{"id":311,"date":"2008-10-22T06:33:55","date_gmt":"2008-10-22T11:33:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/archives\/311"},"modified":"2008-10-22T06:33:55","modified_gmt":"2008-10-22T11:33:55","slug":"teaching-geography-with-childrens-literature-how-to-make-an-apple-pie-and-see-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/2008\/10\/22\/teaching-geography-with-childrens-literature-how-to-make-an-apple-pie-and-see-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching Geography with Children’s Literature: How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Children love\u00a0going on\u00a0scavenger hunts in the quest for specific objects. In her book How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World<\/a>, Marjorie Priceman takes children on an exploration around the world in gathering\u00a0all of the necessary baking ingredients needed to make an apple pie.<\/p>\n

Starting off with character’s problem of not being able to buy the ingredients at the market, Priceman takes students through the process of finding a solution. Traveling with\u00a0her audience\u00a0around the world, students will be introduced to the location of specific countries as well as principle commodities associated with the country as they track their travels across the world.<\/p>\n

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“You can’t miss it. Sri Lanka is a pear-shaped island in the Indian Ocean. The best cinnamon in the world is made there, from the bark of the native kurundu tree. So go directly to the rain forest. Find a kurundu tree and peel off some bark. If a leopard is napping beneath the tree, be very quiet.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Priceman’s illustrations aid in the explanation of the countries with the incorporation of architecture, animals, transportation\u00a0and\u00a0monuments that are found in each geographical destination. Additionally, Priceman includes pictures of travel time and a travel track on maps to help put in perspective the distance between continents, countries and the extensive time it take for travel from one place to another. These travels will cement geographical knowledge of continent, country, and ocean locations.<\/p>\n

Curriculum Connections<\/strong>
\nPriceman’s book uses the task of gathering baking materials to introduce students to the location and characteristics of other countries. Broadening students’ awareness of other continents, this book can help students develop map skills of locating the continents and\u00a0specific countries (correlating to components of Virginia Standards 2.5 and 3.5). This book is a fun way for students to\u00a0“visit” new\u00a0places and learn how to track their travels on a map.<\/p>\n

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