Fran Macko, Ph.D.
Using Content Picture Books in the History Classroom (Morning Session):
No child is too old to be read to! It's the one time they are totally enthralled, and completely focused!
A picture is worth a thousand words, a really good picture book is invaluable. The kids can really learn text through illustration.
Picture books are quick, manageable for the students. You can teach it in one class period. They remember more because they can see exactly what they are learning. The kids these days are very visually stimulated and this really speaks to that. It is a shared experience, especially when you read it aloud. All of the students are participating in the reading of the book. ELs, and learning disabled even have that shared experience.
With the visual stimulation that kids need, teaching them to be visually critical is very important. It helps them learn new concepts and new ideas. Pictures are good for all people to access, no matter their reading level, language level. It helps them understand what they're learning in a non-threatening way.
You can reinforce literacy skills in a very safe and effective way.
Beginning with a picture book is a great way of building prior knowledge for what we are going to be learning. Many good picture books have kids or young teenagers as the focal character. It brings them into the learning.
They get involved in the character and what is going on.
Picture books bring to life the "little people" and really bring to life the importance of the unsung heroes.
Get the book list from Fran Macko (Yvonne will email)
The Scarlet Stocking Spy book and Teacher Resource Guide is on the Foundations Website. It could be used as a template for the other books we use. Build different lessons based on the other picture books we are using.
Additional Ideas for Using Picture Books:
*Use the books as a dramatization. They can act out what they are reading. Puppetry, plays, etc.
*Journal their predictions. Don't read the whole book at once, break it up into smaller parts. Write a summary. What was your historical learning? How do you connect it to something we've already read?
*Create their own picture book. Illustrate it. Use figurative language to bring it to life. ABC Book of the American Revolution. A book report that wraps up the important people and events in the war. You can even use this for many different areas of history.
*Read a book and then have the kids make their own heroes cards.
**Look at the powerpoint she distributed. It is full of the detail we need!**
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