Children's Books to Enrich the Social Studies: for the Elementary Grades
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DOCUMENT RESUME ED 067 352 SO 004 509 AUTHOR Huus, Helen TITLE Children's Books to Enrich the Social Studies: For the Elementary Grades. Revised Edition. INSTITUTION National Council for the Social Studies, Washington, D.C. PUB DATE 66 NOTE 213p.; Bulletin 32 AVAILABLE FROM Executive Secretary, National Council for the Social Studies, 1201 Sixteenth Street, N.Ws, Washington, D.C. 20036 ($2.50) EDRS PRICE MF-$0.65 HC Not Available from EDRS. DESCRIPTORS *Annotated Bibliographies; *Booklists; *Childrens Books; Elementary Grades; *Social Studies ABSTRACT Six hundred and thirty social studies books for elementary children, published between 1935 and 1964, are listed in this revised annotated bibliography intended for teachers and librarians. The aim of the book is to provid",1, as a supplement to the classroom texts, a list of fact and fiction illustrating different ways of life in other countries in an effort to promote cultural awareness, world understanding, and cooperation. Selection was based primarily upon even representation and recency of publication. The booklist is organized into five sections as follows:1) Our World - dealing with geographical backgrounds, products and conservation; 2) Times Past - including prehistoric and ancient history, medieval times, early explorations, colonial America, and nineteenth century America; 3) People Today - containing twentieth-century United States, other parts of North America, the Arctic and Antarctic, Latin America, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and Australia; 4) The World's Work - treating business and industry, communication, and transportation; 5) Living Together - including at home, in our land, in the world, and celebrating holidays. Comprehensive, annotated content summaries give grade level designations and are numbered consecutively. Author and title indices serve as a cross reference to book contents. (Author/SJM) NChildren's Books To Enrich 5the Social Studies For the Elementary Grades BULLETIN 32 REVISED EDITION NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR THE SOCIAL STUDIES ri' ivyif NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR THE SOCIAL STUDIES Officers for 1966 President Directors Adeline Brengle Ruth 0. M. Andersen Elkhart High School Elkhart, Indiana Florence 0. Benjamin President-Elect Robert J. Cooke Richard E. Cross Jean D. Grambs School of Education William H. Hartley Stanford University Stanford, California Stella Kern Vice-President Clyde F. Kohn Ralph W. Cordier Francis W. Mann State University of Pennsylvania Lawrence E. Metcalf 1ndip.na, Pennsylvania Ronald 0. Smith Editor, Social Education Lewis Paul Todd Isidore Starr Washington, D.C. Helen Yeager Executive Secretary Merrill F. Hartshorn 1201 Sixteenth Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20036 Publications Committee, 1965 W. Linwood Chase, Chairnwn Jack Allen Shirley H. Engle George Peabody College for Teachers haiiana University The National Council for the Social Studies is the Department of Social Studies of the National Education Association of the United States.It is the professional organization of teachers of social studies.It holds a series of meetings each year and publishes materials of significance to those interested in this field. Membership in the National Council carries with it a subscription to the Council's official journal, Social Education, the monthly magazine for social studinF teachers, and the yearbook.In addition, the Council publishes bulletins, pamphlets, and other materials of practical use for teachers of the social studies. Membership dues are nine dollars a year. Applications for membership and orders for the purchase of publications should be made to the Executive Secretary, 1201 Sixteenth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036. e\I "PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE THIS COPY RIGHTED MATERIAL BY MICROFICHE ONLY I1 HAS BEEN GRANTED BY tiN.- N-C .5.5. TO ERIC AND ORGANIZATIONS OPERATING 4:: UNDER AGREEMENTS WITH THE US OFFICE OF EDUCATION FURTHER REPRODUCTION OUTSIDE THE ERIC SYSTEM REQUIRES PER MISSION OF THE COPYRIGHT OWNER" Children's Books To Enrich the Social Studies For the Elementar y Grades BULLETIN NO. 32 REVISED EDITION Children's Books To Enrich the Social Studies For the Elementary Grades By HELEN Huus The School of Education University of Pennsylvania NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR THE SOCIAL STUDIES A Department of the National Education Association 1201 Sixteenth Street, N. W., Washington, D.C.20036 PRICE $2.50 4 Copyright 1966 BY THE NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR THE SOCIAL STUDIES PREFACE In the Preface to the 1981 edition of this publication, Emlyn Jones wrote as follows: "All who use this compilation will quickly recognize its high quality and the thoroughness with which it has been prepared. They will recognize, too, the helpfulness of the careful selection of titles, the thoughtful organization designed to fit almost any program, the valuable annotations, the grade level designation, and the useful index. These and other features of Miss Helen Huus' work should earn her not only the gratitude but the admiration and respect of thousands of elementary teachers." These words continue to apply appropriately to the 1966 edition. For the many teachers who live some distance from a well stocked bookstore, or those who teach in an elementary school having no central library, this booklist contains many practical helps. The book- list will serve equally well as a ready reference and time saver for the central librarian in a large school or an individual teacher in a remote area. The National Council for the Social Studies is pleased to make this compilation of children's books available to the elementary school teachers of the nation.It will be a valuable reference for teachers and will help them with the task of making the social studies vivid and meaningful for children. Because of the larger number of books available since 1961, the task of evaluating and choosing becomes more difficult.Dr. Huus is to be commended by the Council and the profession for her valuable contribution that will enrich the teaching of the social studies. ADELINE BRENDLE, President National Council for the Social Studies ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ALTHOUGH this bibliography has been compiled by one person, the work of others has also played a part. In addition to those who assisted with the first edition, other childrens' librarians have been very helpful in sharing their evaluations of books, in locating books, and in allowing a large number to be checked out at once. Those in the following libraries deserve special mention: The Central Children's Room and the Northeast Regional Library in Philadelphia, the Mason City Public Library, the Northwood (Iowa) Public Library, and the Northwood-Kensett Elementary School Library. Special thanks are also due three persons who typed parts of the manuscript and assisted with the revision at different stages of its completion: Mrs. Bette Wright, who checked in order to locate books no longer in print, Miss Ada Huus, who helped with the final checking, and Mrs. Eleanor Bennett, who checked the publishers. Without the help of these individuals, the task could not have been completed on time. The responsibility for the final result, however, is mine alone. THE AUTHOR 7 vii TABLE OF CONTENTS Page No. PREFACE V ACKNOWLEDGMENTS vii INTRODUCTION Xi I. OUR WORLD 1-22 Geography, 1-57° 2-15 Products, 58-70 16-19 Conservation, 71-84 19-22 II. TIMES PAST 23-56 Ancient History, 85-103 25-31 The Middle Ages, 104-116 31-35 Explorations and New Ideas, 117-123 35-37 Colonial America, 124-168 37-49 America Grows Up, 169-191 49-56 III. PEOPLE TODAY 57-130 General, 192-194 60-61 North America, 195-252 62-76 The Arctic, 253-261 76-7E Latin America, 262-288 78-85 Europe, 289-348 85-103 Africa, 349-372 103-109 The Middle East, 373-386 110-113 Asia, 387-436 114-127 Australia and New Zealand, 437-440 127-128 The Antarctic, 441-446 129-130 IV. THE WORLD'S WORK 131-162 Government, 447-463 132-137 Industry, 464-487 137-143 Transportation, 488-537 143-157 Communication, 538-555 157-162 V. LIVING TOGETHER 163-183 At Home, 556-587 164-171 In the City, 588-593 171-173 In our Land, .594-608 173-177 In the World, 609-622 177-181 Celebrating Holidays, 623-630 181-183 INDEX OF PUBLISHERS 184-186 AUTHOR AND TITLE INDEX 187-201 11 The numbers in italics denote the respective items. ix INTRODUCTION rr HERE is no standard pattern for the organization of the social stud- ies in the elementary school.In the primary grades (K-3) the program generally consists of units which draw on all of the social sciences and current affairs, as well as art, literature, music, and even certain phases of science. The principal content in the middle grades (4-6) is drawn from history and geography. Sometimes these subjects are taught separately and sometimes they are fused. Even in the middle grades other areas of knowledge than history and geography are often drawn on to lend breadth and meaning. Though the specific content, the methods of teaching, and the materials used vary through- out the United States, the purposes of social studies are usually the samefor children to learn specific information and to acquire con- cepts and understandings relative to their own country and the world. to recognize the interdependency of people and nations, to appreciate their American heritage and democratic institutions, to practice demo- cratic living, and to acquire skills that will help them meet problems of the future intelligently. Using children's books.Many Plementary schools today rely on social studies texts, either a single book or several on different reading levels.While these textbooks usually give an overall view of the required topics, many of the interesting details and explanations must be omitted because of space. Children's books (call them "trade" or "library" books as you wish\) have long been used to supplement the texts, but never before have there been so many from which to choose.