Social Studies and Literacy Resources
I taught a module on
social studies and literacy so have resources
(including lecture slides) on both reading and writing as it relates to social
studies. Many of these resources are available on the Teaching American History blog for
that module.
My lecture slides for that class are
available here:
"Teaching
Reading through Historical Children's Books"
"Teaching
Writing through Historical Children's Books"
Booklists for
Specific Historical Eras in America
I recommend these
contemporary books, many of which have highly relevant social themes.
Book-Specific
Resources
For each, check out
the "Chapter Guides." Each guide includes cross-curricular, social
studies-based activities and historical overviews for each particular chapter
in the book. They're quite comprehensive.
Little House Books (This site gets A LOT of hits and has
chapter guides for Little
House in the Big Woods, Little
House on the Prairie, On
the Banks of Plum Creek, and The
Long Winter.)
Various books on the theme of Exploration (including
Conestoga
Wagons, America
at the Time of Lewis and Clark, The
Coast Mappers, Dakota
Dugout, Daily
Life in a Covered Wagon, Sarah,
Plain and Tall, several Discovery magazine issues—Lewis
and Clark and Pioneers,
If
You Were a Pioneer on the Prairie, Apples
to Oregon, If
You Traveled in a Covered Wagon, Lewis
and Clark on the Trail of Discovery, Seaman's
Journal, Sacajawea,
You
Wouldn't Want to Grow Up in a Wild West Town) [Note that several of
these guides have more than one related website.]
© 2012, Christy G. Keeler, Ph.D.