WORLD WARS I & II

World War I: 1914 - 1918

World War II: 1939 - 1945

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Software > Categories > Children's Software > Social Studies

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Children's Literature

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Children's Literature Comprehensive Database (CLCD)

In Times Past on CD

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Integrating US History with Literature in Grades 3-8. Second Edition.

by Carol Otis Hurst and Rebecca Otis. Available on CD for $29.95. Originally published by McGraw-Hill. 2nd Edition, Carol Hurst Consultants, 2004. ISBN 097485090X.

Tired of the same old routine when teaching about the past in the classroom?

Social Studies for Early Childhood and Elementary School Children Preparing for the 21st Century
A Report from NCSS Task Force on Early Childhood/Elementary Social Studies
http://www.socialstudies.org/positions/elementary/

*Children’s Literature website (database, free trial)

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*Teaching Books

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South Carolina Teacher Named Elementary Social Studies Teacher of the Year

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See list on side: US History, etc.

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Academy Curricular Exchange Social Studies Elementary School (K-5) http://ofcn.org/cyber.serv/academy/ace/soc/elem.html

Creating a Timeline in Microsoft Word
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Social - STUDIES Elementary (K-5)
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Webcrawer social studies lessons for elementary

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These are the historical books reviewed on this site. Those marked "Featured Book" also have activities and other related titles with the review.

Ackerman, Karen. Araminta's Paint Box. Illustrated by Betsy Lewin. Picture Book. Grades1+. Featured Book.
Avi. Devil's Race. Novel. Grades 5+.
Bunting, Eve and Greg Shed. Dandelions. Picture Book. Grades 2+. Featured Book.
Burch, Robert. Ida Early Comes Over the Mountain. Novel. Grades 3+. Featured Book.
Byars, Betsy. Keeper of the Doves. Novel. Grades 4+. Featured Book.
Connor, Leslie. Miss Bridie Chose a Shovel. Illustrated by Mary Azarian. Picture Book. Grades 1 and up. Featured Book.
Conrad, Pam. Prairie Songs. Novel. Grades 5+.
Erdrich, Louise. The Birchbark House. Novel. Grades 3+.
Fleischman, Paul. Bull Run. Novel. Grades 4+.
Gerstein, Mordicai. Man Who Walked Between the Towers, The. Picture Book, Nonfiction. Grades K+.
Hurst, Carol Otis. Through the Lock. Novel. Grades 4+.
Hurst, Carol Otis. Rocks in His Head. Picture Book. Grades PreK+.
Keehn, Sally M. I Am Regina. Novel. Grades 5+. Featured Book.
Kimmel, Eric A. Charlie Drives the Stage. Illustrated by Glen Rounds. Picture Book. Grades 1+.
Kinsey-Warnock, Natalie. The Night the Bells Rang. Novel. Grades 4+. Featured Book.
Lowry, Lois. Autumn Street. Novel. Grades 4+.
Paterson, Katherine. Lyddie. Novel. Grade 5+. Featured Book.
Paulsen, Gary. Alida's Song. Novel. Grades 5 and up.
Paulsen, Gary. The Foxman. Novel. Grades 5+. Featured Book.
Peck, Richard. The Ghost Belonged to Me. Novel. Grades 3+. Featured Book.
Peck, Richard. A Long Way from Chicago. Novel. 1920's-1942, Illinois.
Polacco, Patricia. Keeping Quilt, The. Picture Book. Grades K+.
Polacco, Patricia. Pink and Say. Picture Book. Grades 3+.
Reeder, Carolyn. Shades of Gray. Novel. Grades 4+.
Sandler, Martin W. Library of Congress Book of Presidents. Nonfiction. Grades 3+.
Turner, Ann. Grasshopper Summer. Novel. Grades 3+. Featured Book.
Yolen, Jane. Letting Swift River Go. Picture Book. Nonfiction. Grades PreK+. Featured Book.

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Lesson Plans for Specific Children's Books (Listed Alphabetically by Title):
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American History Books

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