Teaching Literacy through Historical Childrens Books

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Teaching Literacy through Historical Childrens
Books
Presented by Christy G. Keeler, Ph.D.
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Complete a K-W-L on Literacy Integration
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Agenda

• Introduction
• Lecture Teaching Reading through Historical
  Picture Books
• Break
• Lecture Teaching Writing through Historical
  Childrens Books

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Teaching Reading through Historical Childrens
Books
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Reading
An instance of reading affords the opportunity
to learn reading, to learn about reading, and to
learn through reading.-Jerome Harst
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Thinking about Integrating Literacy Instruction

• Always teach literacy skills
• Always use cross-curricular standards-based
  objectives tied
• Seek active, reflective readers
• Use high-interest content
• Teach genre
• Teach literacy before, during, and after reading

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Pre-Reading

• Have a purpose
• Prepare to read
• Predict
• Gather data
• Confirm/dispel predictions
• Access prior knowledge (e.g., brainstorming,
  K-W-L)

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Pre-Reading Example Images

• View primary source images or images from the
  book
• Teacher-guided knowledge construction

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Pre-Reading Example Images
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Pre-Reading Example Vocabulary

• Use direct instruction
• Use note cards
• Write vocabulary words on board
• Students write words on note cards
• Students predict definitions
• As students identify words in context, they write
  the correct definition and draw a picture

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During Reading

• Read silently and aloud
• Seek
• Important ideas
• Clarification
• Teach
• Note-taking
• Questioning
• Graphic organizers

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• Feels
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• Acts
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Character

• Says
• _________
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• Looks
• _________
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Where
Why
Event
Who
How
When
Significance
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Chores
Pa
Ma
Laura
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Biographies Attribute Web
Importance
Behaviors
Fears
Persons Name
Appearance
Feelings
Feelings toward Him/Her
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Pro
First Choice
Con
Pro
Second Choice
Con
Pro
Third Choice
Con
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Interactive Frame
Corps of Discovery
Native Americans
Needs/Goals
Needs/Goals
Interactions
Outcomes
Outcomes
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During Reading Example Activities
Modified from Colonial Williamsburg materials

• Use Then and Now T-charts
• Childrens jobs/manners/play
• Common foods
• Character journals
• Character cut-outs

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After Reading

• Small group discussion first
• Discuss notes, questions, quotes
• Revisit predictions
• Student control in whole group discussion
• Assess
• Cross-curricular skills and objectives
• Use alternative assessment methods

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After Reading Example Assessment Options
Modified from Colonial Williamsburg materials

• New lyrics for a well-known song
• Skits/Role-plays/Re-enactments
• Living Tableaus
• Historical freeze frames
• Illustrated timeline
• Posters, murals, pictures
• Annotated maps
• Student written tests

• Collaborative Tests
• Diary entries
• Lists of important events
• Charts/Graphic organizers
• Newspaper articles
• Retell booklets
• What if? paragraphs
• Bulletin board displays
• Recycle stories from pattern books

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Break

• Elementary
• Complete a one minute quickwrite in the L
  column of the K-W-L
• Secondary
• Make a senses journal

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Teaching Writing through Historical Childrens
Books
Presented by Christy G. Keeler, Ph.D.
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Writing
Writing is a fundamental intellectual
activity.Writing helps you learn
content.Writing clarifies content
understanding.-Steffens and Dickerson
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Building Writing Skills

• Write often
• It is not necessary to write lengthy passages
• Consider quickwrites
• Make writing a process

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Writing Example Summaries

• Prepare daily summaries
• Share summaries in pairs
• Check summaries for comprehension
• Share quality summaries as advance organizers

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Writing Example Journal Entry Types
From Toby Fulwiler

• Observation
• Speculation
• Questions
• Awareness
• Connections
• Information
• Synthesis

• Dialog with historical people or the teacher
• Revisit previous entries
• Problem posing or solving

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Writing Example News Magazines

• Collaboratively create a news magazine
• Each student is a feature editor
• Feature editor
• Sports editor
• Food and beverage editor
• Lifestyles editor
• Use primary source quotes, pictures, drawings,
  and self-written text

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Writing Example Commemorative Stamp Album
Modified from Colonial Williamsburg materials

• Design 5 event stamps
• Write about each stamp
• Letter written by an event participant
• Diary entry of event participant
• Article from a period newspaper
• Report of facts
• Leaflet/Flyer distributed at event
• Narrative with dialog
• Song memorializing the event
• Poem (e.g., diamante)

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Writing Example Bio-Poems
From Colonial Williamsburg materials

• Line 1 First name
• Line 2 Four adjectives describing him/her
• Line 3 Who loved (things, people, ideas)
• Line 4 Who wanted (things or ideas)
• Line 5 Who is famous for (things or ideas)
• Line 6 Who would never
• Line 7 But who always
• Line 8 Who said (direct quote)
• Line 9 Four new adjectives describing him/her
• Line 10 Last name

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Biography Board
Persons Name
Focus Question
Timeline
Illustration
Illustration
Quotes
Caption
Student Name
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Full Research Projects(How much do I have to
write?)
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Why teach research at the intermediate level?

• Teach literacy skills (e.g., increased
  vocabulary)
• History Day
• Build self-esteem
• Cultivate good habits

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Student Motivation
Based on the work of Delise Sanders and Nancy
Polette

• Use
• Bright red pocket folders
• Large data pages
• Three highlighters for identifying details
• Yellow Early Life
• Pink Young Adulthood
• Green Adulthood
• Provide
• Collection of picture books
• Refreshments
• Examples of previous student work
• Visits from former students/History Day winners

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Project Components
Based on the work of Delise Sanders and Nancy
Polette

• Essay
• CD Cover
• Display (e.g., movie, tri-fold poster)
• Include 5-8 primary sources
• Presentation in costume

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Suggestions for Success
Based on the work of Delise Sanders and Nancy
Polette

• Public library field trip
• Parental buy-in
• Prepare a calendar/checklist
• Offer links to resources
• Identify credible and reliable sources
• Link to primary sources/artifacts
• State archives
• National Archives
• National Historical Parks and Sites
• Visit grave sites/markers (http//FindAGrave.com)

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Alternative Ideas

• Butcher paper research papers
• Prepare papers in teams
• Scripted stories

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On the Line
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Teachers Guide Samples
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Teaching Literacy through Historical Childrens
Books
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