Curriculum - Literature for Children and Adolescents - EDUC 270 Resource Guide

Finding Curriculum Materials about Children's and YA Literature

Additional curriculum materials that use children’s and young adult literature as a basis for teaching can be found by

Lesson Plan Resources

These are online resources available to all students and faculty.

Explora - Educators Edition
Explora provides focus on education by providing full text education journals. Explora provides access to lesson plans, student tools, curriculum standards and links to sites valuable for teachers.
MAS Ultra - School Edition
MAS Ultra covers general reference, health, science and other disciplines for middle and high school students. Contains journals and magazines and indexes.
Primary Search
Full text for popular, magazines for elementary school research. All full text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles).
Science Reference Source
Science Reference Source contains full text of science magazines, journals, encyclopedias, reference books, and a collection of images.

Books for Teaching Children Literature

These are available to faculty and students in Missouri.

Character Education Through Children's Literature
EDUC 370 F265p v.0494
Getting Kids Hooked On Literature
Educ 807.1273 W588g 1998
Literature-Based Instruction: Reshaping the Curriculum
372.64 L712r
Literature-Based Social Studies: Children Books & Activities to Enrich the K-5 Curriculum
EDUC 372.83 L368Ls
Making Mark Twain Work in the Classroom
813.4 T9115ma 1999
Month by Month with Children's Literature
EDUC 372.241 B841m
Reading the Environment: Children's Literature in the Science Classroom
EDUC 372.35 C337r 1997
Using Literature in the Middle Grades
372.64 M855u

Children's Literature Reference Books at Stafford Library

These books are available in Stafford Library.

Black Authors and Illustrators of Children's Books
EDUC R 011.62 R658b 1988
More Books about Children's Literature

Curriculum Resource Center - Stafford Library

Columbia College has a curriculum recource center that contains textbooks, activity books, kits, multimedia, juvenile fiction, and juvenile nonfiction. The collection provides resources to assist the students in the Education Department and can be used by students and faculty in Columbia, Missouri.

Classroom Library

Some sources for a classroom library:

Garage Sales
Used book stores
Library sales
Parent donations
Book swaps
Grants
Bonus points from classroom book clubs

Here's some books at our library on classroom libraries.

Your Classroom Library
"Great teacher-tested and research-based strategies for organizing and using your library to increase students' reading achievement."
Field Guide to the Classroom Library
Provides comprehensive and accessible leveled lists and guides for 1,200 children's trade books for kindergarten through 6th grade to help teachers build classroom libraries.
Leveled Books (K-8)
The classroom library for independent reading -- The classroom collection for guided reading -- Creating and using a school bookroom -- Book clubs, gifts, and cost-effective planning -- How to write grant proposals to acquire more books.