Cooking Up U.S. History: Recipes and Research to Share With Children

Spice up your history classes with this fantastic resource! Organized in units that represent major periods of U.S. history and regions of the country, it contains all the ingredients you need to promote learning - recipes, readings, and resources. The classroom-tested recipes give young learners a new perspective on history; and the annotated resource lists and library links help them conduct research and learn more. Your students will delight in preparing their own porridge and pudding; making candles, soap, and ink; or trying out the pioneers' recipe for sourdough biscuits. A great complement to the social studies curriculum, this book can be used by teachers, students, and parents. Grades 1-8

Suzanne I. Barchers, EdD, is the author of two college textbooks, over 20 readers theatre and teacher resource books, and more than 100 educational books for children. She is past president of the Association of Educational Publishers and serves on the PBS Kids Next Generation Advisory Board. Barchers has served as a public school teacher, affiliate faculty for the University of Colorado-Denver, acquisitions editor for Teacher Ideas Press, editor and chief of Leapfrog, and managing editor at Weekly Reader. Barchers writes and consults from her home.

Patricia C. Marden is an elementary teacher at Belleview Elementary School, Englewood, CO, and recipient of the 1991 Colorado Educator Award. She has been a teacher and administrator since 1970.