Reading Geographically

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Project Resources

National Geographic 

• Classroom Resources

  • Mapping Storybooks lesson plan

• Mapping Resources

• Learn at Home: Grades 3-5

• Explorer Classroom

• GeoChallenge

• Creating a Geography Rich Classroom

• GeoInquiry Process

Culturally Relevant Pedagogy 

• Inquiry in the Upper Midwest

  • CRP videos, materials, and source sets

• Primary Sources and Culturally Relevant Pedagogy - TPS Teacher Network

• Getting Started with Culturally Responsive Teaching - Edutopia

• Connecting Students to Culturally Relevant Texts

• Mirrors, Windows, and Sliding Glass Doors

• Google's Teach From Home Culturally Responsive Classroom resources

Lessons

• Pairing Primary Sources & Picture Books - great webinar from the Library of Congress

  • Webinar Slide Deck

• Read Kansas Cards

• CommonLit

• Google LitTrips

• ReadWorks and ReadWorks Lessons

Trade Books: How to Use Them  

• Every Book is a Social Studies Book: How to Meet Standards with Picture Books, K-6

• Notable Books, Notable Lessons: Putting Social Studies Back in the K-8 Curriculum

and Where to Find Them

• 50 YA Black Authors You Need to Explore

• We Read Too mobile app

• Black Children's Books & Authors

• American Indians in Children's Literature

• National Council for the Social Studies Notable Trade Books

• Epic

• We Need Diverse Books

• Decolonize your kids' bookshelf with these stories featuring characters of color

• Sunflower Reading - Kansas State Library 

• American Library Association

  • 2021 Notable Books

  • Past Notable Books

  • Best New Fiction for Young Adults

  • Newberry Award winners

  • Caldecott Award winners

  • Great Graphic Books for Teens

  • BLM Comics Reading List

• Multicultural and Social Justice Books for Children and Young Adults

• Anti-Defamation League's searchable book list of Books That Matter

• Library of Congress suggested books with aligned LOC resources

Project Staff