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Social Studies Content for Elementary and Middle School Teachers

by: Fritzer, Penelope J.; Brewer, Ernest Andrew

Social Studies Content for Elementary and Middle School Teachers

by: Fritzer, Penelope J.; Brewer, Ernest Andrew

ISBN 13: 9780137011254
ISBN 10: 0137011253
Edition: 2nd
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 02/13/2009
Publisher: Pearson

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This essential overview of elementary social studies content provides teachers with the knowledge they need to teach social studies effectively.

Preface: A Word to the Reader	p. xi
About the Authors	p. xiii
Why Study Social Studies?	p. 1
History	p. 3
Early Humans	p. 3
Europe	p. 4
The Greeks	p. 4
The Romans	p. 4
The Middle Ages	p. 5
The Renaissance and the Reformation	p. 7
The Enlightenment Period	p. 9
The Age of Revolution and the Industrial Revolution	p. 12
Asia	p. 13
The Byzantine Empire, the Ottoman Empire, and the Middle East	p. 13
India	p. 15
China	p. 16
Japan	p. 18
Africa	p. 19
Western Africa	p. 19
Eastern Africa	p. 19
Outside Influences	p. 20
The Americas	p. 21
Native Americans	p. 21
European Exploration	p. 23
Colonial Life	p. 26
Revolutionary War	p. 32
The 1800s	p. 36
The Twentieth and Early Twenty-First Centuries Around the World	p. 39
World War	p. 40
World Between the Wars	p. 43
World War II	p. 47
Cold War	p. 50
Independence Movements	p. 51
Cultural Change	p. 53
History Resources	p. 58
History Websites	p. 63
Geography	p. 65
Basic Ideas	p. 65
Water and Land	p. 66
Reading Maps	p. 68
The Physical Movement of the Earth and Its Effects	p. 70
Continents	p. 72
Asia	p. 72
Africa	p. 74
North America	p. 76
South America	p. 79
Antarctica	p. 80
Europe	p. 82
Australia	p. 84
Geography Resources	p. 85
Geography Websites	p. 86
Economics	p. 89
The Basic Premises	p. 89
The History of Economics	p. 90
Government Involvement in Economics	p. 93
Consumer Choices Related to Needs and Wants	p. 96
Entrepreneurs and Wage-Earners	p. 97
Supply and Demand	p. 97
Economics Recourses	p. 100
Economics Websites	p. 101
Government	p. 103
The Purpose of Government	p. 103
Values of American Democracy	p. 105
Constitutional Governments	p. 105
The U.S. Constitution	p. 106
State and Local Government in the United States	p. 108
The United States in the World	p. 110
Resources on Government	p. 111
Government Websites	p. 112
A Final Word	p. 115
General Resources for the Teacher	p. 117
Index	p. 119
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