{"id":1980,"date":"2009-11-15T20:04:15","date_gmt":"2009-11-16T01:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/archives\/1980"},"modified":"2009-11-15T20:04:15","modified_gmt":"2009-11-16T01:04:15","slug":"teaching-civics-with-childrens-literature-albert-the-fix-it-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/2009\/11\/15\/teaching-civics-with-childrens-literature-albert-the-fix-it-man\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching Civics with Children&#8217;s Literature: Albert the Fix-it Man"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/files\/2009\/09\/moonbears-shadow.jpg\" title=\"moonbears-shadow.jpg\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/files\/2009\/09\/moonbears-shadow.jpg\" title=\"moonbears-shadow.jpg\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/files\/2009\/09\/s_pumpkinpumpkin.jpg\" title=\"s_pumpkinpumpkin.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/files\/2009\/11\/albert.jpg\" title=\"albert.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/files\/2009\/11\/albert.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"albert.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Wouldn&#8217;t our world be a better place if everyone treated\u00a0each other\u00a0as we would like to be treated?\u00a0I think this is a very important concept that should be taught in our classrooms. The book, <em>Albert the Fix-it Man,<\/em> is a perfect introduction to the Golden Rule for students.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0This book is about a selfless man, Albert, who loves to fix things. He takes great joy in helping others and &#8220;Albert&#8217;s always on the lookout for things to fix.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0He is someone that his neighbors can count on to be there for them. Throughout the book, Albert helps Auntie Miller, Mr. Jensen, Akiko, and Mrs. Peabody with various tasks.\u00a0\u00a0 One day, he wakes up in the morning with a cold. His thoughtful newspaper boy realizes that Albert is sick so &#8220;Sam tells everyone on his paper route that Albert the Fix-it Man is not feeling well.&#8221;\u00a0Once Albert&#8217;s neighbors hear that he isn&#8217;t feeling well, they all pitch in to surprise him with a get well visit.\u00a0&#8220;Albert starts to feel better the moment he sees all of his friends. After a meal of fresh beans, hot apple pie, and minty tea, he feels even better.&#8221;\u00a0His kindness was rewarded with kindness.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>Albert the Fix-it Man <\/em>is a wonderful book to use to teach civics to kindergarten, first and second\u00a0grade classrooms.\u00a0This\u00a0book teaches students\u00a0how to help others and treat others with respect (VA SOL 1.10a). It also describes actions that can improve the school and community (VA SOL 2.10c).\u00a0 I really like how the characters in the book are diverse. This book truly is a great classroom addition.<\/p>\n<p>Additional Resources:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Here is a link to a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/civics.pwnet.org\/1\/1.1.4.html\">lesson<\/a> on teaching children to be\u00a0helpful.\u00a0I love how they\u00a0introduced puppets to role-play how they can be helpful at home and in the classroom.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>This is a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.educationworld.com\/a_lesson\/04\/lp329-01.shtml\">lesson<\/a> about Respect but it can also be altered to include the Golden Rule. I think this would be very helpful in teaching students to treat others as they would like to be treated.<\/li>\n<li>The <a href=\"http:\/\/themannersclub.com\/manners_club_audio.html\">Manner&#8217;s Club website<\/a>\u00a0includes a good manner&#8217;s pledge that would be a great addition to any lesson on respect. This site also\u00a0has songs that can downloaded for a small fee.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Book:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Albert-Fix-Man-Janet-Lord\/dp\/1561454338\">Albert the Fix-it Man<br \/>\n<\/a>Author: Janet Lord<br \/>\nIllustrator: Julie Paschkis<br \/>\nPublisher: Peachtree Publishers<a href=\"http:\/\/www.creativeteaching.com\/\"><br \/>\n<\/a>Publication Date: 2008<br \/>\nPages: 32<br \/>\nGrade Range: K-3<br \/>\nISBN: 1561454338<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wouldn&#8217;t our world be a better place if everyone treated\u00a0each other\u00a0as we would like to be treated?\u00a0I think this is a very important concept that should be taught in our classrooms. The book, Albert the Fix-it Man, is a perfect &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/2009\/11\/15\/teaching-civics-with-childrens-literature-albert-the-fix-it-man\/\">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":[50,848],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-review","category-civics"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1980","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=1980"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1980\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}