Making Connections in Elementary and Middle School Social Studies
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This book revolves around the idea that making personal connections with the material to be learned is what creates powerful learning experiences. Making Connections in Elementary and Middle School Social Studies is a comprehensive, reader-friendly text that demonstrates how personal connections can be incorporated into social studies education while meeting the National Council for the Social Studies' thematic, pedagogical, and disciplinary standards. The book examines a variety of methods both novice and experienced teachers alike can use to make social studies more interesting and to help students make their own personal connections.
1Defining social studies12Celebrating diversity in social studies education233Teaching geography and history454Teaching civics and government, and economics715Planning936Assessing student growth1237Special needs students in a general education setting1518Textbooks and social studies1759Learning through human interaction19310Problem solving in social studies22111Inquiry learning in social studies25312Creative and critical thinking in social studies27913Current events and classroom discussion30314Using the Internet to teach social studies32515Learning through literature and language arts34716Character education365App. ADisciplinary standards for History, geography, civics and government, and economicsApp. BPerformance expectations for NCSS thematic subject matter standardsApp. CNCSS essential skills for social studies
