Linking Picture Book Biographies to National Content Standards

Liz Deskins has been a school librarian for more than 25 years, teaching at the elementary and high school levels, most currently in the Hilliard City School district, as well as at the college level.Christina H. Dorr, PhD, teaches at Weaver Middle School, part of the Hilliard City School District, Hilliard, OH. She has been a media specialist for 25 years and has also taught literature, literacy, technology, and library science courses for the past 12 years as an adjunct instructor for 5 universities in Ohio.

• Chapter 1 IntroductionProfessional ResourcesChapter 2 Linking to ScienceLife Science: OceanographyLife Science: Land SurvivorsLife Science: Naturalists/ConservationistsPhysical Science: Adventurers/PilotsPhysical Science: Inventors/InnovatorsPhysical Science: Physicists/MathematiciansEarth and Space Science: ArboristsEarth and Space Science: Earth's Place in the UniverseEarth and Space Science: Weather, Climate, and Earth's RegionsConclusionProfessional ResourcesChapter 3 Linking to Social StudiesHistory: ColonialismHistory: Slavery, Civil War, and AftermathHistory: American Civil Rights, 1940s–1960sCivics: Women's RightsCivics: Global Civil RightsCivics: Processes, Laws, and RulesEconomics: Banking/ProductivityGeography: United StatesGeography: Global ConnectionsConclusionCitations from the ChapterProfessional ResourcesChapter 4 Linking to the ArtsVisual Artists: SculptorsVisual Artists: PaintersVisual Artists: Alternative StylesMusicians: Various StylesMusicians: Songs for Social MovementsWriters: Reference WorksWriters: Literary PoetsWriters: InfluencesActors/Performers: InfluencesAthletes: Value of Physical ExpressionAthletes: Sports/BaseballConclusionProfessional ResourcesChapter 5 ConclusionProfessional ResourcesAppendix I: Book Award Lists that Include BiographiesAppendix II: Technology SuggestionsAppendix III: Standards ReferencedAuthor and Illustrator IndexSubject IndexTitle Index