{"id":1923,"date":"2009-10-28T21:38:37","date_gmt":"2009-10-29T02:38:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/archives\/1923"},"modified":"2009-10-28T21:38:37","modified_gmt":"2009-10-29T02:38:37","slug":"teaching-geography-with-childrens-literature-earthshake-poems-from-the-ground-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/2009\/10\/28\/teaching-geography-with-childrens-literature-earthshake-poems-from-the-ground-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching Geography with Children’s Literature: Earthshake (Poems from the Ground Up)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The book Earthshake<\/a>, poems from the ground up, is an accumulation of several poems that are related to the earth.<\/p>\n

Summary<\/strong>
\nThis book is a fun and interesting way to look at the earth.\u00a0 Some of the poems are just short little phrases while other ones are about a page long.\u00a0 The topics span from the earth’s crust, to continents, to wind and fire.\u00a0 They all have witty, fun names too including “Wyoming Layer Cake”, “Instructions for the Earth’s Dishwasher”, and “Earth Charged in Meteor’s Fiery Death.”\u00a0 The different titles for the poems make it fun and exciting for the students to read.\u00a0 It offers a different perspective on how to look at the earth as well.<\/p>\n

Curriculum Connection
\n<\/strong>This book would not me limited to any particular grade considering it is such a general overview and offers such a small introduction to each topic.\u00a0 It would probably fit well with 1st through 3rd grade.<\/p>\n

Additional Resources:
\n1. <\/strong>This book has such a wide range of topics that it would be easy to make an international connection.\u00a0 This website<\/a> offers information on numerous countries all around the world.
\n2. <\/strong>This link <\/a>provides a connection to a science activity that deals with a meteorite
\n3.<\/strong> This is a helpful website<\/a> that offers several different maps of countries, towns, cities, and more<\/p>\n

General Information:
\nBook:<\/strong> Earthshake (Poems from the Ground Up)<\/a>
\nAuthor:<\/strong> Lisa Westberg Peters
\nIllustrator: <\/strong>Cathie Felstead
\nPublisher: <\/strong>Greenwillow Books
\nPublication Date: <\/strong>2003
\nPages: <\/strong>32
\nGrade Range: <\/strong>4-8
\nISBN #:<\/strong> 0060292652<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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