Power, Authority, and Governance Primary: We March Lesson by Debra Erikson Intermediate: Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family's Fight for Desegregation Lesson by Mary Battenfeld, Andrea Libresco, and Jeannette Balantic Middle: Denied, Detained, Deported: Stories from the Dark Side of American Immigration Lesson by Kristy Brugar 8 Production, Distribution, and Consumption Primary: Last Stop on Market Street Lesson by Jeannette Balantic, Mary Battenfeld, and Andrea Libresco Intermediate: The History of Money: From Bartering to Banking Lesson by Melinda Odom Staubs Middle: Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave Lesson by Melinda Odom Staubs 9 Science, Technology, and Society Primary: Me … Jane Lesson by JoAnn Wood Intermediate: The Inventor's Secret: What Thomas Edison Told Henry Ford Lesson by Andrea Libresco, Jeannette Balantic, and Mary Battenfeld Middle: Wheels of Change: How Women Rode the Bicycle to Freedom (With a Few Flat Tires Along the Way) Lesson by Andrea Libresco, Jeannette Balantic, and Mary Battenfeld 10 Global Connections Primary: Dear Primo: A Letter to My Cousin Lesson by Elizabeth M. Frye, Eric Groce, and Robin Groce Intermediate: Return to Sender Lesson by Brenda Ayala Lewis Middle: After Gandhi: One Hundred Years of Nonviolent Resistance Lesson by Karen Hildebrand 11 Civic Ideals and Practices Primary: Carl the Complainer Lesson by M. Gail Hickey Intermediate: Lady Liberty: A Biography Lesson by George Lipscomb Middle: Courage Has No Color: The True Story of the Triple Nickels; Jump into the Sky Lesson by Karen Hildebrand 12 Conclusion Bibliography of Notable Books Spotlighted in Each Chapter Index

Reviews

Book suggestions are offered at three levels: Primary (picture books that would be adequate for grades K-2), Intermediate (grades 3-6), and Middle (grades 7 & 8). However, high school teachers might find lessons that would supplement their curriculum as well. Recommended. - School Library Connection The lesson on families is very strong, and the concept of students as change agents is heartening. This book can help the classroom teacher and school librarian to transcend banal readers and prescriptive reading programs to introduce good, engaging social-studies books. Although the tight lesson structure may seem limiting, especially the worksheets, they are an easy reach for the busy educator. - Booklist Online

The lesson on families is very strong, and the concept of students as change agents is heartening. This book can help the classroom teacher and school librarian to transcend banal readers and prescriptive reading programs to introduce good, engaging social-studies books. Although the tight lesson structure may seem limiting, especially the worksheets, they are an easy reach for the busy educator. * Booklist Online * Book suggestions are offered at three levels: Primary (picture books that would be adequate for grades K-2), Intermediate (grades 3-6), and Middle (grades 7 & 8). However, high school teachers might find lessons that would supplement their curriculum as well. Recommended. * School Library Connection *

The lesson on families is very strong, and the concept of students as change agents is heartening. This book can help the classroom teacher and school librarian to transcend banal readers and prescriptive reading programs to introduce good, engaging social-studies books. Although the tight lesson structure may seem limiting, especially the worksheets, they are an easy reach for the busy educator. - Booklist Online Book suggestions are offered at three levels: Primary (picture books that would be adequate for grades K-2), Intermediate (grades 3-6), and Middle (grades 7 & 8). However, high school teachers might find lessons that would supplement their curriculum as well. Recommended. - School Library Connection

Author Information

Andrea S. Libresco is professor of social studies education as well as codirector of elementary education and of the minor in civic education at Hofstra University. Jeannette Balantic is social studies curriculum coordinator in the Garden City School District in Garden City, NY. Mary Battenfeld is associate professor of humanities at Wheelock College in Boston, MA.

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