{"id":1925,"date":"2009-11-03T10:05:40","date_gmt":"2009-11-03T15:05:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/archives\/1925"},"modified":"2009-11-03T10:05:40","modified_gmt":"2009-11-03T15:05:40","slug":"teaching-geography-with-childrens-literature-the-journey-of-oliver-k-woodman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/2009\/11\/03\/teaching-geography-with-childrens-literature-the-journey-of-oliver-k-woodman\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching Geography with Children&#8217;s Literature:  The Journey of Oliver K. Woodman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/files\/2009\/11\/37957859.thumbnail.JPG\" alt=\"37957859.JPG\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Young Tameka wants her favorite uncle, Ray, to visit her in California.\u00a0 Ray is too busy with his job in South Carolina\u00a0to\u00a0travel to\u00a0Tameka&#8217;s home; so, he sends Oliver K. Woodman, a hand-crafted wooden man,\u00a0in his place.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/search.barnesandnoble.com\/The-Journey-of-Oliver-K-Woodman\/Darcy-Pattison\/e\/9780152023294\/?itm=3&amp;USRI=darcy+pattison\">The Journey of Oliver K. Woodman<\/a>,\u00a0written by\u00a0Darcy Pattison and illustrated by Joe Cepeda, recounts Oliver&#8217;s cross-country trek in which he depends on the kindness of strangers to reach his destination.\u00a0 Pattison&#8217;s whimsical story is wonderfully told through postcards and letters.\u00a0 Cepeda&#8217;s lovely pictures, painted with oil\u00a0over\u00a0acrylic on board, make not\u00a0only Oliver, but the entire story\u00a0come alive.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Connections<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>The Journey of Oliver K. Woodman<\/em> includes a United States\u00a0map which charts Oliver&#8217;s journey from coast to coast.\u00a0 This creates a good tie-in to geography lessons for any elementary level class (VA SOL&#8217;s K.3-5, 1.4-6, 2.4-6, and 3.6).\u00a0 This book could serve as the\u00a0inspiration for\u00a0a joint Social Studies\/English project where the student\u00a0uses correspondence and\u00a0geographic\u00a0research to document an imagined trip.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Additional Resources<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Spark your creativity with ideas from\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ed.gov\/pubs\/parents\/Geography\/index.html\">Helping Your Child Learn Geography<\/a>, a U.S. Department of Education website.<\/li>\n<li>Teach\u00a0letter-writing skills by starting a\u00a0pen pal program with people across\u00a0town, across country, or across oceans.\u00a0 Consider these\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/k6educators.about.com\/od\/languageart1\/a\/pen_pals.htm\">suggestions<\/a>\u00a0before you begin.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kids.nationalgeographic.com\/Games\/GeographyGames\/Geospy\">National Geographic&#8217;s Geospy game<\/a>\u00a0is a fun way for kids to learn the locations of\u00a0countinents, countries and states.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Book<\/strong>:\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/search.barnesandnoble.com\/The-Journey-of-Oliver-K-Woodman\/Darcy-Pattison\/e\/9780152023294\/?itm=3&amp;USRI=darcy+pattison\">The Journey of Oliver K. Woodman<\/a><strong><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><strong>Author:\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0Darcy Pattison<br \/>\n<strong>Illustrator:<\/strong>\u00a0Joe Cepeda<br \/>\n<strong>Publisher<\/strong>:\u00a0 Harcourt, Inc.<br \/>\n<strong>Publication Date<\/strong>:\u00a0March, 2003<br \/>\n<strong>Pages<\/strong>:\u00a056<br \/>\n<strong>Grade Range<\/strong>:\u00a0K-5<br \/>\n<strong>ISBN-13<\/strong>:\u00a09780152023294<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Young Tameka wants her favorite uncle, Ray, to visit her in California.\u00a0 Ray is too busy with his job in South Carolina\u00a0to\u00a0travel to\u00a0Tameka&#8217;s home; so, he sends Oliver K. Woodman, a hand-crafted wooden man,\u00a0in his place.\u00a0 The Journey of Oliver &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/2009\/11\/03\/teaching-geography-with-childrens-literature-the-journey-of-oliver-k-woodman\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4424,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[79,50,30,125,31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-african-american","category-book-review","category-diversity","category-geography","category-social-studies"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1925","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4424"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1925"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1925\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}