Exploring the Pacific States through Literature [Paperback]

Exploring the United States through Literature describes the best of current print and nonprint materials teachers can use with their students to study individual states. Each volume covers a different geographic area and presents selected materials that represent the uniquely rich and varied history, diversity, geography, industries, resources, famous people, and contemporary culture of each state in that region. Much more than a series of detailed bibliographies, the volumes in theExploring the United States through Literatureseries also describe classroom-tested activities that directly relate to each source.CAROL A. DOLL is associate professor in the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University of Washington, Seattle. She is author ofEvaluating Educational Software and Nonfiction Books for Children: Activities for Thinking, Learning, and Doing, and coauthor ofCollection Analysis for the School Library Media Center: A Practical Approach.

Series Statement vii
Preface ix
Contributors xi
Alaska 1, by Katherine L. Spangler
California 35, by Serenna F. Day
Hawaii 57, by Therese Bissen Bard, Madelline E. Oshiro, and Beryl Ripp
Oregon 82, by Peggy A. Sharp
Washington 100 by Carol A. Doll and Susan Veltfort
Directory of Publishers and Vendors 123
Author Index 131
Title Index 137
Subject Index 145