Notable Books, Notable Lessons ─ Putting Social Studies Back in the K-8 Curriculum

This book provides teachers, librarians, and education methods professors with strategies, lesson plans, and activities that enable them to use literature as a springboard to social studies thematic instruction.
• Uses award-winning books to integrate social studies and English language arts• Provides engaging, ready-to-use lesson plans that encourage hands-on engagement• Suggests activities that connect to the social studies concepts, require thoughtful, active engagement, and foster critical thinking• Includes an annotated bibliography with each chapter of other books from the Reference & User Services Association's Notable Books list that focus on the thematic strand

Andrea S. Libresco is professor of social studies education as well as codirector of elementary education and of the minor in civic education at Hofstra University.Jeannette Balantic is social studies curriculum coordinator in the Garden City School District in Garden City, NY.Mary Battenfeld is associate professor of humanities at Wheelock College in Boston, MA.