Weaving Children’s Literature into Social Studies K–5

Workshop Materials

• signs for book display tables indicating grade levels of the books
• blank paper for participants
• overhead projector
• overhead pens
• overheads
  • page 7 from the grade 4 literature list (Appendix VI)
  • blank overhead
  • page 2 of Miss Rumphius Question: Could this story have taken place in Acadia? (Appendix IX)
  • Lifestyle, Traditions and Culture of India to be Discovered in Anklet for a Princess: A Cinderella Story from India – from the TEXT (Appendix XI)
  • Interactive Read Aloud (Appendix XIII)
  • Sparking Inquiry Through Children’s Literature: The Moccasins (Appendix XV)
  • The Strands Of Social Studies (Appendix XVII)
  • Any desired activities or parts of activities

• handouts
  • literature lists, one for each grade that each teacher teaches
  • copies of curriculum
  • Interactive Read Aloud (Appendix XIII)
  • Sparking Inquiry Through Children’s Literature (Appendix XVI)
  • The Strands Of Social Studies (Appendix XVII)
  • A Sampling of Literature to Support an Appreciation of Different Perspectives in Social Studies, Grades K-9 (Appendix XXXIII)
  • 2-page list of Appendices