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| Preface | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Children's Literature in the Social Studies Curriculum | |
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| Teaching Elementary Social Studies | |
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| Scope and Sequence | |
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| The National Council for the Social Studies | |
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| Rethinking the Social Studies Curriculum | |
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| Constructivism and Social Studies Instruction | |
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| Social Studies Teaching and Multiple Intelligences | |
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| Final Thought | |
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| Social Studies and Children's Literature | |
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| Integrating Literature | |
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| The Literature-Based Approach to Social Studies Instruction | |
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| Advantages of Literature-Based Instruction | |
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| Collaboration: The Name of the Game | |
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| Benefits | |
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| Forging the Partnership | |
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| Librarian [RightArrow] Classroom Teacher | |
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| Classroom Teacher [RightArrow] Librarian | |
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| How to Use This Book | |
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| Book Selection | |
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| Hands-on, Minds-on Activities | |
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| Readers Theatre | |
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| Activity Sheets | |
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| Activities and Processes | |
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| Child and Self | |
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| All the Colors of the Earth | |
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| Summary | |
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| Social Studies Disciplines | |
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| NCSS Thematic Strands | |
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| Critical Thinking Questions | |
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| Related Books | |
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| Activities | |
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| Giraffes Can't Dance | |
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| Summary | |
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| Social Studies Disciplines | |
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| NCSS Thematic Strands | |
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| Critical Thinking Questions | |
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| Related Books | |
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| Activities | |
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| Happy Birth Day! | |
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| Summary | |
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| Social Studies Disciplines | |
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| NCSS Thematic Strands | |
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| Critical Thinking Questions | |
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| Related Books | |
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| Activities | |
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| I'm Gonna Like Me: Letting Off a Little Self-Esteem | |
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| Summary | |
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| Social Studies Disciplines | |
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| NCSS Thematic Strands | |
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| Critical Thinking Questions | |
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| Related Books | |
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| Activities | |
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| Parts | |
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| Summary | |
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| Social Studies Disciplines | |
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| NCSS Thematic Strands | |
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| Critical Thinking Questions | |
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| Related Books | |
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| Activities | |
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| The Secret of Saying Thanks | |
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| Summary | |
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| Social Studies Disciplines | |
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| NCSS Thematic Strands | |
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| Critical Thinking Questions | |
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| Related Books | |
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| Activities | |
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| Family | |
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| Mama Loves Me from Away | |
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| Summary | |
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| Social Studies Disciplines | |
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| NCSS Thematic Strands | |
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| Critical Thinking Questions | |
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| Related Books | |
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| Activities | |
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| So Far from the Sea | |
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| Summary | |
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| Social Studies Disciplines | |
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| NCSS Thematic Strands | |
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| Critical Thinking Questions | |
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| Related Books | |
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| Activities | |
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| Star Blanket | |
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| Summary | |
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| Social Studies Disciplines | |
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| NCSS Thematic Strands | |
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| Critical Thinking Questions | |
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| Related Books | |
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| Activities | |
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| The Star People: A Lakota Story | |
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| Summary | |
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| Social Studies Disciplines | |
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| NCSS Thematic Strands | |
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| Critical Thinking Questions | |
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| Related Books | |
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| Activities | |
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| Tattered Sails | |
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| Summary | |
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| Social Studies Disciplines | |
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| NCSS Thematic Strands | |
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| Critical Thinking Questions | |
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| Related Books | |
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| Activities | |
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| Community and Neighborhood | |
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| How Raven Stole the Sun | |
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| Summary | |
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| Social Studies Disciplines | |
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| NCSS Thematic Strands | |
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| Critical Thinking Questions | |
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| Related Books | |
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| Activities | |
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| My Great-Aunt Arizona | |
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| Summary | |
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| Social Studies Disciplines | |
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| NCSS Thematic Strands | |
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| Critical Thinking Questions | |
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| Related Books | |
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| Activities | |
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| On One Flower: Butterflies, Ticks and a Few More Icks | |
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| Summary | |
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| Social Studies Disciplines | |
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| NCSS Thematic Strands | |
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| Critical Thinking Questions | |
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| Related Books | |
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| Activities | |
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| The Other Side | |
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| Summary | |
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| Social Studies Disciplines | |
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| NCSS Thematic Strands | |
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| Critical Thinking Questions | |
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| Related Books | |
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| Activities | |
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| Quinito's Neighborhood: El Vecindario de Quinito | |
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| Summary | |
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| Social Studies Disciplines | |
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| NCSS Thematic Strands | |
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| Critical Thinking Questions | |
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| Related Books | |
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| Activities | |
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| Tomas and the Library Lady | |
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| Summary | |
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| Social Studies Disciplines | |
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| NCSS Thematic Strands | |
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| Critical Thinking Questions | |
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| Related Books | |
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| Activities | |
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| Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge | |
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| Summary | |
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| Social Studies Disciplines | |
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| NCSS Thematic Strands | |
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| Critical Thinking Questions | |
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| Related Books | |
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| Activities | |
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| City and Country | |
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| Fireboat: The Heroic Adventures of the John J. Harvey | |
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| Summary | |
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| Social Studies Disciplines | |
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| NCSS Thematic Strands | |
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| Critical Thinking Questions | |
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| Related Books | |
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| Activities | |
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| An Island Scrapbook: Dawn to Dusk on a Barrier Island | |
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| Summary | |
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| Social Studies Disciplines | |
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| NCSS Thematic Strands | |
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| Critical Thinking Questions | |
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| Related Books | |
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| Activities | |
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| Life on an Apple Orchard | |
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| Summary | |
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| Social Studies Disciplines | |
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| NCSS Thematic Strands | |
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| Critical Thinking Questions | |
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| Related Books | |
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| Activities | |
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| Mountain Town | |
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| Summary | |
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| Social Studies Disciplines | |
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| NCSS Thematic Strands | |
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| Critical Thinking Questions | |
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| Related Books | |
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| Activities | |
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| Near One Cattail: Turtles, Logs, and Leaping Frogs | |
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| Summary | |
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| Social Studies Disciplines | |
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| NCSS Thematic Strands | |
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| Critical Thinking Questions | |
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| Related Books | |
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| Activities | |
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| Rhyolite: The True Story of a Ghost Town | |
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| Summary | |
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| Social Studies Disciplines | |
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| NCSS Thematic Strands | |
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| Critical Thinking Questions | |
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| Related Books | |
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| Activities | |
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| Where Horses Run Free: A Dream for the American Mustang | |
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| Summary | |
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| Social Studies Disciplines | |
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| NCSS Thematic Strands | |
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| Critical Thinking Questions | |
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| Related Books | |
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| Activities | |
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| States and Regions | |
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| Crab Moon | |
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| Summary | |
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| Social Studies Disciplines | |
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| NCSS Thematic Strands | |
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| Critical Thinking Questions | |
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| Related Books | |
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| Activities | |
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| G Is for Golden: A California Alphabet | |
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| Summary | |
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| Social Studies Disciplines | |
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| NCSS Thematic Strands | |
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| Critical Thinking Questions | |
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| Related Books | |
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| Activities | |
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| G Is for Grand Canyon: An Arizona Alphabet | |
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| Summary | |
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| Social Studies Disciplines | |
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| NCSS Thematic Strands | |
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| Critical Thinking Questions | |
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| Related Books | |
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| Activities | |
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| High as a Hawk: A Brave Girl's Historic Climb | |
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| Summary | |
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| Social Studies Disciplines | |
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| NCSS Thematic Strands | |
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| Critical Thinking Questions | |
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| Related Books | |
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| Activities | |
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| I Have Heard of a Land | |
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| Summary | |
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| Social Studies Disciplines | |
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| NCSS Thematic Strands | |
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| Critical Thinking Questions | |
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| Related Books | |
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| Activities | |
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| Quilt of States: Piecing Together America | |
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| Summary | |
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| Social Studies Disciplines | |
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| NCSS Thematic Strands | |
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| Critical Thinking Questions | |
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| Related Books | |
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| Activities | |
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| The Tsunami Quilt: Grandfather's Story | |
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| Summary | |
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| Social Studies Disciplines | |
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| NCSS Thematic Strands | |
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| Critical Thinking Questions | |
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| Related Books | |
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| Activities | |
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| Nation and Country | |
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| A Is for America: An American Alphabet | |
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| Summary | |
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| Social Studies Disciplines | |
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| NCSS Thematic Strands | |
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| Critical Thinking Questions | |
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| Related Books | |
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| Activities | |
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| Coming to America: A Muslim Family's Story | |
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| Summary | |
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| Social Studies Disciplines | |
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| NCSS Thematic Strands | |
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| Critical Thinking Questions | |
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| Related Books | |
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| Activities | |
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| Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. | |
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| Summary | |
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| Social Studies Disciplines | |
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| NCSS Thematic Strands | |
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| Critical Thinking Questions | |
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| Related Books | |
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| Activities | |
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| Pearl Harbor Warriors: The Bugler, the Pilot, the Friendship | |
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| Summary | |
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| Social Studies Disciplines | |
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| NCSS Thematic Strands | |
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| Critical Thinking Questions | |
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| Related Books | |
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| Activities | |
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| So You Want to Be President? | |
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| Summary | |
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| Social Studies Disciplines | |
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| NCSS Thematic Strands | |
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| Critical Thinking Questions | |
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| Related Books | |
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| Activities | |
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| The Star-Spangled Banner | |
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| Summary | |
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| Social Studies Disciplines | |
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| NCSS Thematic Strands | |
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| Critical Thinking Questions | |
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| Related Books | |
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| Activities | |
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| Vote! | |
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| Summary | |
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| Social Studies Disciplines | |
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| NCSS Thematic Strands | |
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| Critical Thinking Questions | |
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| Related Books | |
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| Activities | |
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| World | |
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| Antarctic Journal: Four Months at the Bottom of the World | |
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| Summary | |
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| Social Studies Disciplines | |
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| NCSS Thematic Strands | |
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| Critical Thinking Questions | |
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| Related Books | |
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| Activities | |
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| Beautiful Blackbird | |
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| Summary | |
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| Social Studies Disciplines | |
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| NCSS Thematic Strands | |
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| Critical Thinking Questions | |
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| Related Books | |
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| Activities | |
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| Horse Hooves and Chicken Feet: Mexican Folktales | |
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| Summary | |
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| Social Studies Disciplines | |
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| NCSS Thematic Strands | |
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| Critical Thinking Questions | |
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| Related Books | |
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| Activities | |
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| Jabuti the Tortoise: A Trickster Tale from the Amazon | |
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| Summary | |
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| Social Studies Disciplines | |
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| NCSS Thematic Strands | |
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| Critical Thinking Questions | |
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| Related Books | |
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| Activities | |
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| Lord of the Cranes | |
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| Summary | |
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| Social Studies Disciplines | |
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| NCSS Thematic Strands | |
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| Critical Thinking Questions | |
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| Related Books | |
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| Activities | |
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| This Place I Know: Poems of Comfort | |
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| Summary | |
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| Social Studies Disciplines | |
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| NCSS Thematic Strands | |
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| Critical Thinking Questions | |
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| Related Books | |
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| Activities | |
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| Readers Theatre | |
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| Is the Value of Readers Theatre? | |
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| Using Readers Theatre | |
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| Presentation Suggestions | |
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| References | |
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| The First Thanksgiving (Nation) | |
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| Social Studies Concept | |
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| Summary | |
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| Social Studies Disciplines | |
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| NCSS Thematic Strands | |
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| Critical Thinking Questions | |
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| Three Ways of Living (City and Country) | |
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| Social Studies Concept | |
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| Summary | |
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| Social Studies Disciplines | |
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| NCSS Thematic Strands | |
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| Critical Thinking Questions | |
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| A Conversation with Thomas Jefferson (Nation) | |
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| Social Studies Concept | |
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| Summary | |
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| Social Studies Disciplines | |
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| NCSS Thematic Strands | |
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| Critical Thinking Questions | |
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| All Together Now (Community and Neighborhood) | |
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| Social Studies Concept | |
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| Summary | |
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| Social Studies Disciplines | |
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| NCSS Thematic Strands | |
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| Critical Thinking Questions | |
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| The Shapiros' New Adventure (World) | |
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| Social Studies Concept | |
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| Summary | |
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| Social Studies Disciplines | |
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| NCSS Thematic Strands | |
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| Critical Thinking Questions | |
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| Day of the Wave (States and Regions) | |
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| Social Studies Concept | |
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| Summary | |
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| Social Studies Disciplines | |
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| NCSS Thematic Strands | |
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| Critical Thinking Questions | |
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| Activity Sheets | |
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| Literature Log I | |
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| Literature Log II | |
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| Story Map | |
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| Story Pyramid | |
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| Character Analysis Frame | |
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| I Wonder... | |
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| A Reader's Menu | |
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| Author Study | |
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| Word by Word | |
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| Book by Book | |
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| An Annotated Bibliography of Children's Literature | |
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| The Concepts of Social Studies | |
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| Self | |
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| Family | |
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| Communities and Neighborhoods | |
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| City and County | |
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| States and Regions | |
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| Nation | |
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| World | |
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| The Disciplines of Social Studies | |
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| Geography | |
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| Anthropology | |
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| Sociology | |
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| Political Science | |
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| Economics | |
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| History | |
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| Teacher Resources | |
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| Index | |