Book Club Blog

            I personally do not think I would ever do book clubs in my math or social studies classrooms. However, I think they could be used in a way that could supplement certain topics in both classrooms. I enjoyed the book club we did in this class because it really made me think about ways this could be done in my content area classrooms. My group’s book, Hidden Figures made me realize how these books could supplement our lessons. Hidden Figures had a lot of Civil Rights depictions, which made me think about how I could tie books like this one into my social studies classroom. I do not think that reading whole books in a classroom would be really helpful for the children because they could skip over the important details, or the reason behind why you chose the book. Reading sections or chapters of books would be a great supplement to specific topics. This would give the students a chance to see how the things they are learning about play out in fictional and nonfictional worlds. Also, by not reading the entirety of a book they will not miss out on the details that are most important to the topics that are being taught. I would never have my class read an entire book, but I would for sure use sections of a book to supplement my lessons. This also made me think about how my English teachers would supplement the books we would read with clips of movies to give more of a visualization of certain chapters. This is a great way to supplement lessons without reading a whole book or watching a whole movie.

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