Social Studies

ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY

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Cultural Anthropology

       Dooley, N.  (1991).   Everybody cooks rice.   New York:  Scholastic.

       Anthony, the neighborhood moocher, visits all of his ethnical diverse neighbors and realizes that everyone eats          rice, just in different ways.

      Harshman, M.   (1993).  Uncle James.  New York:  Cobblehill Books.

      After the death of a young boy’s father, he and his family are only able to endure the hardships face with the promise of Uncle James’ arrival from the west.  (2^nd- 3^rd grades)   [II, IV, V]

      Hurwitz, J.   (1993).   New shoes for Silvia.   New York:  Mulberry Books.

      A little girl in a poor South American country receives a brand new pair of red shoes in the mail from her aunt.   (2^nd-3^rd grades)   [ III, IV, VII]

      Nolen, J.    (1999).   In my momma’s kitchen.   New York:   Scholastic.

      A young black girl reminiscent about all of her family’s experiences in her momma’s kitchen. (2^nd- 3^rd grades)   [III, V, VII]

       Rylant, C.  (1982).   When I was young in the mountains.   New York:  E.P. Dutton.

      The story of an Appalachian childhood, which evokes a love of a place, a family, and a way of life.   (2^nd-3^rd grades)   [I, II, III, IV]

 History

      Harvey,  B.   (1998).   Cassie’s journey: going west in the 1860’s.   New York:   Holiday House.

      The story of a family’s hardships and adventures as they make their way to California in a covered wagon.

      Hearne, B.   (1997).  Seven brave women.  New York:   Greenwillow Books.

      A young girl re-accounts and is inspires by the brave female ancestors in her family tree.   (2^nd-3^rd grades)   [ IV, V, VI]

      Hest, A.  (1997).   When Jessie came across the sea.  New York:   Scholastic.

      A young girl leaves her grandmother and small village to travel across the sea to America, the land of promise.   (3^rd-4^th grades)   [I, III, V]

      Mochizuki, K.  (1993).  Baseballs saved us.  New York:  Lee & Low Books.

      A little boy and his family endure living in a Japanese American internment camp during World War II with their love of baseball.  (2^nd-3^rd grades)   [I, V, X]

      Pryor, B.  (1987).  The house on Maple street.   New York:   Mulberry Books.

      The house at 107 Maple Street has had a long history of families and events dating back 300 years ago.   (2^nd-3^rd grades)   [I, IV, VII]

 Geography

      Franklin, K.   (1997).  Iguana beach.   New York:   Crown Publishers.

      This book tells a delightful tale of a little girl in Guatemala first experience of swimming and seeing the ocean.   (1^st- 2^nd grades)   [I, IV, V]

      Hartley, D.  (1986).  Up north in the winter.  New York:  E.P. Dutton.

      A tale of winter as lived by a family living in the northern part of the United States and their experiences and activities during this time.   (2^nd- 3^rd grades)   [IV, V, VII]

      Johnston, T.  (2002).  Sunsets of the west.   New York:  G.P. Putman & Sons.  

      A family in New Hampshire packs up all of their precious belongings before the next harsh winter to follow their dreams to the sunsets of the west.  3^rd - 4^th grades)    [I, II, IV]

      Pack, L.  (2002).  A is for Appalachian! The alphabet book of Appalachian heritage.  Prospect, KY:   Harmony House Publishers.

      This book takes us into the heart of the Appalachian Mountains and its people.  (4^th-5^th grades)    [I, IV, VII]

      Riehie, M.M.  (2004).  M is for mountain state: A West Virginia alphabet book.   Chelsea, MN:  Sleeping Bear Press.

      The delightful books shares historical and geographical facts about West Virginia.  (2^nd-3^rd grades)   [I, II, III]

Sociology

      Bunting, E.  (1994).   Smokey night. New York:  Harcourt Brace.

      This story re- account the L.A. riots and how one neighborhood of diverse cultures learn the importance of trying to understand and listen to others.   (3^rd-4^th grades)   [I, II, VI]

      Bunting, E.   (1990).  The wall.   New York:  Clarion Books.

      A father takes his son with him when he visit’s the Vietnam Veterans Memorial to pay tribute to his father and his son’s grandfather.   (2^nd -3^rd grades)   [ II, IV, VI]

      Gilliland, J.H.   (2000).  Steamboat! The story of Captain Blanche Leathers.  New York:  Dorling Kindersley.

      The true story of Blanche Leathers, the first steamboat captain on the Mississippi in 1894.  (3^rd-4^th grades)   [II, III, IV]

      Hendershot, 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.   (3^rd-4^th grades)   [I, III, V]

      Johnson, A.   (1990). When I am old with you.   New York:  Orchard Books. 

      A delightful story of a little boy’s dreams of what he and his grandfather will do together when he becomes old like his grandfather.   (2^nd-3^rd grades)  [I, II, IV]

Political Science

     Bunting, E.  (1991).   Fly away home.  New York:  Clarion Books.

      This book gives a day-to-day routine of a homeless father and son who lives in different airport terminals, after they lose their apartment.  (3^rd- 4^th grades)    [IV, V, VII]

      Bunting, E.  (2001).   Gleam and glow.   New York: Harcourt.

      An eight-year-old boy consumes his time with his two goldfish after his family goes off to war.   (3^rd-4^th grades)    [I, IV, V]

      Bunting, E.  (1996).  Going home.   New York:  Joanna Cotler Books.

Mexico so that their children can have better opportunities in life, but their heart aches to return to Mexico.  (3^rd- 4^th grades)    [ I, III, VII]

      Cherry, L.   (1990).  The great kapok tree: a tale of the Amazon rainforest.  New York:  Scholastic.

      This story tells how a man, who enter the rainforest to chop down a kapok tree, views of the importance are changed after he takes a nap under the tree.  (2^nd-3^rd grades)    [III, V, VII]

      Cherry, L.   (1987).  Orangutan.  New York:  E.P. Dutton.

      This is a tale of an orangutan whose habitat has been destroyed by people cutting down the forest.  (1^st- 2^nd  grades)      [III, VII,  IV]

 Economics

      Best, C.   (1994).   Taxi, taxi.   New York:   Little Brown Books.

      The story of a little Latino girl spends her day and the things she experiences in her father’s taxicab.    (1^st - 2^nd grades)    [I, II, V]

      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.   (2^nd-3^rd grades)   [II, V, VII]

      Mitchell, K. M.  (1993).   Uncle Jed’s barbershop.   New York:  Scholastic.

      This story tells of Uncle Jed’s efforts to save enough money in order for him to one day open his own barbershop.  (3^rd- 4^th grades)   [ I, V, VI]

      Patrick, D.  (1993).  The car washing street.   New York:  Tambourine Books.

      The story of how African American children finds pleasures and money in an urban community.  (1^st-2^nd grades)   [I, III, V]

      Williams, V.   (1996).  A chair for my mother.  New York:  Scholastic.