CHS252 Unit 7 Assignment Resource File Latest 2020 September

CHS252 Social Studies in Early Childhood Education

Unit 7 Assignment  

Resource File

This product is an ongoing activity that will be conducted throughout the course. You will develop an annotated compilation of twenty-five (25) literature, databases, and other resources appropriate for teaching social studies to young (birth through age 8) children.

Review and utilize the grading rubric throughout the resource collection process.

The annotation will include:

? title, author, illustrator, publisher, copyright year

? appropriate ages and grades of children

? format (picture book, pop-up)

? genre

? identification of matching social studies thematic strand

(1. culture; 2. time, continuity, change; 3. people, places, and environment; 4. Individual development and identity; 5. individuals, groups, and institutions; 6. power, authority, and governance; 7. production, distribution, and consumption; 8. science, technology, and society; 9. global connections; 10. civic ideals and practices).

25 Required Resources:

? 6 read-aloud books representing six different countries (1 book for each country)

? 4 Social Studies strand-related books (1 book from each of the four CT ELDS strands)

Succinctly evaluate books based on at least three (3) of the anti-bias

criteria: illustrations, storyline, authenticity, relationships between people,

heroines/heroes, omissions(s) effects on a child’s self-image, author’s or illustrator’s

backgrounds and/or perspectives, language, copyright date.

? 2 toys from around the world

? 2 alphabet books representing 2 different linguistic groups

? 2 counting books representing 2 different linguistic groups

? 2 outdoor games from 2 different cultures

? 2 musical recordings representing music from 2 different countries

? 2 data-bases appropriate for social studies content areas

(culture; civics and government; geography and environment; history; economics,

anthropology, and archaeology)

? 1 biography of one United States founding father

? 1 biography of one United States President within the past century

? 1 biography of a President from a different country