Building on the success of the first edition, Social Studies for the Elementary and Middle Grades discusses flexible strategies for teaching today's diverse learner, the structure of the knowledge to be learned, how to help students reconstruct present ideas, and how to translate theory and recent research into lesson plans and units.
Packed with activities, up-to-date technology, teaching strategies, and a constructivist approach, this text demonstrates how to use developmentally appropriate strategies to help students construct important social studies ideas and skills.
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Elementary and Middle School Social Studies: An Interdisciplinary, Multicultural Approach
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This book explains the content of nine areas in social studies.
Leif Ericson open : EXAMPLE Suppose you were Leif Ericson , what might your reason be for exploring North America ? What is the name of the man who some belief discovered America before Columbus ? closed : 2 . Pilgrims open : closed : 3 ...
Creative thinking is thinking that helps students generate ideas and relationships . 4. Critical thinking is thinking that converges on one point and helps students organize , analyze , or come to conclusions . 5.
Social Studies and the Elementary/middle School Student
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