Social Studies Discoveries on the Net

by Fredericks, Anthony D.

• ISBN13: 9781563088247
• ISBN10: 156308824X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-10-15
• Publisher: Libraries Unltd Inc

Summary

Tap into the budding investigators within youngsters and help them connect to the incredible array of social studies knowledge and resources on the Internet. The 75 lessons in this book guide you and your students in exciting Internet projects that target specific content objectives for specific social studies concepts. Each unit includes activities, questions, and lists of relevant Web sites and related literature. A great way to motivate students, build online technology skills, and increase knowledge.

Author Biography

ANTHONY D. FREDERICKS is Professor of Education, York College, York, Pennsylvania, and the author of more than 50 teacher resource books as well as 20 award-winning children's books.

Table of Contents

Preface	xi
Part I: Social Studies and the Internet
Introduction	3	(4)
An Adventure of the Mind	3	(1)
Principles of Social Studies Instruction	4	(1)
Six Key Ingredients	5	(1)
Social Studies, the Internet, and Your Classroom	6	(1)
The Internet and Instruction	7	(12)
Researching the Internet	7	(1)
The Internet Research Paradigm	8	(1)
A Process of Implementation	9	(1)
Web Searching	10	(2)
Lesson Plans	12	(2)
Online Experts	14	(2)
Informing Parents	16	(2)
References	18	(1)
How to Use This Book	19	(6)
Using a Unit	19	(3)
Implementing a Unit	22	(3)
Part II: Internet Social Studies Units
My World	25	(14)
I Am Special	26	(3)
My Family	29	(2)
Friends Share	31	(2)
We Need Rules	33	(2)
Community Helpers	35	(2)
Emotions/Feelings	37	(2)
Families and Friends	39	(16)
My Friends	40	(2)
Family Rules	42	(2)
School Rules	44	(3)
Food	47	(3)
Clothing	50	(2)
Families Around the World	52	(3)
Neighborhoods and Communities	55	(20)
Maps	56	(3)
Globes	59	(3)
Neighborhoods	62	(3)
Occupations	65	(3)
Community Services	68	(3)
Transportation	71	(4)
Communities Here and There	75	(42)
Urban Communities	76	(3)
Suburban Communities	79	(3)
Rural Communities	82	(3)
Goods and Services	85	(3)
Obeying Community Laws	88	(2)
Governing Our Nation	90	(3)
Asian Communities	93	(4)
Australian Communities	97	(3)
European Communities	100	(3)
African Communities	103	(4)
South American Communities	107	(4)
Central American Communities	111	(3)
Southeast Asian Communities	114	(3)
Regions Near and Far	117	(38)
Hemispheres	118	(3)
Parallels and Meridians	121	(2)
Latitude and Longitude	123	(3)
New England States	126	(3)
Middle Atlantic States	129	(3)
Southern States	132	(4)
Midwestern States	136	(3)
Plains States	139	(3)
Southwestern States	142	(4)
Mountain States	146	(3)
Pacific States	149	(6)
History of Our Country	155	(52)
Columbus and the New World	156	(3)
English Explorations of North America	159	(3)
Spanish Explorations of North America	162	(6)
New England Colonies	168	(4)
Middle and Southern Colonies	172	(3)
The Revolutionary War	175	(3)
The Declaration of Independence	178	(3)
The Constitution	181	(3)
Westward Movement	184	(3)
Slavery	187	(3)
The Civil War	190	(3)
The Industrial Revolation	193	(3)
World War I	196	(3)
The Great Depression	199	(3)
World War II	202	(3)
The Cold War	205	(2)
Our World: Yesterday and Today	207	(58)
Early Egypt	208	(3)
The Rise of Greece	211	(3)
The Roman Empire	214	(4)
The Middle Ages	218	(3)
The Renaissance	221	(3)
The Countries of Western Europe	224	(4)
The Countries of Eastern Europe	228	(3)
Commonwealth of Independent States	231	(3)
The Countries of Northern Africa	234	(3)
The Countries of Sub-Saharan Africa	237	(3)
The Countries of South Asia	240	(3)
The Countries of Middle East	243	(3)
The Countries of East Asia	246	(4)
The Countries of Southeast Asia	250	(3)
The Countries of Oceania	253	(4)
The Countries of Canada and Mexico	257	(3)
The Countries of South America	260	(5)
Index	265	(10)
About the Author	275