Introduction
Young students love to hear and tell stories. This statement is, of course, no surprise to anyone, as we were all young once and likely can recall being drawn into a riveting tale or deeply intriguing image. Exposure to wonderful literature opens the eyes, and in turn the world, to developing minds and sparks a desire to place events and experiences in context, not an easy task with a limited frame of reference. Picture books, and pictures themselves, enrich a child's experience as they learn from the stories they hear. Quite easily and readily, they begin to ask questions to fill in the blanks with missing information. This eight-week history unit for second graders is designed to provide an experience for children to ask and answer questions as it integrates art, social studies, writing and theater through trips to local art museums, stories from history, journals for writing and sketching, and opportunities for dramatic representation.
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