Using Picture Books in the Social Studies Classroom

Jan Ross, Presenter, Library Media Specialist

Dixie Elementary Magnet School

jross@fayette.k12.ky.us

Kentucky School Media Association Conference

October, 2002

Book Information Subject My Notes
"Katie's Trunk", by Ann Turner

Revolutionary War

 
"The Blue and the Gray", by Eve Bunting

Civil War

 
"Pink and Say", by Patricia Polacco

Civil War

 
"The Lily Cupboard", by Shulamith Levey Oppenheim

World War II

 
"But No Candy", by Gloria Houston

World War II

 
"Henry Hikes to Fitchburg", by D.B. Johnson

US History - Late 1800's

 
"The House in the Mail", Rosemary and Tom Wells

US History - 1920's

 
"John and Tom", by Willem Lange

US History - 1950's

 
"One Lucky Girl", George Ella Lyon

US History - Twisters

 
"Lobster Boat", by Brenda Z. Guiberson

New England

 
"Goin' Someplace Special, by Patricia McKissack   

Civil Rights

 
"A Bus of Our Own", by Freddi Williams Evans

Civil Rights

 
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"Freedom Summer", by Deborah Wiles

Civil Rights

 
"Smoky Nights", by Eve Bunting

Civil Rights

 
"Fly Away Home", by Eve Bunting

Homeless

 
"Faraway Home", by Jane Kurtz

Immigration

 
"A Day's Work", by Eve Bunting

Immigration

 
"Aunt Lilly's Laundromat", by Melanie Hope Greenberg

Immigration

 
"Dreaming of America", by Eve Bunting

Immigration

 
"The Moon's Lullaby", by Joesphine Nobisso

The World

 
"The Armadillo from Amarillo", by Lynne Cherry

The World

 
"The King's Secret", by Carol Farley

Korea

 
"The Name Jar", by Yangsook Choi

Korea

 
"The Story of Chopsticks", by Ying Chang Compestine

China

 
"Journey Home", by Lawrence McKay, Jr.

Vietnam

 
"Grandfather's Dream", by Holly Keller

Vietnam

 
"The Lotus Seed", by Sherry Garland

Vietnam

 
"The Boy Who Drew Cats", by Margaret Hodges

Japan

 
"Katje the Windmill Cat", by Gretchen Woelfle

Holland

 
"The Orphan Singer", by Emily Arnold McCully

Italy

 

Notable Social Studies Books for Young People

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