Around the World in 80 Books
- School:
- Wildlight Elementary School
- Subject:
- Language Arts
- Teacher:
- Jennifer Bozeman
- Students Impacted:
- 1200
- Grade:
- Pre K - 5
- Date:
- March 24, 2025
0% Funded
Only $363.99 Needed
Goal
What better way to have adventures and learn about far away places than through the world of books? My goal is to combine geography, social studies, and literature during library lessons to teach students about the world they inhabit.
What will be done with my students
Library lessons each month will be dedicated to a specific country: September - Canada, October - Mexico, November - Nigeria, December - Holidays Around the World, January - Australia, February - China, March - Brazil, April - Netherlands, and May - India. The first week will focus on introducing the country with an emphasis on geography and a typical day in the life of a kid, favorite foods, famous people, music, art, language, flag, etc. The second week will focus on a picture book written by an author of that country or about that country. The third week will involve a game, craft, or activity from the country (ex. tangrams for China, making tulips for the Netherlands) tied to the picture book we read the week prior. Students will be given a passport that will be stamped as each new country is traveled to.
Benefits to my students
Over 1,200 students in grades K-5 will learn all about the world around them through interactive lessons in geography, social studies and literature. They will learn how to read maps, calculate how far they are from each country's capital we study, what different languages are spoken (and maybe learn a few words, too), what types of foods are eaten, as well as delve into stories from around the world. With 197 independent nations in the world, my hope is to continue each year with a set of new nations so that by the end of 5th grade students will have learned about 48 countries!
Budget Narrative
Items #1-18 are from Teachers Pay Teachers
Items #19-39 are from Amazon
Items
| # | Item | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Passport Template & Bundle | $5.00 |
| 2 | Holidays Around the World Escape Room | $8.00 |
| 3 | Christmas Around the World - Holidays Passport Research | $12.50 |
| 4 | Canada (country study) | $4.49 |
| 5 | All About Canada | $4.00 |
| 6 | Mexico (country study) | $4.99 |
| 7 | All About Mexico | $4.00 |
| 8 | Nigeria (country study) | $4.49 |
| 9 | Australia (country study) | $4.99 |
| 10 | All About Australia | $4.00 |
| 11 | China (country study) | $4.99 |
| 12 | All About China | $4.00 |
| 13 | Brazil (country study) | $5.49 |
| 14 | All About Brazil | $4.00 |
| 15 | Netherlands (country study) | $4.99 |
| 16 | All About the Netherlands | $4.00 |
| 17 | India (country study) | $5.49 |
| 18 | All About India | $4.00 |
| 19 | The Greatest Skating Race - Louise Borden | $18.12 |
| 20 | The Hero of Little Street - Gregory Rogers | $24.04 |
| 21 | Koala Lou - Mem Fox | $14.69 |
| 22 | The Ear - Piret Raud | $14.92 |
| 23 | A Gift for Amma - Meera Sriram | $8.36 |
| 24 | The Greatest River - Namita Moolani Mehta | $10.66 |
| 25 | A Kurta to Remember - Gauri Dalvi Pandya | $16.71 |
| 26 | Mango Memories - Sita Singh | $12.75 |
| 27 | Papa's Butter Chicken - Monica Saigal | $11.26 |
| 28 | The Forest Keeper - Rina Singh | $14.23 |
| 29 | The Spice Box - Meera Sriram | $14.05 |
| 30 | A Garden in My Hands - Meera Sriram | $7.51 |
| 31 | The Best Tailor in Pinbaue - Eymard Toledo | $18.95 |
| 32 | Along the Tapajos - Fernando Vilela | $16.73 |
| 33 | From My Window - Otavio Junior | $15.89 |
| 34 | Learning is a Journey Classroom Decor | $9.43 |
| 35 | Let's Explore Classroom Decor | $8.22 |
| 36 | World Traveller Border | $4.74 |
| 37 | World Traveller Border | $4.74 |
| 38 | Let's Explore Calendar Set | $9.58 |
| 39 | Let's Explore World Map Border | $14.99 |
| Total: | $363.99 |
0% Funded
Only $363.99 Needed
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