NOTABLE SOCIAL STUDIES TRADE BOOKS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE 2014

Notable Social StudiesTrade Books

2014

Presented by Karen HildebrandSelection committee member

Contact me for “hotlinks” handouts: hildebka@gmail.com

Book Review Committee>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

The National CouncilFor Social Studies

The Children’s Book Council

Since 1972

Email:hildebka@gmail.com

For children in grades K-12Published in 2013

Criteria:~ emphasize human relations~ represent a diversity of groups ~ sensitive to a broad range of cultural experiences ~ present an original theme or a fresh slant on a traditional

topic ~ easily readable ~ high literary quality ~ pleasing format~ where appropriate, include illustrations that enrich

the text

Thematic Strands of the NCSS Curriculum Standards for Social Studies

• Culture• Time, Continuity, and Change• People, Places, and Environments• Individual Development and Identity• Individuals, Groups, and Institutions• Power, Authority, and Governance• Production, Distribution, and Consumption• Science, Technology, and Society• Global Connections• Civic Ideals and Practices

Key Ideas and Details:~ cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources~ determine central ideas of information of primary or secondary source~ provide an accurate summary of the source distinct from prior knowledge or opinions~ identify key steps in a text’s description of a process related to history/social studies

(how a bill becomes a law; how interest rates are raised or lowered

Craft and Structure~ determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in text~ vocabulary specific to domains related to history/social studies~ describe how a text presents information (sequentially, comparatively, causally)~ identify aspects of text that reveal author’s point of view or purpose

(loaded language, inclusion or avoidance of particular facts)

Integration of Knowledge and Ideas~ integrate visual information (charts, graphs, photographs, videos ,maps)~ distinguish among fact, opinion, and reasoned judgment in a text~ analyze relationship between a primary and secondary source on same topic

Range of Reading Level of Text Complexity~ read and comprehend history/social studies texts in grades 6-8 text complexity band

independently and proficiently

Examining the Evidence:Seven Strategies forTeaching with Primary Sources

Hilary Mae AustinKathleen Thompson

Capstone Press, 2015

http://www.capstonepub.com/product/9781625216304

Many Texts, Many Voices;Teaching Literacy and Social Justice to Young Learners in the Digital Age

Penny SilversMary C. Shorey

Stenhouse Press, 2012

http://www.stenhouse.com/html/many-texts-many-voices.htm

Maya Angelou

1928-2014

PICTURE BOOKS

Jonathan Bean

Laura Vaccaro Seeger

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2b24Ewk934g

Alvaro F. Villa

Gujarat,India

HinduCaste system

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ca1ikQioetM

http://librarianinacandyshop.blogspot.com/2013/07/pancho-rabbit-and-coyote-by-duncan.html

http://duncantonatiuh.wordpress.com/

Resources for Pancho and the Coyote:

Set in Mauritania.

Tradition of the malafa.

Rachel Isadora

Ecuador

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knCDoBEiv3M

http://www.chitradivakaruni.com/

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

Barbara Brown

P A U L F L E I S C H M A N

Picture BooksBased on Actual events orFamily stories

http://www.nationalww2museum.org/learn/knit-your-bit/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VLjZPqJqE0

Helen Foster James & Virginia Shin-Mui Loh

Icy Smith

1943-1945 Occupation of Hong Kong

Illustrator and Author Allen Say

Yuriko

Founder of Earth Day, Denis Hayes, 1970

T.NeillAnderson

PICTUREBOOK BIOGRAPHIES

JENNIFER BERNE

Laban Carrick Hill

Clive Campbell, 1970’s – Hip Hop

http://www.nelsonmandela.org/content/page/speeches

Henrietta Leavitt,Pioneering Woman Astronomer

1890s

Author: Julie Cummins

How Ruth Elder Soared intoAmerica’s Heart

1821-1910

H. Joseph Hopkins

Kate Sessions:The True Story of How One Tree-Loving WomanChanged a City Forever 1880’s

The voice of Frost’s oldestdaughter, Lesley

Nonfiction/Informational TextPicture Books

Aleksandra & Daniel Mizielinski

In 3-D

https://www.teachervision.com/tv/printables/macmillan/frog-song_tg.pdf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HlMdUtEf00

Judith & Dennis Fradin

ZeniKenichiZeniZenimura

Katie Yamasaki

Jane Kohuth

http://deborahleerose.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Jimmy-the-Joey-Teachers-Guide-FINAL-lo-res.pdf

Port Macquarie,Australia

Jill RobinsonChengdu, China

Barbara Kerley

~ Jumping in puddles can inspire scuba diving. ~ Dirty hands can lead to dinosaur bones! ~ Backyard star-gazing inspires future astronauts.

Roxane Orgill

Roxane Orgill

Russell Freedman

Kathleen KrullandKathryn Hewitt

NON-FICTION -INFORMATIONAL TEXT

http://www.hbook.com/2013/08/authors-illustrators/five-questions-for-mitali-perkins/#_

Ronald A. Reis

SteveSheinkin

Russell Freedman

Martin W. Sandler

Mary Losure

1798

AmyEhrlich

Sean Callery

Sean Stewart Price

http://shelleypearsall.com/JumpInToTheSky_EG_WEB.pdf

Wartime secret agent

Pearl Witherington Cornioley

Leon Leyson

HISTORICAL &CONTEMPORARY FICTION

Monica Edinger

Hindu or Jewish? Both?? Tara (Hindi: “star”) Feinstein

“A picture is worth a thousand words.”

Tuscarora NativeReservation,New York State1975

Lewis Blake and George Haddonfield

1830Mississippi

MAL PEET

Katie Quirk

Tanzania, 1970s- Shida hopes to becomea healer

1870, Louisiana – Reconstruction Chinese workers

1739 - Fort Mose, Spanish Florida

Glennette Tilley Turner

1871 - Placid, WisconsinPassenger pigeons, counterfeiters & Missing persons

1854

“The Wonders of a London Water Drop”

Punch magazine. 1850

The image depicts a cartoonist's impression of a drop of water, from the River Thames, under a microscope. It reveals what 'creatures' might live there and, in turn, what Londoners could be swallowing on a daily basis.

The Broad Street PumpDr. John Snow Memorial

Rev. Henry Whitehead

Dr. John Snow

Victoria McKernan

1860’sSan Francisco

Willow Chance

Makah Indians,1920s

WhaleHunters

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZE_xydfsOc

Muskegon, Michigan

1898

BoxerRebellionIn China

Poetry

http://www.annburg.com/SerafinaTheCommonCore.html

Port-au-Prince, HaitiEarthquake victim

http://myaamiahistory.wordpress.com/2013/11/12/faqssalt/

Based on the real life of Odette Myers.From her autobiography,

“Doors to Madame Marie”

Tula: Gertrudis Gomez de Avellaneda, mid 1800’s

DisplacementLoneliness Bullying

Romance Loyalty

Forgiveness

but …

Scott O’Dell Historical Fiction Award

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPmmh_h2c9U

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYnJSpiufUU

As seen byMatt James

The Mad Potter of Biloxihttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1TY2JNDxdU

http://www.socialstudies.org/notable

http://delightfulchildrensbooks.com/2013/08/22/social-studies-nonfiction-picture-books/

Barbara KerleyJeanette WinterMonica BrownKadir NelsonDeborah HopkinsonBetsy and Giulio MaestroAndrea Davis PinkneyJoseph BruchacJean FritzRussell Freedman

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