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Literacy, K-12 teaching, Social Studies

Professional Associations

English and Literacy

IRA International Reading Association
NCTE National Council of Teachers of English
LINCS The Literacy Information and Communication System
LRC Literacy Research Association

Social Studies

NCSS National Council for the Social Studies
NACE National Alliance for Civic Education
AHA American Historical Association
NCGE National Council for Geographic Education
NCEE National Council on Economic Education

Finding K-12 Reading Materials

Children's Literature Comprehensive Database This link opens in a new window
Children's literature reviews and access to PreK-12 media of all types. Includes more than 650,000 book reviews from more than 50 professional review sources including: The ALAN Review, Booklist, The Horn Book Guide, and KIRKUS, as well as thematic book lists, award listings, author/illustrator links, curriculum tools, and more.

Graphic novels! The sequential art and story combination has been shown to be powerfully engaging to both advanced and reluctant readers. Check out a few of the following links for starting places:

For kids from ilovelibraries.org
For teens from slj.org or edutopia.org