50 Social Studies Strategies for K-8 Classrooms
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...
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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.
Summary of the national council for the social studies (NCSS) curriculum strandsPt. 1General social studies instructional strategies11Discovery learning22Inquiry learning63Community building124Rule making15Pt. 2Specific social studies instructional strategies to advance content knowledge and skills development195Archaeological digs206Architecture and landscape design significance247Artifacts288Case studies339Cemetery studies3610Community maps3911Concepts : teaching core democratic ideals4312Custom boxes4713Decision trees and decision grids5114Field trips of distinction5515Flannel boards5916Folk art6217Folk music6518Game shows6819Genealogies7120Globes7421Graphic : organizers7822Guest speakers8323Historical characters8624Historical reenactments8925Home living centers9426Interactive bulletin boards9727Learning centers10028Literature book clubs10429Media literacy10730Mini-society11031Mock trials11432Model factory11733Museum exhibits12034Newspaper making12435Oral histories12736Pen pals13137Private records13438Public records13839Readers' theater14140Reflecting choices14441Role playing14942Sand table maps15443Service-learning15844Slide show oral report16245Story boards16646Time lines16947Trash trail17248Traveling ambassador17649Video productions17950Virtual field trips181
