Election Time!

 

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 really enjoyed reading this story and thought it would be great to use in a second grade classroom. I found the humor in the story to be engaging for me as the reader, so I am sure the students would love it!" - Mallory
"I found this book to be fun to read! I liked the figurative language that was used in the story to make it more entertaining. The book matched the standard and there are many different activities you can do to learn about the role of a mayor."- Dianne