Take your students on a learning-packed trip across the U.S. with books they’ll love! This resource includes background information, activity ideas, reproducibles, and Internet connections to help you use 35 great novels as springboards to social studies learning. A great way to get your kids to read more deeply—and learn about the seven U.S. regions. For use with Grades 4-8.
Name: Taylor Myatt Title: Buzzeo, Toni & Kutz, Jane (2002). 35 Best books for teaching U.S. regions: Using fiction to help students explore the geography, history, and cultures of the seven U.S. regions-and link literature to social studies. New York, NY: Scholastic Professional Books. Type of Reference: Bibliography Reference/Geographic Reference Call Number: E175.8 .B89 2002 Brief Description: This book includes activities, internet resources, reproducibles and much more that help teachers to incorporate 35 different novels into their course. Cost: $113.14 Relevance and Relationship: This book could easily be incorporated into a 4th/5th grade geography class. Purpose: to help students understand U.S. geography (seven regions) through the use of literature Validity: Scholastic Professional Books are Format: Hard-backed print book with reproducible activities. Arrangement and Presentation: Compilation of various sources Diversity: This book is targeted for teachers but can be adapted to any age range within the elementary school setting. It also includes multicultural literature examples.