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Luna & Me: The True Story of a Girl who Lived in a Tree to Save a Forest by Jenny Sue Kostecki-Shaw

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Luna & Me: The True Story of a Girl who Lived in a Tree to Save a Forest by Jenny Sue Kostecki-Shaw

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Civic duties, responsibilities as a citizen of a community
Civic Ideals & Practices

Based on a true story, we learn about a young girl who advocates for the preservation of Redwood trees. She is always exploring nature and finds it in herself to ensure conservation and make sure the redwood trees are not cut down. I think this book is great for children to show them their responsibilities as citizens to take care of their environment. Be it trees, or whatever else, it would help students to see ways they can contribute to their community and make a difference - a key idea in social studies.

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Sitting Bull: Lakota Warrior and Defender of His People by S.D. Nelson

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Sitting Bull: Lakota Warrior and Defender of His People by S.D. Nelson

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United States history (Native Americans)
Time, Continuity & Change

This book holds a very detailed account of Sitting Bull's life. It includes primary sources with details about significant events in Sitting Bull's life and explaining his importance to American history. Part of what I enjoyed about this book was the historical photographs. I think it is very helpful for kids to be able to visualize a time period they are learning about.
This relates to time, continuity, and change because it helps students learn about their nation's past. The NCSS standards state, "Study of the past makes us aware of the ways in which human beings have viewed themselves, their societies and the wider world at different periods of time." I think this is exemplified in Sitting Bull.

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Civil Rights Movement
Individual Development and Identity/Time, Continuity & Change

I wanted to choose a novel that I could potentially use in a classroom. I chose this one after reading reviews and excerpts from the book. It is about a young girl (11 turning 12) who is living in a segregated town in Mississippi in 1964. I thought it would be ideal to use a novel, where students would be close in age with the main character, to give them an idea of what children felt and went through during a specific time period. In this case, the civil rights movement. Though it is fictional, students would have the opportunity to understand the time period outside of reading nonfiction and textbook readings.
It relates to identity development because the young girl is finding her way and place in the community amongst the conflict going on. It also reflects a huge part of the past in our nation (time, continuity, and change) and offers students a reason why we study this time period and what we can learn from it.

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My Heart Will Not Sit Down by Mara Rockliff

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My Heart Will Not Sit Down by Mara Rockliff

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Great Depression/International Relations
Time, Continuity, & Change, Global Connections

A young girl in Africa learns from her teacher about the Great Depression in America. She understands how the people must be feeling because she knows how it feels to go hungry and not know when her next meal will be. She desperately wants to help in some way and would not stop until she found a way to do so. Together, with her community, they raise money to send to America.
This book discusses the challenges people were facing during the Great Depression, but also shows how other communities can help each other. It also shows how countries interact and the people help each other. I think this would be good to show children that even though some countries are far from us or seem different, we can always find some common ground.

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If You Lived Here: Houses of the World by Giles Laroche

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If You Lived Here: Houses of the World by Giles Laroche

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Knowledge of communities worldwide
People, Places & Environments/Global Connections
This book was one of my favorites that I explored. It shows many pictures of homes around the world. It describes why the homes in that area look a certain way and why they are built the way that they are. It would be so interesting for students to explore this and understand the similarities and differences in communities around our world. While I was exploring this book, I found a neat YouTube video where a teacher uses Google Earth to show where the houses are located and asks some great questions to help make connections. This would be a great way to integrate technology into social studies - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_jnhvNQCPM&t=70s.
Because students are able to compare and contrast homes around the world, they can make connections to their own community as well as learn about other people and environments.