Linking Literature with Life: The NCSS Standards and Children's Literature for the Middle Grades. NCSS Bulletin.

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Title: Linking Literature with Life: The NCSS Standards and Children's Literature for the Middle Grades. NCSS Bulletin.
Language: English
Authors: Sandmann, Alexa L., Ahern, John F., National Council for the Social Studies, Washington, DC.
Availability: National Council for the Social Studies, 8555 Sixteenth Street, Suite 500, Silver Spring, MD 20910. Tel: 301-588-1800; Fax: 301-588-2049; Web site: http://www.socialstudies.org/.
Peer Reviewed: N
Page Count: 137
Publication Date: 2002
Intended Audience: Practitioners; Teachers
Document Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher
Reference Materials - Bibliographies
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Childrens Literature, Content Area Reading, Fiction, Learning Activities, Middle Schools, Nonfiction, Picture Books, Reader Response, Reading Comprehension, Social Studies, Thematic Approach
ISBN: 978-0-87986-090-5
Abstract: Three significant changes have impacted the teaching of social studies to young adolescents in the past decade: (1) development of the curriculum standards for social studies by the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS); (2) growth in the number of middle schools, which are premised on the integration of content; and (3) expansive use of children's literature in social studies. This book is in response to those innovations which are explained in two parts: (1) provides a rationale for using trade books in social studies and details strategies for nurturing students' reading comprehension; and (2) provides annotations for more than 250 trade books, along with ideas for classroom use, and recommends 150+ additional titles. An index by title and an index by subject are also included. (BT)
Entry Date: 2002
Accession Number: ED465677
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:Three significant changes have impacted the teaching of social studies to young adolescents in the past decade: (1) development of the curriculum standards for social studies by the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS); (2) growth in the number of middle schools, which are premised on the integration of content; and (3) expansive use of children's literature in social studies. This book is in response to those innovations which are explained in two parts: (1) provides a rationale for using trade books in social studies and details strategies for nurturing students' reading comprehension; and (2) provides annotations for more than 250 trade books, along with ideas for classroom use, and recommends 150+ additional titles. An index by title and an index by subject are also included. (BT)
ISBN:978-0-87986-090-5