Transcript Coretta Scott King Award Winners

Coretta Scott King Award
Winners
And the State of New Jersey
Department of Education Core
Curriculum
Standard 6.1
Social Studies Skills
• 6.1.2 By the end of 2nd grade
– Explain the concepts of long ago and far
away.
– Apply terms related to time including past,
present and future.
– Retell events or stories with accuracy and
appropriate sequencing.
– Develop simple timelines.
1865
1950
1969
Bibliography
Aston, Dianna Hutts. The Moon Over Star. New York: Dial Books for
Young Readers, 2008.
Bolden, Tonya. Maritcha: A Nineteenth-Century American Girl. New York:
Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 2005.
Giovanni, Nikki. Rosa. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 2005.
Grimes, Nikki. Talkin’ About Bessie: The Story of Aviator Elizabeth
Coleman. New York: Orchard Books, 2002.
Hamilton, Virginia. Her Stories: African American Folktales, Fairy Tales
and True Tales. New York: The Blue Sky Press, 1995.
Hamilton, Virginia. The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales. New
York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1985.
Howard, Elizabeth Fitzgerald. Virgie Goes to School with Us Boys. New
York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2000.
McKissack, Patricia C. Days of Jubilee: The End of Slavery in the United
States. New York: Scholastic Press, 2003.
McKissack, Patricia C. Goin’ Someplace Special. New York: Atheneum
Books for Young Readers, 2001.
Morrison, Toni. Remember: The Journey to School Integration. Boston:
Houghton Mifflin Co., 2004.
Nelson, Kadir. We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball.
Social Studies Skills Continued
• 6.1.4 By the end of 4th grade
– Explain how present events are connected to
the past.
– Apply terms related to time including years,
decades, centuries, and generations.
– Organize events in a time line.
– Distinguish fact from fiction.
Fact
Fiction
Some of Both
Present Events
Related to the
Past
Or
Time Line
1828
1955
1860 - 1946
Standard 6.2
Civics
• 6.2.2 Civic Life, Politics and Government by the
end of 2nd grade
– Give examples of authority and recognize problems
that might arise from lack of effective authority.
– Explore basic concepts of diversity, tolerance,
fairness and respect for others
• Citizenship
– Recognize real people and fictional characters who
have demonstrated responsible leadership and
citizenship and identify the characteristics that have
made them good examples.
Civics continued
• 6.2.4 Civic Life, Politics and Government
By the end of 4th grade
– Describe the characteristics of an effective
rule or law.
– Differentiate between power and authority
• American Values and Principles
– Describe how American values and
beliefs…contribute to the continuation and
improvement of American Democracy.
Standard 6.4
United States and New Jersey History
• 6.42 Family and Community Life by the
end of 2nd grade
– Compare family life today with long ago
• State and Nation
– Recognize the names of major figures in
American history
– Discuss the contributions of important
women, African Americans and Native
Americans to United States and New Jersey
history.
United States and New Jersey
History Continued
• 6.4.4 Family and Community Life by the end of
4th grade
– Compare family life in a community of the past to life
in a community of the present.
– Discuss the reasons why various groups, voluntarily
and involuntarily, immigrated to America and New
Jersey and describe the problems they encountered.
– Describe situations in which people from diverse
backgrounds work together to solve common
problems.