GCSS – Children’s Literature Titles Aligned to Fifth Grade Social ...

[Pages:4]GCSS ? Children's Literature Titles Aligned to Fifth Grade Social Studies Standards

Children's Literature Titles ? The book titles listed below have been recommended by Georgia teachers and GCSS. Teachers should always read books themselves before using them with their students, to determine their appropriateness for their particular students. The titles are not an exhaustive list and teachers are encouraged to grow their collection of books useful for teaching these concepts and historical figures.

5th Grade Leslie Connor Amy Hest Eve Bunting Paul Fleischman Milly Lee Yin Emily Arnold McCully Katherine Paterson Michelle Markel Marie Bradby Jabari Asim Linda Glaser Deborah Hopkinson Sharon Draper Dandi Daley Mackall Christopher Paul Curtis Christopher Paul Curtis Karen Hesse Ann Turner Kate Lied Mildred D. Taylor Jacqueline Woodson Elizabeth Van Steenwyk Kathryn Selbert Andrea Davis Pinkney Sue Stauffacher Mara Rockliff Jonah Winter

Miss Bridie Chose a Shovel When Jessie Came Across the Sea Dreaming of America: An Ellis Island Story The Matchbox Diary Landed Coolies The Bobbin Girl Lyddie Brave Girl: Clara and the Shirtwaist Makers' Strike of 1909 More Than Anything Else Fifty Cents and a Dream: Young Booker T. Washington Hannah's Way Knit Your Bit: A World War I Story Stella by Starlight Rudy Rides the Rails: A Depression Era Story Bud, Not Buddy The Mighty Miss Malone Out of the Dust Dust for Dinner Potato: A Tale of the Great Depression Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry This is the Rope: A Story from the Great Migration First Dog Fala War Dogs: Churchill and Rufus Duke Ellington Bessie Smith and the Night Riders My Heart Will Not Sit Down Born and Bred in the Great Depression

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GCSS ? Children's Literature Titles Aligned to Fifth Grade Social Studies Standards

Kathleen Krull Judith St. George Leslie Kimmelman Barbara Cooney Doreen Rappaport Amnesty International National Geographic Eloise Greenfield Shirley Hughes Kimberly Brubaker Bradley Kirby Larson Joseph Bruchac Louise Borden Lois Lowry Carmen Agra Deedy Karen Hesse Lois Lowry Ken Mochizuki Yoshiko Uchida Eve Bunting Margot Theis Raven Candace Fleming Gavin Curtis David A. Adler Elizabeth Fitzgerald Howard Toni Morrison Duncan Tonatiuh Kristin Levin Calvin Alexander Ramsey Richard Michelson Deborah Wiles Andrea Davis Pinkney

A Boy Named FDR: How Franklin D. Roosevelt Grew Up to change America Make Your Mark, Franklin Roosevelt Hot Dog! Eleanor Roosevelt Throws a Picnic Eleanor Eleanor, Quiet No More: The Life of Eleanor Roosevelt We Are All Born Free: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights Every Human Has Rights: A Photographic Declaration for Kids Mary McLeod Bethune Hero on a Bicycle The War That Saved My Life Dash (Dogs of World War II) Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War II Across the Blue Pacific: A World War II story Crow Call The Yellow Star: The legend of King Christian X of Denmark The Cats in Krasinski Square Number the Stars Baseball Saved Us The Bracelet So Far From the Sea Mercedes and the Chocolate Pilot Boxes for Katje The Bat Boy and His Violin A Picture Book of Thurgood Marshall Virgie Goes to School With Us Boys Remember: The Journey to School Integration Separate is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez & Her Family's Fight for Desegregation Lions of Little Rock Ruth and the Green Book Busing Brewster Freedom Summer Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down

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Angela Johnson Rita Williams Garcia Christopher Paul Curtis Deborah Wiles Gary D. Schmidt Gary D. Schmidt Jerry Spinelli Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. & Kadir Nelson Faith Ringgold Eve Bunting Doreen Rappaport Jonah Winter Shane W. Evans Jacqueline Woodson Carole Boston Weatherford Evelyn Coleman Eve Bunting Carmen T. Bernier-Grand Kathleen Krull Michelle M. Hasselius Nikki Giovanni L. King Perez Carmen Agra Deedy

A Sweet Smell of Roses One Crazy Summer The Watsons Go to Birmingham Countdown; Revolution (from her 1960's trilogy of documentary novels) The Wednesday Wars Okay for Now Maniac Magee I Have a Dream (book & CD)

My Dream of Dr. Martin Luther King The Cart That Carried Martin Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Lillian's Right to Vote We March The Other Side Freedom on the Menu White Socks Only The Wall Lyndon B. Johnson (Presidential Biographies) Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez Cesar Chavez: The Struggle for Justice Rosa First Day in Grapes 14 Cows for America

5th Grade Gwenyth Swain

Mona Kerby

Government/Civics Titles Documents of Freedom: A Look at the Declaration of Independence, the Bill of Rights, and the U.S. Constitution Economics Owney, the Mail-Pouch Pooch (economic role of gov't)

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Diana Stanley Sara Pennypacker Katie Smith Milway David M. Schwartz Omar Casta?eda Yusuke Yonezu Ginger Howard Kim Norman Kathryn Lasky Doreen Rappaport

GCSS ? Children's Literature Titles Aligned to Fifth Grade Social Studies Standards

Rumpelstiltskin's Daughter (economic role of gov't) Sparrow Girl (economic role of gov't) One Hen: How One Small Loan Made a Big Difference ((economic role of gov't) If You Made a Million (banking, opportunity cost, loans, money) Abuela's Weave (producers/consumers) A Cup for Everyone (producers/consumers) A Basket of Bangles: How a Business Grows (entrepreneurs) Jack of All Tails (entrepreneurs) Vision of Beauty: The Story of Sarah Breedlove Walker (entrepreneurs) Lady Liberty: A Biography (human resources, scarcity, immigration, economic history)

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