{"id":1937,"date":"2009-10-31T20:46:53","date_gmt":"2009-11-01T01:46:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/archives\/1937"},"modified":"2009-10-31T20:46:53","modified_gmt":"2009-11-01T01:46:53","slug":"teaching-geography-with-childrens-literature-from-here-to-there","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/2009\/10\/31\/teaching-geography-with-childrens-literature-from-here-to-there\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching Geography with Children’s Literature: From Here to There"},"content":{"rendered":"

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From Here to There <\/em><\/a>, written by Margery Cuyler, is a simple, yet beautifully\u00a0illustrated, book that shows where a little girl, Maria, lives with her family.\u00a0 It illuminates the concept that we are all part of a world that is bigger than our own home, town, and state.<\/p>\n

Curriculum Connections:<\/strong>\u00a0 From Here to There <\/em>is a good book for teaching the concept that we are all part of the solar system we live in, as seen in the beautiful pictures of the progression of where her home fits\u00a0into this world.\u00a0 It starts at her home, then moves to her town,\u00a0her county,\u00a0her state, then\u00a0country,\u00a0hemisphere, planet, solar system, galaxy, and beyond.\u00a0\u00a0Geography SOL 1.4<\/p>\n

Additional Resources:
\n<\/strong>This website<\/a> provides instructions on setting up a lego station so that children can work as a team to build a community by constructing roads and prominent buildings, such as fire stations, their school, grocery store, etc.\u00a0 This is a good idea to continue reinforcing the idea of maps and the use of map symbols.<\/p>\n

This website<\/a> offers instructions on how to teach children about maps.\u00a0 It starts with\u00a0making a map of the classroom, then a map of the school, then the community, and so forth.\u00a0 You can make this activity reach as far as you want it to, based on the level of your students…just like the book!<\/p>\n

This website<\/a> is an interactive website that could be done independently, or collectively as a class, projected onto the board or screen.\u00a0 It is a simple map with questions that help teach basic map symbols, how to\u00a0follow a map,\u00a0and use of the compass rose.<\/p>\n

General Information:
\nBook<\/strong>: From Here to There<\/em>
\nAuthor<\/strong>: Margery Cuyler
\nIllustrator<\/strong>: Yu Cha Pak
\nPublisher<\/strong>: Fitzhenry & Whiteside Ltd.
\nPages<\/strong>:\u00a0 32
\nGrade Range<\/strong>: K-2
\nISBN<\/strong>:\u00a0 0-8050-3191<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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