Every Book Is a Social Studies Book: How to Meet Standards with Picture Books, K-6
• With precious class time devoted to social studies shrinking in elementary schools, this book enables pictures books to do "double duty" in English language arts and social studies• Promotes active citizenship by helping students develop the skills necessary to make informed decisions• Essential questions guide each chapter and encourage students to think critically about important social studies issues• Addresses a critical, current problem in elementary school education• Includes excerpts of primary source materials for student activities• Contains various photographs, illustrations, charts, and graphs throughout the text• Extensive annotated bibliography of picture books for each chapter that includes a discussion question for each book• Appendixes include invaluable planning templates, reproducible handouts, and other teacher resources