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Best Practices for Teaching Social Studies : What Award-Winning Classroom Teachers Do.

Sofman, Randi B.

Best Practices for Teaching Social Studies : What Award-Winning Classroom Teachers Do. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (121 pages)

Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author -- About the Contributors -- Part I - Elementary and Middle School -- Chapter 1 - Celebrating Our Constitution -- Chapter 2 - Investigating Historical Objects and Pictures -- Chapter 3 - Tasting: A Cultural and Culinary Journey to Italy -- Chapter 4 - A Tale of a Whale -- Chapter 5 - The Art of Social Studies/The Social Studies in Art -- Chapter 6 - Assembly-Line Lunches -- Chapter 7 - The History Kids: Celebrating Our Local Heritage -- Chapter 8 - Who Would You Help? -- Chapter 9 - Exploring Diversity Through Technology -- Chapter 10 - When They "Just Don't Get It": Homework and Study Skills -- Part II - High School -- Chapter 11 - Putting the "Social" Back Into Social Studies -- Chapter 12 - A Social Studies Twist on the "Hemingway Challenge" -- Chapter 13 - World War II Memories: An Oral History Project -- Chapter 14 - Life-Changing Field Trips -- Chapter 15 - Crafting Individualized Research Projects -- Chapter 16 - Promoting Citizenship -- Chapter 17 - Reflections From a High School History Teacher -- Index.

This collection of outstanding, teacher-tested methods for K-12 social studies instruction for diverse classrooms offers fresh ideas and strategies covering citizenship, diversity, community, and more.

9781452209913


Electronic books.

LB1584 -- .S693 2008eb

300.71/073

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