Wow!!! You’re the BEST! Thanks so much for all your ideas. Below is my original
post and the list follows. It is VERY long and I apologize for any duplicates.
Happy reading!
Judy=)
Hi All,
I am researching the use of picture books in the Middle School curriculum and I am
trying to compile a list of picture books that Social Studies Teachers use in their
lessons. If you could send me titles that teachers have requested and any other
helpful info I would greatly appreciate it. If there is interest I will post a HIT.
Thanks in advance!
Judy=)
Judy Boshnack
TA Harborfields CSD
Greenlawn, NY 11740
MLS Student-CW Post-NY
boshnackj@harborfieldscsd.org
Hiroshima No Pika is a powerful picture book about the bombing of
Hiroshima. Another thought-provoking book for a WWII unit is Rose
Blanche - a story about the Jewish Holocaust form the perspective of a
German girl.
These have been either requested or used by social studies teachers in their
lessons.
Zen Shorts - Jon Muth
Brothers in hope: the story of the lost boys of Sudan - Mary Williams
Mansa Musa: the lion of Mali - Kephra Burns
The great kapok tree : a tale of the Amazon rain forest - Lynne Cherry
Sundiata : lion king of Mali - David Wisniewski
Ryan and Jimmy : and the well in Africa that brought them together - Herb
Shoveller
Picture books are great! They can make a complex subject much more
accessible. Middle schoolers are very open to hearing the right picture
books being read to them. There are some tremendous ones available. I just
wish I had more funds!
We are just beginning to get into PBs for middle school, partly because this
year we're having a visit fronm Patricia Polacco. Along with Eve Bunting's,
many of her books are very appropriate due to more mature themes and
vocabulry. Try these titles:
Polacco: Pink and Say, The Butterfly, Thank You Mr. Falker, Mr. Lincoln's
way; Keeping Quilt; Christmas Tapestry
David Macaulay. Shortcut
Bunting, Eve, The wall.
Deedy, Carmen Agra. he yellow star : the legend of King Christian X of
Denmark.
Dunn, Hunter S. A winter's dream.
Garland, Sherry. The lotus seed.
Innocenti, Roberto Rose Blanche.
Juster, Norton, Alberic the Wise.
Knight, Margy Burns Talking walls. .
Maruki, Toshi, Hiroshima no pika.
The Neptune fountain : the apprenticeship of a Renaissance sculptor.
Morrison, Taylor.
Scieszka, Jon. The true story of the 3 little pigs.
Thayer, Ernest Lawrence: G.P. Putnam's Sons presents Casey at the bat : a
ballad of the Republic, sung in the year 1888. ,
Uchida, Yoshiko. The bracelet.
Van Allsburg, Chris: .The sweetest fig, Polar Express, Jumanji
Weatherford, Carole Boston, Freedom on the menu : the Greensboro sit-ins.
Mochizuki, Ken.: Baseball saved us.; Passage to freedom : the Sugihara
story.
I too have used Pink-n-Say by Patricia Palocco. I also
have used a picture book of Rip Van Winkle, and if I
did the second half of American history, I would use a
picture book I read about the Greensboro Walgreen's
Sit In. I am sorry I can't remember the title, but I
know it won and award so should be easy to find.
A book that would be useful to you would be Children's Literature in
Social Studies: Teaching to the Standards by DeAn M. Krey. It was
published by the National Council for the Social Studies and published
in 1998. She recommends books for each Social Studies Strand. I bet it
would be available on their webiste.
American History
Picture Books for Middle School
General
Adler. Picture Book of……………………..
Barnes. Woodrow the White House mouse
Bunting. Fly away home (homeless)
Cronin. Duck for President
Fritz. (American history biographies)
Hochain. Building Liberty; A Statue is Born
Peet. (ecology)
Scillion. A is for America
One Nation
Shetterly. Americans who Tell the Truth
Sisulu. The day Gogo went toVote
St. George. So You Want to be President
Warhola. Uncle Andy’s (Warhol)
Geography
Guthrie. This Land is Your Land
Joseph. All Dressed up and Nowhere to Go
Keller. Scrambled States of America
Rylant. Appalachia: Voices of the Sleeping Birds
When I was Young in the Mountains
Sis. The Train of States
A Small Tall Tale from the Far Far North
Tunnell. Chinook
Vaughan. Whistling Dixie
Wiesner. Hurricane
New York
Burg. E is for Empire
Times Square
Harness. The Amazing Impossible Erie Canal
Ringgold. Tar Beach
Wishinsky. The Man who Made Parks: The Story of Parkbuilder Frederick Law
Olmsted
Discovery and Exploration
Maestro. Discovery of the Americas
Exploration and Conquest: the Americas after Columbus
Yolen. Encounter
Colonies
Kay. Tattered Sails
Waters. Mary Geddy’s Day
Yolen. Roanoke: the Lost Colony of America
Revolutionary War
Krensky. Dangerous Crossing: the Revolutionary Voyage of John and John
Quincy Adams
Nobel. Scarlet Stockings Spy
Smith. John, Paul, George & Ben
Turner. Katie’s Trunk
Wallner. Betsy Ross
Civil War
Cohn. Abraham Lincoln
Giovanni. Rosa
Kerley. Walt Whitman: Words for America
Polacco. Pink and Say
Turner. Abe Lincoln Remembers
Turner. Nettie’s Trip South
Waber. Just like Abraham Lincoln
Winter. Follow the Drinking Gourd
Labor
Cronin. Click, Clack Moo
Westward Expansion
Armstrong. Audubon: The Painter of Birds in the Wild Frontier
Turner. Dakota Dugout
Wilder. Dance at Grandpa’s
Ziefert. When I First Came to This Land
Immigration
Joose. The Morning Chair (immigration)
Levinson. Watch the Stars Come Out
Say. Grandfather's Journey
Tea with Milk
Tree of Cranes
The Twenties
Marsalis. Jazz A-B-C
Medina. Love to Langston
Myers. Harlem: a poem
Jazz
Pinkney. Duke Ellington
Schroeder. Satchmo’s Blues
World War II
Corey. Players in Pigtails
Fritz. How My Parents Learned to Eat
Gallaz. Rose Blanche
Kay. Iron Horses
Maruki. Hiroshima No Pika
Ryan. Amelia and Eleanor go for a Ride
Woodson. Coming on Home Soon
Civil Rights
Miller. Bus Ride
Rappaport. Martin’s Big Words
Uhlberg. Dad, Jackie and Me
Weatherford. Freedom on the Menu
Space Age
Aldrin. Buzz Aldrin: Reaching fo the Moon
Collicut. This rocket
Viet Nam
Bunting. The wall
Myers. Patrol
A few picture books I have used recently in my middle school are:
When Marian Sang by Pam Munoz Ryan
Amelia and Eleanor Go For a Ride by Pam Munoz Ryan
The Butterfly by Patricia Polacco
Pink and Say by Patricia Polacco
Rosa by Nikki Giovanni
In the school where I am currently doing my internship (7th and 8th
grades), the library media specialist did a lesson with Pink and Say by
Patricia Polacco. It takes place during The Civil War. The story is
based on real people whose story has been passed down through the
generations. The students, who had the book read to them, were really
engrossed and it tied in to what they were learning about The Civil War. The
students were eager to participate in the discussion after the story
and it also was a good literature tie-in for Black History Month.
Pink and Say by Patrica Polacco for Civil War
The Cats of Krasinski Square by Karen Hesse WWII
Show Way
Duel of the Ironclads
The Red Stockings Spy
Sleds on Boston Common, Louise Borden (Revolutionary War)
Pink and Say, Patricia Polacco (Civil War
The Yellow Star: the legend of King Christian X of Denmark
is a title I recall off the top of my head. I hope this helps. It's an
outstanding book though the authenticity of the legend is questioned.
Outstanding none-the-less, for all that it represents
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Subject: TAR:Middle School Picture Book Use
Hi All,
I am researching the use of picture books in the Middle School curriculum and I am
trying to compile a list of picture books that Social Studies Teachers use in their
lessons. If you could send me titles that teachers have requested and any other
helpful info I would greatly appreciate it. If there is interest I will post a HIT.
Thanks in advance!
Judy=)
Judy Boshnack
TA Harborfields CSD
Greenlawn, NY 11740
MLS Student-CW Post-NY
boshnackj@harborfieldscsd.org
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