TY - BOOK AU - Sofman,Randi B. TI - Best Practices for Teaching Social Studies: What Award-Winning Classroom Teachers Do SN - 9781452209913 AV - LB1584 -- .S693 2008eb U1 - 300.71/073 PY - 2008/// CY - Thousand Oaks PB - Corwin Press KW - Electronic books N1 - 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 N2 - 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 UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3032321 ER -