This popular book of 50 strategies for enhancing social studies learning in K-8 classrooms offers valuable ideas and applications for pre-service and practicing teachers alike. Always appreciated for its connections between theory, research, and practice, and the extensions provided through web sites and references, this new edition enhances those strengths by providing assessment ideas and website resources for every strategy. Eight conceptually-organized overarching strategies to facilitate organizing a social studies classroom precede forty-two social-studies specific strategies ―organized alphabetically and introduced by grade level and National Council for Social Studies (NCSS) standards indicators.
This handy resource provides models, examples, and assessments from real teachers and students, so that pre-service teachers may be successful in their student teaching and field experiences and first years in the classroom and practicing teachers may freshen their social studies teaching with some new ideas.
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“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
50 Social Studies Strategies for K-8 Classrooms, Third Edition, is a must-have resource for any teacher seeking to incorporate 21st Century Themes and Skills in the classroom. Connecting theory, research, and practice, it provides 50 practical strategies for creating meaningful social studies experiences for K-8 students, includingeight overarching and forty-two specific strategies organized alphabetically for easy reference. Each strategy is accompanied by assessment tools, grade level and National Council for Social Studies (NCSS) standards indicators, and references and websites providing numerous examples and tools for practical application in today’s classrooms.
This is the perfect sourcebook of ideas to guide teacher candidates through successful social studies student teaching and field experiences and then carry into their future classrooms. It also makes a handy resource for practicing teachers who seek fresh ideas and approaches for teaching social studies effectively.
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“I appreciate students’ needs for hands-on activities and this [book] certainly provides them with many authentic and engaging strategies.”
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“[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
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