50 Social Studies Strategies for K-8 Classrooms (Merrill/Prentice Hall Teaching Straegies Series) - Softcover

Obenchain, Kathryn M.; Morris, Ronald V.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0131742493 ISBN 13: 9780131742499

Publisher: Pearson, 2006

Synopsis

Here are 50 strategies for creating meaningful social studies experiences for K-8 students -- four overarching and forty-six specific strategies --organized alphabetically, accompanied by assessment tools, and introduced by grade level and National Council for Social Studies (NCSS) standards indicators.

 

Features:

• Linking of strategies to NCSS standards―Including an explanation of the standards at the front of the book.

  • Prepares students to work in an increasingly standards-based, test-based educational environment.

• Thorough description of each strategy―Including rationale for its appropriateness and references to respected research.

  • Ensures students the benefits of current scholarship in the field.

• Applications and Ideas section with each strategy―Provide either a classroom application or an assessment tool.

  • Teaches students to recognize the difference between what a teacher taught and what his/her students learned. Illustrates strategies “in action” in real classrooms with real learners.

• Procedural Recommendations section with each strategy―Outlines how to prepare for, facilitate, and direct the strategy.

  • Gives students a guide for using the strategy in their own first classroom.

• References and Resources section with each strategy―Lists scholarly support, additional readings, websites, and/or helpful organizations.

  • Provides reliable information for further study and research.

• Technology icons throughout the text―Tag strategies that call for the use of classroom technology.

  • Illustrates ways to take advantage of the Internet, digital photography, software, and the like in real classrooms with real learners.

 

About this title

Review

“I appreciate students’ needs for hands-on activities and this [book] certainly provides them with many authentic and engaging strategies.”

- Alison Black, State University of New York at Oneonta

 

“[R]elevant and easy to use for novice teachers or experienced teachers.”

-Carol Klages, University of Houston-Victoria

 

“[A] welcome supplement and a much needed resource in the professional literature.”

-Denise M. Littleton, Norfolk State University

From the Back Cover

50 Social Studies Strategies for K-8 Classrooms

Second Edition

Kathryn M. Obenchain  ♦  Ronald V. Morris

 

This second edition of 50 Social Studies Strategies for K-8 Classrooms continues the tradition of providing effective, practical strategies that create meaningful social studies experiences for students in various classroom arrangements.  It also focuses on the connections between social studies and literacy.  New strategies have also been added, including Teaching Core Democratic ideas, Museum Exhibits, and Virtual Field Trips.

 

User-Friendly Organization

• Part One provides two student-centered strategies requiring higher-level thinking (discovery learning and inquiry learning) and two teacher-centered strategies that foster a collaborative and supportive learning community (community building and rule making).
• Part Two contains 46 strategies listed alphabetically for the reader's convenience.
• Multiple assessment types provide educators with a wide variety of appropriate tools.

 

Each Strategy Includes

• Appropriate grade level designation and National Council for Social Studies (NCSS) standard
• Introduction that provides the rationale as to why the strategy is beneficial to social studies students, supported by research where appropriate
• Specific outlines on how to facilitate and direct the strategies
• Classroom examples that illustrate how the strategy should be implemented
• References and resources that provide scholarly support, additional readings, websites, or professional organizations related to the topic

 

A matrix, printed on the inside cover, identifies how each strategy aligns with the NCSS Standards.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0131742493
• ISBN 13: 9780131742499
• Binding: Spiral-bound
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 216