Elementary Social Studies : A Practical Guide
ISBN: 9780132697156 | 0132697157
Edition: 8thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Pearson
Pub. Date: 3/30/2012
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Elementary Social Studies: A Practical Guide, Eighth Edition,clearly presents, in a friendly tone, the essential content and methods for teaching social studies in the K-8 classroom, while reflecting on the recent trends in technology, teaching English Language Learners, and meeting the needs of diverse students. This brief, but thorough text deals with the various social studies disciplines in a way that reflects the field's greater focus on teaching history, geography, economics, and civic education. The content focuses on central concerns in... MORE
Preface
Chapter 1: The Elementary Social Studies Curriculum
Chapter 2: Planning for Social Studies Instruction
Chapter 3: Instructional Strategies
Chapter 4: Using Multiple Assessments to Evalu... MORE
Chapter 5: Teaching History
Chapter 6: Teaching Civic and Global Education
Chapter 7: Teaching Geography
Chapter 8: Teaching Economics
Chapter 9: Teaching for Diversity
Chapter 10: Reading and Literacies in Social Studies
June R. Chapin is Professor of Education at Notre Dame de Namur University in Belmont, California. A former public school teacher, including teaching in the Chicago Public Schools, she is the author or co-author of over a dozen textbooks ranging from the fourth grade to the university-level. Citizenship education is her greatest interest including, including research on voting and community participation of social studies students from the eighth grade to young adults.
