{"id":1969,"date":"2009-11-02T15:36:18","date_gmt":"2009-11-02T20:36:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/archives\/1969"},"modified":"2009-11-02T15:36:18","modified_gmt":"2009-11-02T20:36:18","slug":"teaching-geography-with-childrens-literature-are-we-there-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/2009\/11\/02\/teaching-geography-with-childrens-literature-are-we-there-yet\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching Geography with Children&#8217;s Literature: Are We There Yet?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/files\/2009\/11\/0670880671.jpg\" title=\"0670880671.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/files\/2009\/11\/0670880671.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"0670880671.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Are-There-Yet-Alison-Lester\/dp\/1929132735\">Are We There Yet?<\/a> by Alison Lester is a book that chronicles the journey of a family around Australia.\u00a0 The book begins with a map of Australia and the route that the family took around the country.\u00a0 During the book, the family rides around the country in a camper.\u00a0 The family travels to many different places and at each place some of the geological features are explained.\u00a0 Each time they move to a different part of Australia it is represented on a small map of Australia on the top of the page.\u00a0 At each stop the youngest child asks &#8220;are we there yet?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>Curriculum Connections<\/strong><br \/>\nThis book is a way to look at map skills, as well as how geographic features affect clothing, shelter, etc.\u00a0 This matches to Virginia SOL&#8217;s 1.4 and 1.6.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>Additional Resources<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nullarbornet.com.au\/towns\/headBight.html\">Nullabor Travel Guide<\/a> has a website with some pictures of the Head of the Bight as well as whale watching that is mentioned in the book.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-admin\/www.penguin.com.au\/puffin\/notes\/pdf\/0670880671.pdf\">Penguin Publishing <\/a>provides a number of lesson plans associated with Are We There Yet which touches on reading, science, and geography.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.visitvictoria.com\/displayobject.cfm\/objectid.000B0BDC-CFBC-1A5C-BC6180C476A90000\/\">The Melbourne Tourist<\/a> website looks at the Twelve Apostles which is a scenic rock formation that the family visits in the book.<a href=\"http:\/\/learningtogive.org\/lessons\/unit168\/lesson1.html\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>Book:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Are-There-Yet-Alison-Lester\/dp\/1929132735\">Are We There Yet?<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Author and Illustrator: <\/strong>Alison Lester<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Publisher:<\/strong> Kane\/Miller Book Publishers<strong><br \/>\nPublication Date: <\/strong>January 2005<br \/>\n<strong>Pages:<\/strong> 32 pages<br \/>\n<strong>Grade Range: <\/strong>1-3<strong> <\/strong><strong><br \/>\nISBN-13:<\/strong> 978-1929132737<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are We There Yet? by Alison Lester is a book that chronicles the journey of a family around Australia.\u00a0 The book begins with a map of Australia and the route that the family took around the country.\u00a0 During the book, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/2009\/11\/02\/teaching-geography-with-childrens-literature-are-we-there-yet\/\">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":[50,125],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-review","category-geography"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1969","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=1969"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1969\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}