Elementary Social Studies : A Practical Guide

by Chapin, June R.

• ISBN13: 9780205447244
• ISBN10: 0205447244
• Edition: 6th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-01-01
• Publisher: Allyn & Bacon

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Table of Contents

Preface	vii
The Elementary Social Studies Curriculum	1	(30)
Images of the Social Studies	1	(2)
What Are the Goals of Social Studies?	3	(5)
What Should Be Taught?: State Standards and No Child Left Behind (NCLB)	8	(6)
Should Values and Character Education Be Taught?	14	(6)
What Are the National Curriculum Patterns?	20	(3)
Why Are Textbooks Important?	23	(3)
Summary	26	(1)
Suggested Readings and Web Sites	27	(4)
Planning for Social Studies Instruction	31	(36)
Planning	31	(3)
Goals, Long-Range Planning, and Standards/Instructional Objectives	34	(7)
Treasury of Resources for Planning	41	(2)
Units	43	(18)
Lesson Plans	61	(3)
Summary	64	(1)
Suggested Readings and Web Sites	64	(3)
Instructional Strategies	67	(36)
Different Methods	67	(2)
What Happens in Real Classrooms?	69	(2)
Direct Teaching: From Passive to Active Learning	71	(3)
Problem-Based Learning and Thinking	74	(10)
Inductive Thinking and Questioning	84	(3)
Cooperative or Collaborative Learning	87	(8)
Role Playing	95	(3)
Simulations	98	(2)
Summary	100	(1)
Suggested Readings and Web Sites	101	(2)
Using Multiple Assessments to Evaluate Students' Learning in the Social Studies	103	(32)
Perceptions of Testing	103	(4)
Federal and State Roles in Testing	107	(4)
Performance-Based Assessment	111	(8)
Paper-and-Pencil Tests	119	(5)
Informal Evaluations	124	(5)
Conferences, Grades, and Report Cards	129	(2)
Summary	131	(1)
Suggested Readings and Web Sites	132	(3)
Aiding Our Students to Interpret History	135	(40)
The Central Place of History in the Social Studies Curriculum	135	(9)
History Wars	144	(4)
History Definitions and Issues	148	(2)
Learning about Time and Chronology	150	(6)
Linking History and Trade Books to Students	156	(5)
Doing History or Being a Historian	161	(9)
Primary and Secondary Sources	170	(2)
Summary	172	(1)
Suggested Readings and Web Sites	172	(3)
Teaching Geography and Economics	175	(38)
Are Students and Adults Literate in Geography?	175	(8)
Beyond State Capitals: Making Geography Engaging	183	(4)
Teaching Map and Globe Skills	187	(8)
Economics Standards	195	(4)
Strategies for Teaching Economics	199	(11)
Summary	210	(1)
Suggested Readings and Web Sites	211	(2)
Teaching Civic Education	213	(38)
Civic Education	213	(3)
Classroom Civic Education	216	(5)
Instruction in Civic Education	221	(3)
Current Events/Current Affairs Programs	224	(5)
Teaching Controversial Issues	229	(8)
Linking Schoolwide Citizenship to the Community	237	(3)
Global Citizenship	240	(9)
Summary	249	(1)
Suggested Readings and Web Sites	249	(2)
Helping All Our Diverse Students	251	(26)
Diversity	251	(4)
Gender	255	(4)
Multicultural Education	259	(6)
Teaching Religion	265	(2)
Exceptionalities	267	(4)
Differentiated Instruction	271	(2)
Summary	273	(1)
Suggested Readings and Web Sites	274	(3)
Linking Social Studies and Literacy	277	(24)
Linking Social Studies and Literacy	277	(1)
Meeting the Needs of English Language Learners	278	(8)
Reading	286	(7)
Listening and Writing	293	(5)
Summary	298	(1)
Suggested Readings and Web Sites	298	(3)
Using Technologies for the Social Studies	301	(18)
Technologies in the School	301	(6)
Use of E-Mail	307	(2)
Searching the Net and WebQuests	309	(3)
Evaluating Web Sites and Software	312	(2)
CD-ROMs, Virtual Field Trips, Wireless Technology	314	(4)
Summary	318	(1)
Suggested Readings and Web Sites	318	(1)
Index	319