Curriculum Areas

The curriculum areas listed here each have one or more pages on this site with information such as: related children's books, activities, related professional books and links to related sites on the internet. If you don't find your subject listed here try the Other Subjects page. Another way to search for a specific subject is to use our search page.

• Social Studies:
  • US History:
    • Professional Books
    • General Activities and Lesson Plans
    • Children's Books
    • Buildings and Architecture
    • The Great Depression
    • Flight and Planes
    • Local History and Family Stories
    • Martin Luther King Day
    • Native Americans Past and Present
    • Pilgrims, The Time Of: 1600-1700
    • The Civil War
    • Slavery
    • Colonial America, 1600-1776.
    • The Revolutionary War
    • Rivers
    • World War II, newsletter article.
    • World War II as an example of a school wide parallel reading theme.
    • Time as a Subject and Time Travel Fantasies
    • Quilts
    • The Holocaust: Annotated Booklist
  • World History:
    • Middle Ages
    • World War II
    • World War II as an example of a school wide parallel reading theme.
    • The Holocaust: Annotated Booklist
    • Buildings and Architecture
    • Time as a Subject and Time Travel Fantasies
    • Greek and Roman Mythology
    • Other World History Children's Books
  • Geography:
    • Appalachia
    • Deserts
    • Geology
    • Oceans
    • Rivers
    • United States Through Literature
    • Cities and Towns
    • Local History and Family Stories
    • Winter
  • Cultures:
    • Appalachia
    • Deserts
    • Buildings and Architecture
    • Local History and Family Stories
    • Native Americans
    • Martin Luther King Day
  • Social Skills:
    • Bullies
  • Transportation:
    • Trains
    • Flight
  • Other Social Studies topics:
    • Families
    • Cities and Towns
    • Schools
    • Farms
    • Work and Occupations
• Science:
  • Technology:
    • Flight and Planes
  • Physical Science:
    • Flight and Planes
    • Time
    • Buildings and Architecture
  • Earth Science:
    • Deserts
    • Geology
    • Insects and Spiders
    • Oceans
    • Weather
    • Winter
    • Rivers
  • Health and Physical Education:
    • Nutrition Treasure Hunt
    • Food and Stone Soup
    • Sports
• Math:
  • Math Out Loud: Math and the Oral Traditions
  • Time and Time Travel Fantasies
  • Math Month in the Library
  • Buildings and Architecture
  • Books in the Math Program
  • Math and My Place in Space by Hirst
  • Math and Mud Flat Olympics by Stevenson
  • Patterns and Picture Books
  • Data Gathering and Picture Books
  • Computation and Picture Books
  • Picturing Math by Carol Otis Hurst and Rebecca Otis.
• Language Arts:
  • Literature:
    • Genre: Folk and Fairy Tales Tongue-in-Cheek Versions.
    • Genre: Quests
    • Genre: Mythology (Greek and Roman)
    • Genre: Mysteries
    • Genre: Poetry
    • Characters: Bullies
    • Characters: Fools and Tricksters
    • Characters: Book Characters Who are Readers
  • Writing:
    • Local History and Family Stories
  • Reading:
    • Reading Aloud. Recommended Titles for Grades PreK - 9.
    • Believing in Children as Readers, Learners and Teachers
    • School Wide Parallel Reading
    • First Books for Emergent Readers
    • Looking Critically at Picture Books with Students
    • Book Characters Who Are Readers
    • Reading With Your Child at Home
    • Raising Readers: Helping Your Child to Literacy
• Art:
  • Buildings and Architecture
  • Color
  • Quilts
• For more professional resources see Professional Topics