Social Studies in Elementary Education

by Parker, Walter C.

• ISBN13: 9780132337076
• ISBN10: 013233707X
• Edition: 13th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-01-01
• Publisher: Prentice Hall

Summary

The author wrote this new edition of the most popular elementary social studies methods text on the market with the following three goals in mind: to present the most powerful social studies content and pedagogy for children in elementary school, to offer the material in simple and accessible ways, and to write in a first person active voice. The purpose of this book is to introduce new teachers to the world of social studies teaching and learning in elementary and middle schools. Geography, history, government and the other social sciences are delivered into the palm of the new teacher's hand along with a suite of tools for bringing social studies to life in the classroom. The book is organized into three sectionsthe first orients the reader to the mission of social studies education to the increasingly diverse children we teach, the second concentrates on the curriculum, and the third deals with instruction, how we plan and teach this curriculum. Three central themes continue to pervade the bookdemocratic citizenship, diversity, and the social sciencesto ultimately encourage teachers to excite their students about closing the gap between social realities and democratic ideals. An exceptionally strong chapter on multicultural issues (Chapter 2) helps future teachers truly understand the changing demographics of the American classroom. Abridged NCSS standards and their classroom applications are automatically packaged with every copy of the book.

Table of Contents

Orientation to Social Studies Education

Social Studies Education: What and Why

Knowing the Children We Teach

The Social Studies Curriculum

Citizenship Education and Democratic Values

History, Geography, and the Social Studies

Powerful Social Studies Tools: Time Lines, Maps, Globes, and Graphics

Current Events and Public Issues

Planning and Teaching Social Studies

Assessing Student Learning

Planning Units, Lessons, and Activities

Three Great Teaching Strategies

Resources

Cooperative Learning in Social Studies

The Literacy-Social Studies Connection

Social Studies as the Integrating Core

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