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Main Author: Auerbach, Barbara
Format: Recurso educativo Open Access
Language:en
Published: 2006
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Online Access:https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ755238
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contents Strangers in a Strange Land: Read-Alouds Give Us Insight into Others' Struggles Auerbach, Barbara Childrens Literature Adolescent Literature Reading Aloud to Others Fiction Nonfiction Picture Books Social Studies Units of Study Immigration United States History European History War Bias Family (Sociological Unit) Friendship Foreign Countries Read-alouds boost listening and reading comprehension skills and bring subjects to life in a way that textbooks cannot. This article presents three literature-based social studies units, which offer some fresh choices to invigorate lessons. For each unit, a recently published novel is highlighted as a read-aloud or group reading selection and paired with two supplementary picture books or nonfiction titles. These additional titles will provide context as well as pictures or photos to introduce, and offer other points of view for contrast and comparison. While at first glance the three topics--immigration for elementary grades, Japanese internment for middle school, and Nazi Germany for high school--may seem disparate, all three featured works share themes of prejudice, family, and friendship. Not surprisingly, the gravity and intensity of the themes increases with the audience's age.
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spellingShingle Strangers in a Strange Land: Read-Alouds Give Us Insight into Others' Struggles
Auerbach, Barbara
Childrens Literature
Adolescent Literature
Reading Aloud to Others
Fiction
Nonfiction
Picture Books
Social Studies
Units of Study
Immigration
United States History
European History
War
Bias
Family (Sociological Unit)
Friendship
Foreign Countries
Strangers in a Strange Land: Read-Alouds Give Us Insight into Others' Struggles Auerbach, Barbara Childrens Literature Adolescent Literature Reading Aloud to Others Fiction Nonfiction Picture Books Social Studies Units of Study Immigration United States History European History War Bias Family (Sociological Unit) Friendship Foreign Countries Read-alouds boost listening and reading comprehension skills and bring subjects to life in a way that textbooks cannot. This article presents three literature-based social studies units, which offer some fresh choices to invigorate lessons. For each unit, a recently published novel is highlighted as a read-aloud or group reading selection and paired with two supplementary picture books or nonfiction titles. These additional titles will provide context as well as pictures or photos to introduce, and offer other points of view for contrast and comparison. While at first glance the three topics--immigration for elementary grades, Japanese internment for middle school, and Nazi Germany for high school--may seem disparate, all three featured works share themes of prejudice, family, and friendship. Not surprisingly, the gravity and intensity of the themes increases with the audience's age.
title Strangers in a Strange Land: Read-Alouds Give Us Insight into Others' Struggles
topic Childrens Literature
Adolescent Literature
Reading Aloud to Others
Fiction
Nonfiction
Picture Books
Social Studies
Units of Study
Immigration
United States History
European History
War
Bias
Family (Sociological Unit)
Friendship
Foreign Countries
url https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ755238