Looking for some ideas for integrating children’s literature into social studies instruction? These sites offer some great starting points.<\/p>\n
Thematic Book Lists from the Cooperative Children’s Book Center <\/a>Thematic Book Lists from Book Links Magazine Other Resources<\/strong> <\/a><\/p>\n If you have a link to suggest, please leave a comment and I will review the site for inclusion on this list.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Looking for some ideas for integrating children’s literature into social studies instruction? These sites offer some great starting points. Thematic Book Lists from the Cooperative Children’s Book Center 40 Books About Labor http:\/\/www.education.wisc.edu\/ccbc\/books\/detailListBooks.asp?idBookLists=104 40 Books About Peace and Social Justice … Continue reading
\n<\/strong>40 Books About Labor
\nhttp:\/\/www.education.wisc.edu\/ccbc\/books\/detailListBooks.asp?idBookLists=104
\n<\/a> 40 Books About Peace and Social Justice
\nhttp:\/\/www.education.wisc.edu\/ccbc\/books\/detailListBooks.asp?idBookLists=77<\/a>
\nGlobal Reading: Selected Literature for Children and Teens Set in Other Countries
\nhttp:\/\/www.education.wisc.edu\/ccbc\/books\/detailListBooks.asp?idBookLists=280<\/a>
\nLiterature for Children and Teenagers About WWII
\nhttp:\/\/www.education.wisc.edu\/ccbc\/books\/detailListBooks.asp?idBookLists=274
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\n<\/strong>Around the World in 22 Books
\nhttp:\/\/www.ala.org\/ala\/aboutala\/offices\/publishing\/booklinks\/resources\/aroundtheworldin22books.cfm
\n<\/a>Children Caught in War
\nhttp:\/\/www.ala.org\/ala\/aboutala\/offices\/publishing\/booklinks\/resources\/childrencaught.cfm<\/a>
\nDiscovering the Bill of Rights Through Fiction
\nhttp:\/\/www.ala.org\/ala\/aboutala\/offices\/publishing\/booklinks\/resources\/billrights.cfm
\n<\/a>Ellis Island and American Immigration
\nhttp:\/\/www.ala.org\/ala\/aboutala\/offices\/publishing\/booklinks\/resources\/EllisIsland.pdf
\n<\/a>Exploring the Civil Rights Movement
\nhttp:\/\/www.ala.org\/ala\/aboutala\/offices\/publishing\/booklinks\/resources\/exploringthecivilrightsmovement.pdf<\/a>
\nFrom the Dust Bowl to Harlem: The Arts in Depression-Era America
\nhttp:\/\/www.ala.org\/ala\/aboutala\/offices\/publishing\/booklinks\/resources\/dustbowl.pdf
\n<\/a>Get Out the Vote! Books About Elections
\nhttp:\/\/www.ala.org\/ala\/aboutala\/offices\/publishing\/booklinks\/resources\/getoutthevote.pdf
\n<\/a>Huffing and Puffing Through Economics
\nhttp:\/\/www.ala.org\/ala\/aboutala\/offices\/publishing\/booklinks\/resources\/huffingpuffing.cfm
\n<\/a>Picture Perfect Geography
\nhttp:\/\/www.ala.org\/ala\/aboutala\/offices\/publishing\/booklinks\/resources\/pictureperfectgeography.cfm
\n<\/a> Recent History in Threes: Fiction, Nonfiction and the Web
\nhttp:\/\/www.ala.org\/ala\/aboutala\/offices\/publishing\/booklinks\/resources\/Recenthistoryinthrees.pdf
\n<\/a>Seeing the U.S.A. Through Books
\nhttp:\/\/www.ala.org\/ala\/aboutala\/offices\/publishing\/booklinks\/resources\/usa.pdf
\n<\/a>Shrouded in Mystery: Mummies and Ancient Burial
\nhttp:\/\/www.ala.org\/ala\/aboutala\/offices\/publishing\/booklinks\/resources\/mummies.cfm
\n<\/a>Stories From the Silk Road
\nhttp:\/\/www.ala.org\/ala\/aboutala\/offices\/publishing\/booklinks\/resources\/SilkRoad.pdf<\/a>
\nStruggle for Freedom: Slavery to Reconstruction
\nhttp:\/\/www.ala.org\/ala\/aboutala\/offices\/publishing\/booklinks\/resources\/slaveryreconstruction.cfm
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\nCarter G. Woodson Book Award Winners
\nhttp:\/\/www.socialstudies.org\/awards\/woodson\/
\n<\/a>Children’s Books That Build Character
\nhttp:\/\/www.charactercounts.org\/booklist.php<\/a>
\nChildren’s Literature with Social Studies Themes
\nhttp:\/\/www.udel.edu\/dssep\/literature.html<\/a>
\nEconKids: Rutgers University Project on Economics and Children
\nhttp:\/\/econkids.rutgers.edu\/<\/a>
\nEconomics and Geography Lessons for 32 Children’s Books
\nhttp:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20071203015008\/http:\/\/www.mcps.k12.md.us\/curriculum\/socialstd\/Econ_Geog.html
\n<\/a> <\/a>Great Picture Books to Teach Social Studies, 4-6
\nhttp:\/\/teacher.scholastic.com\/products\/instructor\/social_books_46.htm<\/a>
\nGreat Picture Books to Teach Social Studies, K-3
\nhttp:\/\/teacher.scholastic.com\/products\/instructor\/social_books_k3.htm<\/a>
\nGrowing Up Around the World: Books as Passports to Global Understanding
\nhttp:\/\/www.ala.org\/ala\/alsc\/alscresources\/booklists\/GrowingUpAroundWorld.htm
\n<\/a>Jane Addams Children’s Book Awards
\nhttp:\/\/www.janeaddamspeace.org\/jacba\/index_jacba.shtml
\n<\/a>KidsEconPosters Literature Connection
\nhttp:\/\/www.kidseconposters.com\/keb\/Literature%20Connection.htm
\n<\/a> Notable Trade Books for Young People (NCSS)
\nhttp:\/\/www.socialstudies.org\/resources\/notable\/<\/a>
\nOne Hundred Picture Books for Peace
\nhttp:\/\/www.mvls.info\/lists\/peace.html<\/a>
\nOpening Doors to Social Studies with Children’s Literature
\nhttp:\/\/teacherlink.ed.usu.edu\/tlresources\/units\/byrnes-literature\/lit.html<\/a>
\nPages of the Past: History\/Social Science Literature K-6
\nhttp:\/\/score.rims.k12.ca.us\/literature\/k6\/
\n<\/a>PBS Teacher Recommended Books for Social Studies
\nhttp:\/\/www.pbs.org\/teachers\/bookslinks\/linkspages\/socialstudies-archive.html
\n<\/a>Social Studies Literature Articles
\nhttp:\/\/www.udel.edu\/dssep\/articles.htm<\/a>
\nTraveling Through American History (Children’s Fiction Books on 1492 through 1990s)
\nhttp:\/\/www.fairfaxcounty.gov\/library\/reading\/elem\/pichistorychron.HTM<\/a><\/p>\n