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| Preface | |
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| The Elementary Social Studies Curriculum | |
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| What Are Your Images of the Social Studies? | |
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| What Is Social Studies and What Are the Goals of Social Studies? | |
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| What Should Be Taught? State Standards and No Child Left Behind (NCLB) | |
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| Should Values Be Taught? | |
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| What Are the National Curriculum Patterns? | |
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| Why Are Textbooks and Technology Important? | |
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| Summary | |
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| Suggested Readings and Websites | |
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| MyEducationLab | |
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| Planning for Social Studies Instruction | |
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| Planning | |
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| Goals, Long-Range Planning, and Standards/Instructional Objectives | |
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| Treasury of Resources and Technology for Planning | |
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| Units | |
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| Lesson Plans | |
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| Summary | |
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| Suggested Readings and Websites | |
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| MyEducationLab | |
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| Instructional Strategies | |
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| Different Methods | |
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| What Happens in Real Classrooms? | |
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| Direct Teaching: From Passive to Active Learning | |
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| Problem-Based Learning and Thinking | |
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| Inductive Thinking and Questioning | |
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| Cooperative or Collaborative Learning | |
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| Role Playing | |
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| Simulations | |
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| Suggested Readings and Websites | |
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| MyEducationLab | |
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| Using Multiple Assessments to Evaluate Student Learning in the Social Studies | |
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| Perceptions of Testing | |
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| Federal and State Roles in Testing | |
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| Performance-Based Assessment | |
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| Paper-and-Pencil Tests | |
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| Informal Evaluations | |
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| Conferences, Grades, and Report Cards | |
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| Summary | |
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| Suggested Readings and Websites | |
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| MyEducationLab | |
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| Aiding Our Students to Interpret History | |
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| The Central Place of History in the Social Studies Curriculum | |
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| History Wars | |
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| History Definitions and Issues | |
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| Linking History and Trade Books to Students | |
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| Doing History or Being a Historian | |
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| The Promise of the Internet: Primary and Secondary Sources | |
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| Learning About Time and Chronology | |
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| Summary | |
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| Suggested Readings and Websites | |
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| MyEducationLab | |
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| Teaching Geography | |
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| Are Students and Adults Literate in Geography? | |
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| Beyond State Capitals: Making Geography Engaging | |
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| Teaching Map and Globe Skills | |
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| Summary | |
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| Suggested Readings and Websites | |
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| MyEducationLab | |
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| Teaching Economics | |
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| Economics Standards | |
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| Strategies for Teaching Economics | |
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| Financial Literacy or Personal Finance | |
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| Summary | |
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| Suggested Readings and Websites | |
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| MyEducationLab | |
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| Teaching Civic Education | |
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| Different Meaning of Citizenship | |
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| Civic Education | |
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| Classroom Civic Education | |
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| Instruction in Civic Education | |
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| Current Events/Current Affairs Programs | |
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| Teaching Controversial Issues | |
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| Linking Schoolwide Citizenship to the Community | |
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| Teaching Global Education | |
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| Summary | |
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| Suggested Readings and Websites | |
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| MyEducationLab | |
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| Helping All Our Diverse Students | |
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| Growing Diversity | |
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| Gender | |
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| Multicultural Education | |
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| Teaching Religion | |
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| Exceptionalities | |
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| Differentiated Instruction | |
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| Summary | |
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| MyEducationLab | |
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| Linking Social Studies and Literacy | |
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| Linking Social Studies and Literacy | |
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| Meeting the Needs of English Language Learners | |
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| Reading | |
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| Listening and Writing | |
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| Summary | |
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| MyEducationLab | |
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| Index | |