Social Studies and Literacy Resources
I taught a module on social studies and literacy so have resources (including lecture slides) on both reading and writing as it relates to social studies. Many of these resources are available on the Teaching American History blog for that module.
My lecture slides for that class are available here:
Booklists for Specific Historical Eras in America
I recommend these contemporary books, many of which have highly relevant social themes.
For each, check out the "Chapter Guides." Each guide includes cross-curricular, social studies-based activities and historical overviews for each particular chapter in the book. They're quite comprehensive.
Various books on the theme of Exploration (including Conestoga Wagons, America at the Time of Lewis and Clark, The Coast Mappers, Dakota Dugout, Daily Life in a Covered Wagon, Sarah, Plain and Tall, several Discovery magazine issues—Lewis and Clark and Pioneers, If You Were a Pioneer on the Prairie, Apples to Oregon, If You Traveled in a Covered Wagon, Lewis and Clark on the Trail of Discovery, Seaman's Journal, Sacajawea, You Wouldn't Want to Grow Up in a Wild West Town) [Note that several of these guides have more than one related website.]
© 2012, Christy G. Keeler, Ph.D.