This collection of outstanding, teacher-tested methods for K–12 social studies instruction for diverse classrooms offers fresh ideas and strategies covering citizenship, diversity, community, and more.
Author(s): Randi Stone
Year: 2008
Language: English
Pages: 120
Contents
......Page 6
Preface
......Page 8
Acknowledgments
......Page 10
About the Author
......Page 12
About the Contributors
......Page 14
PART I Elementary and Middle School......Page 20
Celebrating Our Constitution......Page 22
Investigating Historical Objects and Pictures......Page 26
Tasting......Page 28
A Tale of a Whale......Page 38
The Art of Social Studies/The Social Studies in Art......Page 42
Assembly-Line Lunches......Page 46
The History Kids......Page 50
Who Would You Help?......Page 54
Exploring Diversity Through Technology......Page 56
When They "Just Don’t Get It"
......Page 62
PART II High School......Page 68
Putting the "Social" Back Into Social Studies......Page 70
A Social Studies Twist on the "Hemingway Challenge"......Page 76
World War II Memories......Page 80
Life-Changing Field Trips......Page 90
Crafting Individualized Research Projects......Page 98
Promoting Citizenship......Page 108
Reflections From a High School History Teacher......Page 112
Index......Page 118
