O'h my goodness, why didn't I think of this before?? I am talking about the integration of social studies into literature, or vice-verse. I never realized how easy it could be to create an entire lesson plan based on historical fiction books. Maybe I did think of it, but I was still in the frame of mind of thinking that social studies was boring, so historical fiction books must be too. WRONG! I have seen the light.. thanks, Dr. Meier! Social studies is great, and can be so fun and engaging. (I never thought I would say that.)
Social studies has often been the subject that many children describe as boring. Textbooks are not quite stimulating enough to captivate most children. They seem to focus heavily on meaningless facts, that students can not make connections to. Even though textbooks are improving, and publishers are making attempts to produce child friendly texts, trade books are still a great resource to make social studies more appealing for students. It's a simple idea, but very effective!
Bat 6, by Virginia Wolff.
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