Weaving Children’s Literature into Social Studies K–5
J. Multiple Perspectives
Suggested Time: 15 minutes
Materials:
Participant Handout
- A Sampling of Literature to Support an Appreciation
of Different Perspectives in Social Studies, Grades
K-9 (Appendix XXXIII)
- Explain that understanding multiple perspectives is
a thread that runs through the curriculum. Review a few
titles that support the development of an appreciation
for different perspectives. Some of the following might
be briefly shared:
From the book box:
- River Ran Wild
- Life Like Mine: How Children Live Around the World
- Lamp, the Ice, and the Boat Called Fish
- From Far Away
- Luba and the Wren: A Ukrainian Folktale
- Enough
- If The World Were A Village
- Secret of the Dance
- Brothers in Hope: The Story of the Lost Boys of
Sudan
- Delta is my Home
Other titles that might also be included:
- No Two Snowflakes
- Rabbits
- Encounter
- Voices in the Park
- Two Bad Ants
- Show and Tell
- Silver Threads
- As Long as the Rivers Flow: A last summer before
residential school
- Town Mouse, Country Mouse
A sample annotated list of titles that support understanding
of multiple perspectives is provided in Appendix XXXIII. The
document title is A Sampling of Literature to Support
an Appreciation of Different Perspectives in Social Studies,
Grades K-9 and the filename is Different Perspectives.doc. This
should be provided as a handout for participants.
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This resource was developed by ERLC as a result of a grant from Alberta Education to support implementation.
