Reading the Fifty States: Booktalks, Response Activities, and More

by Nancy Polette

Traditional instruction in the social studies has been content rather than process oriented, concentrating on the lower level thinking skills. With coverage of the culture and history of the fifty United States, Reading the Fifty States offers librarians and teachers the tools to encourage higher order thinking skills. Students read novels set in each of the states and participate in targeted reader-response activities that are process oriented,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1591588200
• ISBN13: 9781591588207
• Release Date: February 2009
• Publisher: Libraries Unlimited
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.3" x 10.9"
• Age Range: 8 to 11 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 6