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Teaching Social Studies in Early Education

by: DeMelendez, Wilma Robles; Beck, Verna; Fletcher, Melba

Teaching Social Studies in Early Education

by: DeMelendez, Wilma Robles; Beck, Verna; Fletcher, Melba

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9780766802889
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0766802884
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 02/11/2000
Publisher: Cengage Learning

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Teachers and child caregivers will love this new book because it clearly combines the theory and practice of teaching social studies to young children. Taking a global approach, this book presents major topical areas such as geography, history, the arts, and multicultural education. In addition, it integrates social studies with other subjects in a literature-based format. It's practical, easy-to-understand coverage that meets national standards.

Preface

xiii

Acknowledgments

xvi

PART I: Helping Children Become Who They Are: A Rationale for Teaching Social Studies

(70)

The World Children Live In

(19)

The Developmental Tasks of Early Childhood Years

(4)

Development of Social Self: The Key to Being Part of a Group

(1)

Developmentally Delayed Children: Exceptional Education

(1)

Social Studies and the Young Child

(1)

Becoming Aware of the World Children Live In

(1)

Preparing Children to Face New Challenges

(1)

Educating Children for a Different Society

(1)

National Agenda for Social Studies

(1)

Changing Our Vision: Developing a National and a Global Sense of Citizenship

(1)

Global Connections: One Aim of the Social Studies Curriculum

(2)

Using a Global Approach to Create a Responsive Social Studies Curriculum

(1)

Rationale for The National Social Studies Global Connections Standard

(1)

The Child's Ability to Learn about Others Near and Far

(10)

Is a Global Approach Appropriate for Young Children?

(1)

NAEYC's Definition of Developmentally Appropriate Practices (DAP)

(1)

Building Knowledge about the World through Piaget's Socio-Conventional and Physical Knowledge

(1)

Physical Knowledge

(1)

Demonstrating Early Social Awareness

(1)

Personal Experiences: Ways to Learn about Reality

(1)

A Global Approach and Development of a Sense of Equality

(1)

The Global Approach to Social Studies Education

(5)

Discovering the Essence of Social Studies

(23)

Social Studies: In Search of Definitions

(4)

Common Ideas about Social Studies

(1)

A Formal Definition of Social Studies

(1)

Implications of the NCSS Definition

(1)

Social Studies---A Multi-faceted Curriculum

(1)

Social Studies and the Child with Special Needs

(1)

Goals of Social Studies Education

(1)

Characteristics of an Effective Social Studies Curriculum

(16)

Guidelines for an Effective and Child-Appropriate Social Studies Curriculum

(6)

Key Considerations about the National Social Studies Standards

(2)

What the National Social Studies Standards Offer to Teachers

(2)

Addressing Teachers' Concerns about the Social Studies Curriculum

(1)

A Vision for Social Studies Teachers in the Early Childhood Classroom

(5)

Getting Ready to Teach: Developmental Considerations

(27)

Planning Social Studies Experiences for Young Children

(1)

Knowledge about the Child---the Essence of Developmentally Appropriate Teaching Practices

(2)

Learning about the Developmental Process: Valuable Sources

(1)

Sharing Ideas with Colleagues and Other Early Education Professionals

(1)

Key Developmental Milestones of Preschool-Primary-Age Children

(1)

Developmentally Appropriate Practices for Teaching Children with Special Needs

(1)

Young Preschoolers: Working with Three-Year-Olds

(7)

Cognitive and Language Development

(4)

Cognitive and Language Characteristics of Three-Year-Olds

(1)

Other Views about Cognitive Development

(3)

Fostering Cognitive Development: Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences

(1)

Vygotsky's Socio-Cultural Theory

(1)

Older Preschoolers: Working with Four-and Five-Year-Olds

(4)

Cognitive and Language Characteristics of Four-and Five-Year-Olds

(1)

Implications for Social Studies Teaching: Key Cognitive Traits of Four and Five-Year-Old Children

(1)

Primary-Age Children: Working with Six-to Eight-Year-Olds

(2)

Cognitive and Language Characteristics of Six-to Eight-Year-Olds

(1)

Social and Emotional Development During the Early Years

(7)

Play: A Means to Positive Social and Emotional Development

(2)

Connecting Development and Social Studies Teaching

(3)

PART II: Creating an Early Childhood Social Studies Curriculum

(200)

Planning Developmentally Appropriate Social Studies

(32)

Planning and Teaching Appropriate Social Studies Experiences

(2)

Toward Effective Social Studies Teaching: Planning Child-Appropriate Classroom Practices

(1)

The Two Dimensions of Developmental Planning

(1)

Planning Social Studies Experiences

(3)

Planning a Quality Curriculum that is ``Worthy of Learning''

(1)

Do We Know Why Children Are Doing What They Do?

(3)

Establishing Social Studies Goals and Objectives

(1)

Writing Goals

(1)

Performance Objectives

(1)

Cognitive and Social Performance Objectives

(1)

Advantages of Using Performance Objectives

(1)

Objectives Are Important, but Children Are the Reason for Teaching

(1)

Sources of Learning Objectives: Starting with the Children

(1)

How to Use the National Social Studies Standards as a Curriculum Source

(1)

Engaging Parents in the Planning Process

(1)

The Community as a Curricular Source

(2)

Lesson Plans and Units

(2)

Selecting a Planning Strategy

(1)

Getting Ready to Plan Social Studies Experiences: Using the DAP Perspective

(4)

Applying the DAP Dimensions to Classroom Planning and Teaching: General Considerations

(1)

Selecting Teaching Strategies for Social Studies

(2)

A Sampler of Appropriate Teaching Strategies

(1)

Thematic Teaching: The Key Strategy for Child-Appropriate Social Studies Classroom Experiences

(4)

Why Social Studies Teachers Should Use an Integrated Approach

(1)

Elements of Thematic Teaching

(2)

Advantages of Thematic Teaching

(1)

The Project Approach

(1)

Learning Centers: A Creative Approach to Social Studies Learning

(3)

Types of Learning Centers

(1)

Advantages of Learning Centers

(1)

Technology in the Classroom

(5)

Television

(1)

Computers and the Internet

(5)

Learning about the Past and Present: History and the Young Child

104

(35)

Developing a Sense of History

105

(5)

The Need for History Education

106

(2)

Why Study History in the Early Childhood Classroom?

108

(1)

Using Developmentally Appropriate Historical Content to Respond to the Children's Needs and Interests

109

(1)

Exploring Key Elements of History in the Early Childhood Classrom

110

(9)

Time: A Key Concept in History Education

111

(1)

Children's Ideas of Time

111

(2)

Relating Change to Time

113

(3)

Fostering Concrete Experiences with Time and Change

116

(1)

Helping Children Develop Quantitative and Qualitative Concepts of Time

117

(2)

The Many Worlds of History

119

(5)

Connecting History Education with the National Social Studies Standards

124

(15)

NCHS History Standards for Early Childhood Education

125

(1)

Developing a History Curriculum with DAP Themes

126

(1)

Developing Global Awareness through the History-based Curriculum

127

(1)

Curricular Integration: Creating Developmentally Appropriate History Experiences through the Arts

128

(2)

Using Museums to Learn about the Past

130

(1)

Types of Museums

130

(1)

Children's Literature: A Journey into the Past

131

(1)

Drama in the Classroom: A Developmentally Appropriate Way to Make History Come Alive

132

(7)

Learning about Where We Live: Geography and the Young Child

139

(33)

Geography in the Early Childhood Curriculum

140

(3)

The Nature of Geography

140

(1)

The Geography of the World around Children: Explorers from Birth

141

(1)

The Need for Geography in the Early Years

142

(1)

Geography---the Spatial Context for History

142

(1)

Fostering Geographic Knowledge

143

(1)

Developing a Concept about the Space around Us

143

(1)

Becoming Geographically Literate

143

(1)

Building Global Connections through Geography

144

(2)

Developing an Awareness of Global Society in Young Children

145

(1)

Building an Accurate Vision of Our Global Society: Avoiding Biased Images

145

(1)

What Children Should Learn about Geography: Themes and Skills

146

(2)

The Many Facets of Geography: Five Fundamental Themes

148

(1)

Connecting Geography Education with the National Scoial Studies Standards

148

(6)

Essential Geography Skills

149

(1)

Planning Geography Experiences

149

(3)

Assessing Prior Knowledge of Geographic Concepts

152

(2)

Creating an Appropriate Geography Curriculum

154

(9)

Geography-oriented Materials

154

(1)

Using Literature in DAP Geography Education

154

(3)

Preparing the Classroom Environment to Foster Learning about Geography

157

(1)

Using Maps in the Early Childhood Classroom

157

(3)

Stages of Mapping

160

(1)

Fostering Early Mapping Abilities

160

(2)

Fostering Pre-Mapping Skills

162

(1)

Helping Children Build Knowledge about the Physical Environment

163

(9)

Field Trips and Young Children

163

(2)

Creating Appropriate Map Experiences

165

(1)

Becoming Aware of the Earth

166

(2)

Using World Globes Appropriately with Young Children

168

(4)

Becoming Socially Responsible Citizens in a Democratic Society

172

(33)

Building a Community

173

(5)

Becoming Good Citizens

173

(3)

Teaching Children about Citizenship

176

(1)

Becoming a Citizen of the World

176

(2)

Fostering Positive Values and Social Skills in Young Children

178

(9)

Fostering Values Development in the Early Childhood Classroom

179

(3)

Approaches for Values Development

182

(2)

Values Exploration as Part of the Social Studies Content

184

(1)

The Importance of Social Skills

185

(2)

Developing Civic and Social Responsibilities

187

(3)

Children as a Source of the Civic Curriculum

187

(1)

Using Appropriate Strategies: Cooperative Learning

187

(2)

Adaptations for Children with Special Needs

189

(1)

Nurturing Civic Responsibility in Young Children

190

(15)

Becoming a Part of Society: Social Development of the Child

190

(1)

Children's Sense of Perspective-Taking

191

(1)

Young Children's Ideas about Morality

192

(1)

Moral Development in a Diverse Society

192

(1)

Fostering a Sense of Social Responsibility

193

(1)

Strategies to Build Social Responsibility

194

(1)

Connecting Social Development with the Social Studies Standards

194

(2)

Teaching Social and Civic Concepts in the Early Childhood Classroom

196

(1)

Living in a Democratic Society: Political Concepts

196

(2)

Learning about Political Symbols

198

(7)

Integrating the Arts and Creative Expression into the Social Studies Curriculum

205

(23)

Defining the Arts and Creative Expression

206

(7)

Development of the Aesthetic Sense in Young Children

208

(1)

The Child's Need for the Arts

208

(1)

The Arts and Children Development

209

(1)

The Arts and Children with Special Needs

210

(1)

Developmentally Appropriate Art Experiences: Emphasis on Process, Not Product

211

(2)

Integrating the Arts and Creative Expression into the Social Studies Curriculum

213

(15)

Connecting the Arts with the NCSS Social Studies Standards

214

(2)

National Standards for Arts Education

216

(1)

Promoting the Arts through Active Learning Experiences

217

(1)

Including the Arts in the Curriculum

218

(1)

Selecting Materials for Arts Experiences

219

(2)

The Folk Arts

221

(2)

Global Connections: Using Children's Folklore

223

(5)

Growing Up in a Multi-cultural Society

228

(21)

Our Multi-cultural Society

229

(7)

Immigration---the Foundation of Multi-culturalism

229

(2)

Celebrating Our Multi-cultural Character

231

(2)

The Need for Multi-cultural Education

233

(1)

Diversity and Education for All

233

(1)

What is Multi-cultural Education?

234

(1)

Multi-cultural Education and Global Education

234

(2)

Developmentally and Culturally Appropriate Practices: DCAP

236

(1)

Connecting Multi-cultural Education with the NCSS Social Studies Standards

236

(13)

Suggestions for Planning Social Studies with a Multi-cultural Focus

237

(1)

Selecting Multi-cultural Learning Materials

238

(1)

Culturally Appropriate Materials: Avoiding Biases and Stereotypes

238

(2)

Using Art to Enhance Awareness of Multi-culturalism

240

(2)

Using Children's Literature to Integrate Multi-cultural Themes

242

(1)

Using Journals, Magazines, and Newspapers in the Early Childhood Classroom

243

(1)

Using Postcards as a Teaching Resource

244

(1)

Enhancing the Literature Area

244

(1)

Using Persona Dolls

245

(4)

Economics, the Environment, and Social Issues: Preparing Children to Make Informed Choices

249

(22)

Bringing the ``Outside World'' into the Early Childhood Classroom

250

(1)

Finding Connections Between Current Issues and the NCSS Social Studies Standards

250

(1)

Learning about Economics

251

(7)

Voluntary Standards for Economics Education

252

(1)

Essential Economics Concepts

253

(1)

Developing Thematic Activities Based on Economics

254

(4)

Becoming Environmentally Responsible Citizens

258

(1)

Environmental Awareness and Global Education

258

(1)

Key Concepts about Environmental Awareness

259

(1)

Guidelines for Environmental Education

259

(4)

Developing Experiences with the Environment

259

(2)

Fostering Positive Environmental Attitudes

261

(2)

Using Children's Literature to Promote Environmental Awareness

263

(1)

Teaching about Special Social Issues

263

(8)

Current Events

263

(1)

Safety Issues

264

(1)

Sources of Information about Current Events

265

(1)

Current Social Issues: Homelessness, AIDS, Violence

265

(1)

Using Literature about Special Issues

266

(5)

Appendices

271

(18)

Appendix I: Social Studies Standards---The Primary Grades

271

(8)

Appendix II: Lesson Plan Formats

279

(3)

Appendix III: Sources for Appropriate Social Studies Materials

282

(2)

Appendix IV: Sample Community Cultural Inventory

284

(2)

Appendix V: Using the Holidays and Special Events to Deliver a Multi-cultural Social Studies Curriculum

286

(3)

Glossary

289

(6)

Index

295

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Teaching Social Studies in Early Education

Teaching Social Studies in Early Education

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0766802884

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