Young Citizens of the World : Teaching Elementary Social Studies Through Civic Engagement

by Boyle-baise; Marilynne

• ISBN13: 9780805880427
• ISBN10: 0805880429
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-03-05
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

What really counts as social studies? What does good social studies teaching look like? Young Citizens of the Worldtakes a clear stance: Social studies is about citizenship education that is informed, deliberative, and activist - citizenship not only as a noun, something one studies, but as a verb, something one DOES. The holistic, multicultural approach is based on this clear curricular and pedagogical purpose. Straightforward, engaging, and highly interactive, the text lays out a three-part process for civic preparation that helps students understand their world and their place, as citizens, in it: becoming informed, thinking it through, and taking action. Six outstanding teaching strategies bring this framework to life. Each chapter is written as a civic engagement. Teaching/learning projects throughout are invitations to learn through intensive, integrated meaningful studies of special places, important people, and significant times. These civic engagements are teacher-ready for use in elementary classrooms. Readers are encouraged to rehearse the projects in their social studies education courses and then to reinterpret them for their classrooms. Providing a powerful alternative to the Expanding Horizons social studies curriculum, this text is a compelling choice for elementary social studies education courses, as well as for practicing teachers who wish to enhance their social studies instruction.

Table of Contents

PrefaceAcknowledgementsList of Figures ChaptersSocial Studies as Citizenship Education: Identifying Historic RootsCitizenship as a Verb: Teaching Democracy-in-ActionDemocracy Project I: Learning about the ConstitutionDemocracy Project II : Talking DemocraticallyWorldview: Developing World-mindednessHistory Mystery: Rediscovering our PastBiography Workshop : Composing Citizen's Life-storiesStore: Making Economic ChoicesExplore: Investigating Place and SpaceEngage : Living One's CivicsEpilogue: Daring to be DifferentAppendicesLesson Plan FormatsTeacher ResourcesBaltimore Fire PhotosWWI Photos and PostersGraphic: Three Branches of GovernmentInterview with Chief Justice John Roberts, Jr.Report of the Woman's Rights Convention, July 1848ReferencesAbout the AuthorsIndex