ABSTRACT
Now in its 4th edition, this popular text offers practical, interesting, exciting ways to teach social studies and a multitude of instructional and professional resources for teachers. Theory, curriculum, methods, and assessment are woven into a comprehensive model for setting objectives; planning lessons, units, and courses; choosing classroom strategies; and constructing tests for some of the field's most popular and enduring programs. The reflective and integrative framework emphasizes building imagination, insight, and critical thinking into everyday classrooms; encourages problem-solving attitudes and behavior; and provokes analysis, reflection, and debate. The text includes separate chapters on teaching each of the major areas of the social studies curriculum.
Throughout the text, all aspects of curriculum and instruction are viewed from a tripartite perspective that divides social studies instruction into didactic (factual), reflective (analytical), and affective (judgmental) components. These three components are seen as supporting one another, building the groundwork for taking stands on issues, past and present. At the center is the author's belief that the heart and soul of social studies instruction, perhaps all teaching, lies in stimulating the production of ideas; looking at knowledge from others' viewpoints; and formulating for oneself a set of goals, values, and beliefs that can be explained and justified in open discussion.
New in the Fourth Edition:
- Clear links to the The National Council for the Social Studies College, Career and Civic Life C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards
- Attention to impact of high-stakes testing, Common Core State Standards, and related ongoing developments
- Expanded and critical review of the use of internet, web, and PowerPoint technologies
- Coverage of how to incorporate the many social science, humanities, and STEM fields to enrich the social studies
- Updates and revisions throughout, including new research reports reflecting current findings, new examples, more media and materials resources, particularly digital resources, new and updated pedagogical features
- Companion Website - new for this edition
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|36 pages
Philosophy and History of Social Studies: What Is (Are) the Social Studies?
chapter Chapter 1|18 pages
Social Studies: Definition, Organization, and Philosophy
chapter Chapter 2|16 pages
The Fields of Social Studies: How All Relate to Philosophy
part 2|54 pages
Teachers and Students: A Context for Social Studies Instruction
chapter Chapter 3|20 pages
Teacher Roles Join Student Audiences
chapter Chapter 4|32 pages
Organizing for Instruction
part III|106 pages
Strategies for Social Studies Instruction
chapter Chapter 5|18 pages
Teaching Strategies for Lower Level Skills
chapter Chapter 6|26 pages
Teaching Strategies for Higher Level Skills
chapter Chapter 7|26 pages
Creating a Unit from Start to Finish on the Glories of Ancient Greece, American Democracy, and More
chapter Chapter 8|34 pages
Assessment in Social Studies
part IV|104 pages
Teaching the Social Studies Curriculum
chapter Chapter 9|24 pages
Teaching World/Global Studies
chapter Chapter 10|26 pages
Teaching U.S. History and American Studies
chapter Chapter 11|24 pages
Teaching U.S. Government and Civics
chapter Chapter 12|28 pages
The Social Sciences, the Social Studies, and More
part V|54 pages
Multiple Media for Multiple Intelligences in the Social Studies
chapter Chapter 14|22 pages
The New Age of Multimedia—Part II: Interpreting Motion and Sound Online and Offline
part VI|21 pages
The Social Studies Classroom: Professional Issues and Trends