James A. Duplass

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James A. Duplass

• Topic 21

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Childrens Literature for Social Studies

• Literature adds value to any social studies
  program!
• Motivations for at risk students and ELL
  students.

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Independent Reading

• How does a person incorporate independent reading
  into an elementary social studies program?
• Independent reading-students are assigned reading
  from sources other than their textbooks.
• This can take place in a summer book club or it
  can be planned in lessons throughout the year.

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Continuations

• When a teacher wants literacy and learning social
  studies for goals, assigning books for students
  to read is not enough!
• Students need a structured approach to reading
  books as an independent activity.
• Communication for independent reading to parents
  and actively soliciting their involvement in
  their childrens reading assignments are
  essential.

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Lesson

• Each student is required to read a book over a
  two or three week period. Students are to
  independently read different books at their own
  pace. This lesson is based on the theme of
  success.
• Grade levels 3-6
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Variations on this approach

• This should not be limited to biographies.
• This can be used to accommodate a range of social
  studies topics and can be used with books or
  Internet sources for research projects.
• Different topics could be required such as
  chronologies, maps, outlines, summaries, etc

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A book in one hour

• This is a second approach
• A teacher would use a trade book at the fourth
  grade level, (number the stars).
• The teacher would write the main characters names
  on the chalkboard as a reference. The students,
  in the order of the numbered sections, then
  proceed to tell the story to the rest of the
  class.

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Continue

• The students will want to know what came before
  and after their passages.
• The suspense and peer pressure ensure that each
  student thinks carefully about how he or she will
  articulate a summary.

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Trade Book Resources

• Childrens fiction and nonfiction books are an
  excellent starting point for developing lesson
  plans.
• Each year, Social studies for the young learner,
  publish by the NCSS, includes a special edition
  on childrens books with advice on how they can
  be integrated with the then themes.
• www.socialstudies.org/resources/notable/home.html
  Provides an annual list and summary of
  childrens books published since 1997 that are
  excellent for social studies education.

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Trade books

• Trade books can also be used in read-alouds. The
  teacher can appear in period dress or in
  character in order to do a dramatic reading.
• This can be used to inspire students to consider
  how to make the world a better place and become a
  better person themselves.

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