Alicia Stephens

 

3-1-05

 

ELED 407

 

Annotated Bibliography

 

1.) Cultural Anthropology core discipline.

            Coerr, E. (2004). Sadako and the thousand paper cranes. New York: Penguin Putnam Books. -Born in Hiroshima in 1943, Sadako was the star of her school's running team, until thedizzy spells started and she was forced to face the hardest race of her life, the race against time. (grades k-2nd). [I, II, III]

 

            Welch, C. (2000). Children of the relocation camps. Missouri: Lerner Publishing Group. -Explores the experiences of Japanese American children who were moved with their families to relocation centers during World War II, looking at school, meals, sports, and other aspects of camp life. (grades 3rd, 4th). [I, III, V]

 

            Kadohata, C. (2004). Kira-Kira. New York: Simon and Schuster’s Children’s. -Chronicles the close friendship between two Japanese-American sisters growing up in rural Georgia during the late 1950s and early 1960s, and the despair when one sister becomes terminally ill. (grades 4th, 5th, 6th). [I, II, III]

 

            Shaw, R. (2003). The epidemic. New York: Harper Collins Publishers. –this story is about selfish unruly children of America resisting their parents authority. (grades 5th, 6th). [I, III, IV]

 

            Thompson, K. (1995). My name is Maria Isabel. New York: Simon and Schuster’s Children’s. -Third grader Marâia Isabel, born in Puerto Rico and now living in the U.S., wants badly to fit in at school; and the teacher's writing assignment "My Greatest Wish" gives her that opportunity. (grades 4th, 5th) [I, III, V]

 

2.) Economics core discipline.

            Hall, D. (1997). The Ox-Cart Man. New York: Scholastic. –the story of a family who work all winter, spring, and summer to sell items at the market. (grades 2nd, 3rd). [VII, II, V]

 

            Schor, J. (2004). Born to buy. New York: Simon and Schuster’s Children’s. –this book tells of how children are the aim of advertisement to buy things. (grades 5th, 6th). [VII, VIII, IX]

 

            Sabin, E. (2004). The giving book. New York: Watering Can. –A unique book that teaches children about giving back to the world. (grades 1st-4th). [VII, III, IV]

 

            Freedman, R. (1998). Kids at work. New York: Houghton Mifflin Company. -Photobiography of early twentieth-century photographer and schoolteacher Lewis Hine, using his own work as illustrations. Hines's photographs of children at work were so devastating that they convinced the American people that Congress must pass child labor laws. (grades 4th, 5th). [VII, VI, X]

 

            McGillian, Jamie. (2004). The Kids’ Money Book. New York: Sterling Publishing Company. -It's dollars and sense! Kids are never too young to learn how to create a budget, use their talent to make big bucks, invest their earnings, and donate to charity. (grades 2nd-4th). [IV, VII, III].

 

 

3.) Geography core discipline.

            Riehle, M. M. (2004). M is for Mountain State: A West Virginia alphabet. Chelsea, MN: Sleeping Bear Press. –The delightful story shares historical and geographical facts about West Virginia. (grades 2nd, 3rd). [III, II, I]

 

            Carle, E. (2005). 10 little rubber ducks. New York: Harper Collins Publisher. -A brand-new batch of rubber ducks is loaded onto a ship and sent off to be delivered to children everywhere. But when a storm strikes, 10 little ducks are tossed into the sea and swept away in 10 different directions. (grades k,1st). [III, IV, IX]

 

            Rabe, T. (2002). There’s a map in my lap. New York: Random House Children’s Books. -The Cat in the Hat teaches Dick and Sally about cartography and the uses of different kinds of maps. (grades k-2nd). [III, V, IX]

 

            Chesanow, N. (1995). Where do I live? New York: Barron’s Educational Series. -This charming book uses easy words and color illustrations to explain to children exactly where they live. Crenshaw starts with a child's room, in his or her home, neighborhood, town, state, and county--then moves out to the planet Earth, the solar system, and the Milky Way. From there, children trace their way home again. (grades k-3rd). [III, IX, V]

 

            Knowlton, J. (1986). Maps and globes. New York: Harper Collin’s Children’s Books. -A brief history of mapmaking, a simple explanation of how to read maps and globes, and an introduction to the many different kinds of maps there are. (grades 3rd-5th). [III, II, IX]

 

4.) History core discipline.

            Wilder, L.I. (1953). Little house on the prairie. New York: Harper and Row. –The little house book tells the story of the Ingals family from the big woods to the prairie. (grades 3rd-5th). [II. III, IV]

 

 

 

            Weber, J. (2004). Smart about the presidents. New York: Penguin Putnam Books. -The kids in Ms. Brandt's class are doing another group report-thistime on all forty-three presidents of the United States, one per page. The book is current through the 2004 presidential election. (grades k-3rd). [II, III, VI]

 

            Bradley, J. (2003). Flags of our fathers. New York: Bantam Doubleday Dell Books. –this book has photos taken during Civil War II and captures the story of this event. (grades 5th, 6th). [II, I, III]

 

            Garland, S. (1997). Lotus seed. California: Harcourt. -A story of hope and epiphany and the importance of family heritage. A young Vietnamese girl takes a lotus seed from the Imperial Garden. Years later, her grandson plants it in his garden--where it blooms again. Full color. (grades 1st-4th). [I, II, IV]

 

            Polocco, P. (1994). Pink and say. New York: Philomel. –this book tells us about slavery during the time that Abraham Lincoln was president. (grades 3rd-5th). [II, III, V]

 

5.) Sociology core discipline.

            Hendersot, J. (1987). In coal country. New York: Alfred Knopf. –the life of a miner’s family is vividly seen through the eyes of his daughter. (grades 3rd, 4th). [V, I, III]

 

            Silverstein, S. (1964). The giving tree. New York: Harper Collins. –In this story we see the relationship between an unthankful boy with a tree who gives until there is nothing left. (grades k-2nd). [IV, V, III]

 

            Njeng, P. (1999). Vacation in the village. Pennsylvania: Boyds Mills Press Inc. –in this story a little boy moves from the city to a village for the summer.  He is forced to make friends in the new village and learns a lot from his new friends. (grades 2nd-4th). [III, IV, V]

 

            Waber, B. (1988). Ira says goodbye. Massachusetts: Houghton Mifflin Company. –When a child’s best friend moves away, he has to learn to deal with the fact in an adult manner. (grades 4th, 5th). [III, IV, V]

 

            Johnson, S. (1997). The value of courage. New York: Putnam Children’s. –a boy pulls through a dramatic baseball game despite all the troubles in his life. (grades 2nd-5th). [V, I, III]