Fiction in the Socials Studies Class

Hi!

Just wanted to make a quick plug, on behalf of all of us Socials/English teachers, for the use of fiction in your Socials classroom.

I would recommend watching The Walrus (a great Canadian Literary magazine) for both short stories and reviews of Canadian books from small presses.

http://walrusmagazine.com/

The New Yorker is also a gold mine for short fiction and has a new story free online every month. It also has excellent book reviews as well.

http://www.newyorker.com/

Also, locally, the staff at Munro's is great at recommending books on any subject.

http://www.munrobooks.com/

Finally, any one book that anyone who is going to teach the Vietnam War should HAVE to read and HAVE to teach in their class is Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried. It is a series of linked short stories so gritty and telling that you and your students will be unable to put it down. I can't say enough good things about this book as both a book and an academic resource.

Thanks and Happy Holidays,

Justine