Findlay, Diane

Contains literature-based lesson plans that engage elementary students in community service projects while at the same time meeting academic goals, addressing the issues of hunger and the homeless, animal welfare, health and safety, the environment, aging, community building, literacy and education, and justice.

A collection of suggestions for activities and lessons from "LibrarySparks" magazine to teach children in kindergarten through fifth grade critical thinking and library skills, covering a range of content and methods for various grade levels.

A guide to teaching the Dewey Decimal system of classifying human knowledge to students in second through sixth grade, featuring an introduction to the system, describing each of the ten major Dewey categories, and their subcategories, and including print and nonprint resources, games and activities, and assessment exercises.

Presents discussion starters, annotated bibliographies, activities, and reproducible work sheets for grades 4-8 on American history, including the Revolutionary War, westward expansion, the Civil War, World War II, and other related topics.

Explains how librarians, teachers, and parents can make the process of teaching character values more conscious, systematic, creative, and fun by using examples from children's literature.