Summary
Contents
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A practical, holistic approach to integrating social studies with language arts and other content areas
This comprehensive, reader-friendly text demonstrates how personal connections can be incorporated into social studies education while meeting standards of the National Council for the Social Studies. Praised for its wealth of strategies that go beyond social studies content teaching—including classroom strategies, pedagogical techniques, activities, and lesson plan ideas—this book presents a variety of methods for new and experienced teachers.
Key Features
Thinking Ahead invites readers to link their own experiences with the chapter content before reading; How Do I? boxes give explicit, step-by-step instruction that demonstrates how to implement and apply the strategies, techniques, and activities described in the chapter; Making Connections activities help readers make personal connections with the material
New to This Edition
The Second Edition has been significantly refined to incorporate new topic coverage and strategies needed by elementary and middle school social studies teachers
New sections divide and organize the text into six thematic sections: foundational concepts, planning and assessment, instructional strategies, literacy, teaching subject area content, and enhancing democracy; Differentiating instruction provides an additional focus on students with special needs and differentiating instruction; Additional lesson plans and examples are offered throughout the text
Ancillaries available at http://www.sagepub.com/johnson2e
Password-protected instructor resources include a test bank, PowerPoint slides, sample syllabi, and Web resources.; Open-access student study site provides a comprehensive selection of resources to enhance students understanding of the books content. The site includes practice tests, flash cards, links to NCSS standards, Internet search terms, and additional resources.
Defining Social Studies
Defining Social Studies
Thinking Ahead
- What do you associate with or think of when you hear the words social studies?
- What do you remember about your own social studies education in K-12 schools? What was most interesting? What would you have liked to learn more about? What was the least interesting?
- In what ways are performance standards effective? In what ways might they detract from learning experiences?
What is Social Studies?
The National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS; 1994), defines social studies as follows:
Social studies is the integrated study of the social sciences and humanities to promote civic competence. Within the school program, social studies provides coordinated, systematic study drawing upon such disciplines as anthropology, archaeology, economics, geography, history, law, philosophy, political science, psychology, religion, ...
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