Presentation of the 2014 Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People. Books were published in 2013. Presented by Karen Hildebrand, member of the selection committee sponsored by the Children's Book Council and the National Council for Social Studies.

1. ELA: Root of STEM and CORE
Notable Social Studies Trade Books
Presented by Karen Hildebrand
Committee member for CBC/NCSS

2. Notable Social Studies
Trade Books
2014
Presented by Karen Hildebrand
Selection committee member

3. Contact me for “hotlinks”
handouts:
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4. Book Review
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For Social Studies
The Children’s Book
Council
Since 1972
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5. For children in grades K-12
Published in 2013
Criteria:
~ emphasize human relations
~ represent a diversity of groups
~ sensitive to a broad range of cultural experiences
~ present an original theme or a fresh slant on a traditional
topic
~ easily readable
~ high literary quality
~ pleasing format
~ where appropriate, include illustrations that enrich
the text

6. Thematic Strands of the NCSS Curriculum
Standards for Social Studies
• Culture
• Time, Continuity, and Change
• People, Places, and Environments
• Individual Development and Identity
• Individuals, Groups, and Institutions
• Power, Authority, and Governance
• Production, Distribution, and Consumption
• Science, Technology, and Society
• Global Connections
• Civic Ideals and Practices

8. Key Ideas and Details:
~ cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources
~ determine central ideas of information of primary or secondary source
~ provide an accurate summary of the source distinct from prior knowledge or opinions
~ identify key steps in a text’s description of a process related to history/social studies
(how a bill becomes a law; how interest rates are raised or lowered
Craft and Structure
~ determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in text
~ vocabulary specific to domains related to history/social studies
~ describe how a text presents information (sequentially, comparatively, causally)
~ identify aspects of text that reveal author’s point of view or purpose
(loaded language, inclusion or avoidance of particular facts)
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
~ integrate visual information (charts, graphs, photographs, videos ,maps)
~ distinguish among fact, opinion, and reasoned judgment in a text
~ analyze relationship between a primary and secondary source on same topic
Range of Reading Level of Text Complexity
~ read and comprehend history/social studies texts in grades 6-8 text complexity band
independently and proficiently

9. PICTURE
BOOKS

10. Jonathan Bean

11. Laura Vaccaro Seeger

15. Alvaro F. Villa

17. Gujarat,
India
Hindu
Caste system

20. Set in Mauritania.
Tradition of the
malafa.

21. Rachel Isadora

22. http://www.reading.org/General/Publications/blog/BlogSinglePost/engage/2013/07/17/
planting-seeds-for-fiction-one-fact-at-a-time#.Ut89k470AdU

23. ChitraBanerjeeDivakaruni
http://www.chitradivakaruni.com/

25. Barbara Brown

28. PAUL FLEISCHMAN

29. Picture Books
Based on
Actual events or
Family stories

34. Helen Foster James &
Virginia Shin-MuiLoh

35. Icy Smith

36. Illustrator and Author Allen Say

41. http://authorsforearthday.org/
blog/?p=302

43. PICTURE
BOOK
BIOGRAPHIES

52. Henrietta Leavitt,
Pioneering
Woman
Astronomer
1890s

53. Author: Julie Cummins
How Ruth Elder
Soared into
America’s Heart

57. Kate Sessions:
The True Story
of How One
Tree-Loving Woman
Changed a City Forever
H. Joseph Hopkins

60. Nonfiction/
Informational Text
Picture Books

62. Aleksandra & Daniel
Mizielinski

64. https://www.teachervision.com/tv/printables/macmillan/frog-song_tg.pdf

66. Judith & Dennis Fradin

70. Port Macquarie,
Australia
http://deborahleerose.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Jimmy-the-Joey-Teachers-GuideFINAL-lo-res.pdf

71. Jill Robinson
Chengdu, China

76. RoxaneOrgill

81. Russell Freedman

84. Kathleen Krull
and
Kathryn Hewitt

87. NON-FICTION INFORMATIONAL
TEXT

88. http://www.hbook.com/2013/08/authors-illustrators/five-questions-for-mitali-perkins/#_

97. Russell Freedman

98. Martin W. Sandler

99. Mary Losure

100. Amy
Ehrlich

101. Sean Callery

102. Sean Stewart Price

104. http://shelleypearsall.com/JumpInToTheSky_EG_WEB.pdf

106. Pearl Witherington
Cornioley
Wartime secret agent

108. HISTORICAL &
CONTEMPORARY
FICTION

111. Monica Edinger

119. Tuscarora Native
Reservation,
New York State
1975

120. 1830
Mississippi

121. http://media.bloomsbury.com/rep/files/
teachers-guide-the-weight-of-water.pdf

122. MAL PEET

125. Katie Quirk
Tanzania, 1970s

134. 1854

135. “The Wonders of a
London Water Drop”
Punch magazine. 1850
The image depicts a
cartoonist's
impression of a drop
of water, from the
River Thames, under a
microscope. It reveals
what 'creatures' might
live there and, in turn,
what Londoners could
be swallowing on a
daily basis.

136. The Broad Street Pump
Dr. John Snow Memorial
Dr. John Snow
Rev. Henry Whitehead

137. Victoria McKernan

140. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZE_xydfsOc

146. http://alinesax.be/warpers/

148. Poetry

151. http://www.pinterest.com/pin/
70368812901363882/
http://www.annburg.com/SerafinaTheCommonCore.html

152. http://myaamiahistory.wordpress.com/
2013/11/12/faqssalt/

153. Tula: Gertrudis Gomez de Avellaneda, mid 1800’s

154. but …

155. Scott O’Dell
Historical Fiction Award

157. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPmmh_h2c9U

158. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYnJSpiufUU

160. As seen by
Matt James

161. The Mad Potter of Biloxi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1TY2JNDxdU

162. http://www.socialstudies.org/notable

163. http://delightfulchildrensbooks.com/2013/08/22/social-studies-nonfiction-picture-books/
Barbara Kerley
Jeanette Winter
Monica Brown
Kadir Nelson
Deborah Hopkinson
Betsy and Giulio Maestro
Andrea Davis Pinkney
Joseph Bruchac
Jean Fritz
Russell Freedman

164. Questions? Comments?
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