Reclaiming Social Studies in the Elementary Classroom
Reclaiming Social Studies in the Elementary Classroom

Author: Joyce Burstein

Publisher:

Published: 2012-01-19

Total Pages: 434

ISBN-13: 9780757599392

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"'Reclaiming Social Studies for the Elementary Classroom' is a new text that defines the core philosophy of viewing social studies from the cultural anthropological perspective. This perspective allows children to bring their own prior knowledge and experiences from their home culture to the social studies curriculum. This curriculum is a logical place to allow students the freedom to demonstrate learning through the arts. It is also a place where people show their cultural identities in celebration of traditions, ideals, rituals, and creative products. Teaching social studies and visual-performing arts are complementary to helping students understand they live in an interdependent world where people, geography, and ideas are shared. This text is structured in three main sections: understanding the concept of social studies, understanding the content of social studies and the teaching of social studies in a classroom, and understanding the specific context of integrating the various art forms with the social studies."--Publishers website.

Social Studies, Literacy, and Social Justice in the Elementary Classroom
Social Studies, Literacy, and Social Justice in the Elementary Classroom

Author: Ruchi Agarwal-Rangnath

Publisher: Teachers College Press

Published: 2022-09-23

Total Pages: 161

ISBN-13: 0807767042

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Elementary-aged children are often positioned as not developmentally ready to learn about race, racism, and injustice. Yet, the classroom materials used in most schools misrepresent history, withhold knowledge about racial injustice, or fail to uplift stories of resilience and resistance. For almost a decade, this groundbreaking resource has been one of the most highly used textbooks in justice-oriented social studies methods courses for grades 3-8. The author has thoroughly revised her bestseller to provide additional lessons that are more deeply situated within the current context of converging pandemics--COVID-19, racism, and impending environmental catastrophe. Grounded in the daily realities of public schools, Agarwal-Rangnath shows teachers how to use primary and other sources that will offer students new ways of thinking about history while meeting language arts standards for information text proficiency and critical thinking. Educators will also learn how to teach language arts and social studies as complementary subjects. New for the Second Edition: More concrete connections between theory and practice. Additional lesson examples that are centered in today's context of converging pandemics. Reflection questions that challenge readers to think about ways to navigate curricular constraints and standardization in the classroom.

Social Studies for Social Justice
Social Studies for Social Justice

Author: Rahima C. Wade

Publisher: Teaching for Social Justice

Published: 2007-04-13

Total Pages: 148

ISBN-13:

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Explores the value and impact of implementing social action and social justice activities in the elementary classroom. Includes a discussion about how teaching social studies for social justice relates to standardized testing and state curricula and offers classroom activities, teaching ideas, and a list of children's books, curriculum materials, and websites.

What Really Works in Elementary Education
What Really Works in Elementary Education

Author: Wendy W. Murawski

Publisher: Corwin Press

Published: 2015-02-18

Total Pages: 369

ISBN-13: 1483390179

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Research-based practical strategies for every teacher This book compiles the advice of experts who not only understand the research behind certain educational practices, but also have experience working in elementary classrooms. Each user-friendly chapter, focused on a topic vital to elementary educators, presents information in a straightforward way to help you learn what works – and what doesn't – with students today. Whether you’re a new educator, or just seeking to build new skills, you’ll benefit from: Insight into a handful of innovative topics in instruction, including using technology, UDL, co-teaching, and assessment Novel approaches to classroom management and strategies to engage students Useful reproducibles and resources for every topic area

Social Studies Alive!
Social Studies Alive!

Author: Bert Bower

Publisher: Ingram

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 470

ISBN-13:

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This methods book for elementary teachers presents TCI's active, student-centered approach to instruction, with seven lessons you can try in the classroom.

Why School?
Why School?

Author: Mike Rose

Publisher: The New Press

Published: 2014-02-04

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 162097004X

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Why School? is a little book driven by big questions. What does it mean to be educated? What is intelligence? How should we think about intelligence, education, and opportunity in an open society? Drawing on forty years of teaching and research and "a profound understanding of the opportunities, both intellectual and economic, that come from education" (Booklist), award-winning author Mike Rose reflects on these and other questions related to public schooling in America. He answers them in beautifully written chapters that are both rich in detail and informed by an extensive knowledge of history, the psychology of learning, and the politics of education. This paperback edition includes three new chapters showing how cognitive science actually narrows our understanding of learning, how to increase college graduation rates, and how to value the teaching of basic skills. An updated introduction by Rose, who has been hailed as "a superb writer and an even better storyteller" (TLN Teachers Network), reflects on recent developments in school reform. Lauded as "a beautifully written work of literary nonfiction" (The Christian Science Monitor) and called "stunning" by the New Educator Journal, Why School? offers an eloquent call for a bountiful democratic vision of the purpose of schooling.

Social Studies in Elementary Education
Social Studies in Elementary Education

Author: Walter C. Parker

Publisher: Pearson

Published: 2015-03-20

Total Pages: 510

ISBN-13: 0133590852

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The author wrote this new edition of the most popular elementary social studies methods text on the market with the following three goals in mind: to present the most powerful social studies content and pedagogy for children in elementary school, to offer the material in simple and accessible ways, and to write in a first person active voice. The purpose of this book is to introduce new teachers to the world of social studies teaching and learning in elementary and middle schools. Geography, history, government and the other social sciences are delivered into the palm of the new teacher’s hand along with a suite of tools for bringing social studies to life in the classroom. The book is organized into three sections–the first orients the reader to the mission of social studies education to the increasingly diverse children we teach, the second concentrates on the curriculum, and the third deals with instruction, how we plan and teach this curriculum. Three central themes continue to pervade the book–democratic citizenship, diversity, and the social sciences–to ultimately encourage teachers to excite their students about closing the gap between social realities and democratic ideals. An exceptionally strong chapter on multicultural issues (Chapter 2) helps future teachers truly understand the changing demographics of the American classroom.

A Compassionate Vision for Elementary Social Studies
A Compassionate Vision for Elementary Social Studies

Author: Thomas A. Lucey

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2021-12-29

Total Pages: 410

ISBN-13: 1000522393

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This text offers readers a holistic view of elementary social studies that instills compassion for all classroom voices and for those outside the classroom. This approach provides a social studies perspective that enables readers to articulate, apply, and defend engaging learning experiences that value each student. A revision of the original textbook by John Hoge and contributions by Laura E. Pinto, the work presents a comprehensive view of social studies that encourages reader awareness of and appreciation for their emotional and social identities. By being comfortable with themselves and their biases, readers may better appreciate the different perspectives of social studies content and better facilitating learning experiences that value the voices of all students.