Amelia Bedilia 4 Mayor
By: Herman Parish
In this fun book second graders will love the
reading about Amelia Bedilia running for mayor. Her very literal sense of humor
will grab the student’s attention while educating them about
politics.
“ She dashed out of the kitchen.
“Where is she going?” said Mrs.
Rogers
“To City Hall!” said Mr. Rogers
“She is running for the mayor’s office!”
“
Throughout the book Amelia Bedilia has many
different encounters with the mayor and citizens of the town that help describe
a mayor’s role in a town. This book is also a great way to integrate figurative
language with Social Studies. Some examples that are found in the book
are:
“ “I made it!” said Amelia Bedilia.
“Hold on,” said the mayor’s
secretary.
“Mayor Thomas is with the press. He needs to
iron out some things.”
“I hate to iron,” said Amelia
Bedilia.
“I will bring him Mr. Rogers’s shirts.
The mayor can press them for me.” “
Using this book to enhance a Social Studies
lesson would very beneficial to use in your classroom because of the
entertaining story and humor that is used to teach about government. It
correlates with the standard,SS2CG2 The student will identify the roles of the
following elected officials: c. Mayor (leader of a city). By reading this book
the students can understand the role of the mayor and his or her roles while in
office. They will also be able to understand how a mayor is elected and what
process it takes to be elected. For example, in the story the mayor talks about
his platform and what issues he supports, and it also shows a debate where these
issues are brought up and discussed. This book does an excellent job of making
it fun and entertaining to learn these government terms.
“I enjoyed reading this story! I found the humor
to be entertaining for me as the reader and I am sure any second grader would
love this book!”- Mallory
“This book modeled the standard perfectly. It
made learning about this government official fun for students are there are lots
of activities you could incorporate with a lesson on this standard.”- Dianne
I love Amelia Bedelia books. This seems like a really good book. It is sometimes hard to find interesting but yet informative social studies books for children. By reading your blog this book seems like it would be very entertaining yet informative! Great blog.I love the idea of correlating this book with the standard that you chose!
ReplyDeletePolitics can be so confusing and sometimes even boring, but an Amelia Bedelia book is anything BUT boring! I am thrilled to read that there is an exciting and entertaining book that teaches students this standard. From your description of the book and the examples you provided, this seems like it will be a great book to share with the students and that they will be able to make a better connection since Amelia is a young girl. Thank you for sharing this blog! ~Elma Daniel
ReplyDeleteI really like this choice for showing an informal look at politics. This book looks very cute and entertaining to read to young students, it’s like a roundabout way of teaching students about the electoral process. Given the standard, this book looks perfect for identifying what certain elected officials do. Great post!
ReplyDeleteI like this book because it is a great book that teaches about politics. This book is a great way to teach students about the electroal processs and have the students have a great fun understanding of what they are. - Tracy
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