Teaching Elementary Social Studies
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Today, social studies teachers are facing more diversity in content, pedagogy, and student populations than ever before. With diversity as its central theme, and thirty-six detailed vignettes, lesson plans, and unit plans, the fourth edition of Teaching Elementary Social Studies prepares prospective teachers to meet challenges in all areas of diversity, sensitively and effectively.
New to the Fourth Edition:
· Two new chapters on literacy and social studies teaching and teaching geography.
· New coverage of “Backward Design”, service learning, planning successful field trips, and Geographic Information Systems (GIS).
· Earlier coverage of unit planning, lesson planning, and assessment.
· A new discussion of 21st Century Skills focuses on joint effort of the National Council for the Social Studies and the Partnership for 21st Century Skills.
· Throughout the text, 40 new teaching ideas with computer-based resources show how students can use web-based information and produce digital products.
· Fifty new children’s books are cited and many new, excellent works of juvenile literature are integrated into the text.
· Updated with the most current information including 100 new professional references.
Learn how to meet the needs of the diverse students in your first classroom through this unique elementary social studies methods textbook. With a unifying theme of diversity, it emphasizes differentiated instruction and meeting the needs of all students, including special attention to English learners, children with mild learning disabilities, and gifted students. Chapters on differentiated instruction (Chapter 4) and culturally-responsive teaching (Chapter 5) provide a strong foundation and context for the strategies and teaching tips that follow in later chapters.
Reflecting the national trends toward standards-based instruction and greater utilization of technology, this book is a great resource for your first classroom and beyond. Read and reference this text for comprehensive coverage including new chapters on teaching geography and the literacy and social studies connection, as well as existing chapters on the history and current status of social studies; lesson and unit planning; cooperative learning; critical thinking; technology; assessment; integrating the language arts, the visual arts, and the performing arts; citizenship education; history and geography; and the other social sciences. Finally, instructors and students have praised earlier editions of this book because of its pragmatic and accessible style.
Dr. James Zarrillo is a Professor in the Department of Teacher Education. In September of 2009, he accepted the position of Interim Associate Dean of the College of Education and Allied Studies. Dr. Zarrillo’s area of scholarly interest is the elementary school curriculum; specifically, children’s literature, reading instruction, and social studies. Dr. Zarrillo is the author five books, several chapters in edited books and many journal articles. Dr. Zarrillo has been a member of the faculty at CSU East Bay since 1995. He was Chair of the Department of Teacher Education from 1995-1999, again in 2004-2007, and once more from January to June of 2009. He served as the Assistant Dean for Technology and Accountability in the College of Education and Allied Studies in 2001-2002. Prior to coming to CSU East Bay, Dr. Zarrillo was a member of the faculty at CSU Long Beach from 1988 – 1995. He taught elementary school in Burbank, California, from 1976- 1986.
Part I: An Introduction to the Social Studies
Chapter 1: The Past, Present, and Future of Social Studies Teaching and Learning
Definitions of Social Studies
A Brief History of Social Studies Teaching
21st Century Skills
Social Studies: The Curriculum
Summary of Key Points
Lesson Plans and Instructional Activities
Part II: The Fundamentals of Social Studies Teaching
Chapter 2: Social Studies Lesson and Unit Plans
General Guidelines for Planning Social Studies Lessons
Lesson Plan Formats
Writing Lesson Objectives
Perspectives on the Teaching Sequence
Principles for Planning Instructional Units
Summary of Key Points
Lesson Plans and Instructional Activities
Chapter 3: Assessment of Social Studies Learning
Purposes and Goals of Assessment
Essentials of Effective Assessment
Gathering Data
Analyzing and Sharing Assessment Data
Assessment and Diversity: Final Thoughts
Summary of Key Points
Part III: Differentiation, Integration, and the Development of Academic Skills
Chapter 4: Differentiated Instruction
Linguistic Diversity
Cultural Diversity
Exceptionality
Summary of Key Points
Lesson Plans and Instructional Activities
Chapter 5: A Multicultural, Integrated Social Studies Curriculum
A Multicultural Social Studies Curriculum
The Integrated Curriculum
Summary of Key Points
Lesson Plans and Instructional Activities
Chapter 6: Cooperative Learning
Introduction to Cooperative Learning
An Overview of the Research and Descriptions of Cooperative Learning Structures
Making Cooperative Learning Work
Other Issues in Grouping
Summary of Key Points
Lesson Plans and Instructional Activities
Chapter 7: Inquiry and Critical Thinking
Inquiry: An Overview
A Teaching Sequence for an Inquiry
Inquiry as Cooperative Learning: Group Investigation
Critical Thinking: An Overview
Developing Critical Thinking Skills
Summary of Key Points
Lesson Plans and Instructional Activities
Chapter 8: Literacy
Social Studies Textbooks
Children’s Literature: Information Books and Biography
Children’s Literature: Fiction
Writing in the Social Studies Program
Summary of Key Points
Lesson Plans and Instructional Activities
Part IV: Content-Specific Instruction
Chapter 9: Democratic Citizenship
Democratic Citizenship: The First Goal of Social Studies
Competing Perspectives on Citizenship Education
Citizenship Education: Content
Citizenship Education: Values
Citizenship Education: Processes
Summary of Key Points
Lesson Plans and Instructional Activities
Chapter 10: History
History in the Elementary School: Overview and Research
History in the Elementary School: Content
History in the Elementary School: Processes
Teaching History in the Elementary School
Summary of Key Points
Lesson Plans and Instructional Activities
Chapter 11: Geography
Geography in the Elementary School: Overview and Research on Children’s Understanding of Geography
Geography in the Elementary School: Content
Geography in the Elementary School: Processes
Teaching Geography: Challenges and Principles of Instruction, Map Reading, Map Making
Teaching Geography: Computer-Based Resources
Summary of Key Points
Lesson Plans and Instructional Activities
Chapter 12: The Other Social Sciences and Topics of Special Interest
Completing the Social Studies Curriculum
Anthropology
Economics
Psychology and Sociology
Global Education, Environmental Education, and Current Events
Summary of Key Points
Lesson Plans and Instructional Activities
Children’s Literature to Support Social Studies Instruction
References
Author Index
Subject Index
Learn how to meet the needs of the diverse students in your first classroom through this unique elementary social studies methods textbook. With a unifying theme of diversity, it emphasizes differentiated instruction and meeting the needs of all students, including special attention to English learners, children with mild learning disabilities, and gifted students. Chapters on differentiated instruction (Chapter 4) and culturally-responsive teaching (Chapter 5) provide a strong foundation and context for the strategies and teaching tips that follow in later chapters.
Reflecting the national trends toward standards-based instruction and greater utilization of technology, this book is a great resource for your first classroom and beyond. Read and reference this text for comprehensive coverage including new chapters on teaching geography and the literacy and social studies connection, as well as existing chapters on the history and current status of social studies; lesson and unit planning; cooperative learning; critical thinking; technology; assessment; integrating the language arts, the visual arts, and the performing arts; citizenship education; history and geography; and the other social sciences. Finally, instructors and students have praised earlier editions of this book because of its pragmatic and accessible style.
- Over 30 sample lesson and unit plans–provides prospective teachers with field-tested instructional activities.
- Every sample lesson is standards-based and includes a discussion of how to assess student achievement of standards–provides essential information for prospective teachers who will teach in a standards-based environment.
- The most complete set of professional references in any elementary social studies textbook–the fourth edition includes new professional references and reflects current scholarship in the field.
- A separate chapter on teaching with computer-based resources, plus additional suggestions for teaching with technology throughout the book–offers prospective teachers guidance of how to mix traditional resources with computer-based resources.
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Numerous lessons involving children’s literature—Plus an appendix of literature that supports social studies instruction.
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Illustrates the use of literature to bring all of the social studies to life for young learners—especially ways to use journals, diaries, and histories of distant people.
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- More than 100 sample activities—Interspersed throughout the material.
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Offers pragmatic, field-tested instructional episodes prospective teachers can take right into their own first classrooms.
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- Chapter-opening vignettes—Presenting real teachers and students in authentic social studies classrooms.
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Puts students “up close and personal” with teachers and learners in contemporary social studies classrooms.”
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NEW! Revised organization of chapters. In response to reader feedback, material on unit planning, lesson planning, and assessment are moved forward to Chapters 2 and 3.
NEW! A new chapter on literacy and social studies teaching features increased coverage of instructional strategies involving reading and writing. See Chapter 8.
NEW! A new chapter on teaching geography provides for greater coverage of geographic education. See Chapter 11.
NEW! A new discussion of 21st Century Skills focuses on joint effort of the National Council for the Social Studies and the Partnership for 21st Century Skills. See Chapter 1.
NEW! Coverage of the concept of “Backward Design” in unit planning discusses this popular curriculum development process. See Chapter 2.
NEW! Expanded coverage of service learning includes reviews of recent research and more teaching ideas. See Chapter 9.
NEW! Coverage on planning successful field trips provides practical guidelines for teachers. See Chapter 10.
NEW! Coverage on teaching with Geographic Information Systems (GIS) shows how elementary lessons can be planned with GIS. See Chapter 11.
Throughout the text, 40 new teaching ideas with computer-based resources show how students can use web-based information and produce digital products.
50 new children’s books are cited and many new, excellent works of juvenile literature are integrated into the text.
100 new professional references are featured in the new edition. All references are up to date and feature the most current information.
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| Subjects | higher education, EDU046000, Vocational / Professional Studies, Teacher Education, Curriculum and Instruction, Social Studies Methods (K-8) |
