Elementary Social Studies A Practical Approach to Teaching and Learning

Name: Elementary Social Studies A Practical Approach to Teaching and Learning
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ISBN: 9780135153222

ISBN-10: 0135153220

ISBN-13: 9780135153222

Edition: 7th 2010

Authors: Ian Wright, David Hutchison

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Elementary Social Studiesis an activities-based text, based on the assumption that if you are actuallyinvolvedin social studies teaching and learning, you are more likely to understand and implement effective instructional practices in the elementary school classroom. It focuses on the process of teaching, and includes relevant information about emerging technologies, media literacy and environmental education.

Book details

List price: $144.55
Edition: 7th
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Pearson Education Canada
Publication date: 2/15/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 7.00" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.254
Language: English




The Nature And Purposes Of Social Studies And The Contexts In Which It Is Taught



What Is Social Studies?



Social Studies: Why Bother?



What Should a Social Studies Curriculum Look Like?


Websites for Part 1



Concepts And Claims



How Do I Get Started?



Telling It Like It Is: Exposition and Narrative



What Does This Word Mean? Concept Teaching and Learning



What's the Right Question? Questions and Questioning



What's the Right Answer? Helping Students Answer Questions and Develop


Intellectual Standards



Working Together: Cooperative Learning and Building a Classroom Community



What Was It Like in the Past? Teaching and Learning History



From Disciplinary to Place-based Education: Teaching and Learning Geography



Environmental Education as an Organizing Theme for Interdisciplinary Learning



Learning in the Real World: Field Studies and Field Trips



Putting It All Together: Making Connections


Websites for Part 2



Values And Decisions



Values and Decisions Making in Social Studies?



Approaches to Teaching Social and Personal Values



Values in Citizenship, Global, and Law-Related Education



Multicultural, Human Rights, Gender, Peace, and Conflict Resolution Education, and First Nations, Inuit and Mï¿½tis Studies


Websites for Part 3



Obtaining, Analzying, And Evaluating Information



Where's the Information? Obtaining, Analyzing and Evaluating Information



The New Media and Social Studies


Websites for Part 4



Unit Planning, Assessment And Evaluation



Writing a Unit Plan



What have students learned? Assessing and Evaluating Students


Answers To Activities


Canadian Elementary Social Studies Textbooks


Photo Acknowledgments


Index