This text offers a teacher and student-friendly collection of lessons and activities that help educators use picture books to engage younger students in meaningful social studies activities and bring this critical subject back in elementary ...
Lebowitz's second collection of articles presents her wry, witty comments on the people, the ideas, the equipment, the frustrations, the pleasures, and the feel of modern urban life
Activities are followed by four categories: "Think it over," "Add your voice to the discussion," "Try it yourself," and "It’s your classroom." All of these are supported with online teaching material.
Organized around Joseph Schwab's commonplaces of education and recognizing the role of inquiry as a preferred pedagogy in social studies, the book offers a series of short chapters that highlight learners and learning, subject matter, ...
This volume would be a valuable resource for any professor, doctoral student, or Master’s student examining the field of social studies education.
Designed to reduce instructor preparation time and increase relevance, student engagement, and comprehension, this book: Explains the usefulness, application, and potential drawbacks of each instructional strategy Provides fresh activities ...
More than simply learning about key topics, this collection invites readers to think through some of the most relevant, dynamic, and challenging questions animating social studies education today.
The format is similiar to that of standardized tests, so as students progress through the book's units, they are preparing for success in testing"--Page 4 of cover.
Hattie and Yates (2014) described this as System 2 learning, in contrast to System 1, or surface, learning: System 1 is fast and responds with immediacy; System 2 entails using time to “stop, look, listen, and focus” (Stanovich, 1999).
Discusses educational goals and the nature of history and social studies, along with offering practical ideas for organizing curricula, lessons, projects, and activities.