Social Studies for Young Children
Preschool and Primary Curriculum Anchor- Authors:
- Publisher:
- 2013
Summary
Social studies is at the heart of content in education and takes on society's best hopes for helping children become good citizens and winners in the global economy. In its comprehensive scope, Social Studies for Young Children: Preschool and Primary Curriculum Anchor fulfills the promise of social studies as an integrator of the knowledge and experiences of young children. Filled with strategies, activities and resources, this book helps teachers develop a holistic, culturally relevant approach to social studies and social learning. It surveys the relevant state and national standards and offers essential guidance on how to integrate them into the curriculum -- while at the same time looking beyond the tests to foster young social scientists' development into critical thinkers and lifelong learners.
Special features include:
Children’s literature to foster social studies understanding
Digital media for teaching and learning
Emphasis on cross-disciplinary synthesis
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Bibliographic data
- Copyright year
- 2013
- ISBN-Print
- 978-1-4758-0086-9
- ISBN-Online
- 978-1-4758-0087-6
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 198
- Product type
- Book Titles
Table of contents
- Contents No access
- Foreword No access
- Preface No access
- Acknowledgments No access
- 1 Introduction to the Authority of Social Studies No access Pages 1 - 20
- 2 Moral Development, Character Education, Emotional Literacy, and the Social Studies No access Pages 21 - 44
- 3 Teaching and Learning Social Studies in the Age of Common Core and State Standards No access Pages 45 - 68
- 4 The Context of Culture in Teaching Social Studies: Beyond the Antibias Curriculum No access Pages 69 - 88
- 5 Perspectives on Classroom Practices No access Pages 89 - 114
- 6 Multimedia, the World, and Young Children No access Pages 115 - 138
- 7 Assessing the Accomplishment of Learning in the Social Studies No access Pages 139 - 160
- 8 Social Studies as Curriculum Anchor No access Pages 161 - 192
- Appendix: Children’s Literature Organized by National Council of the Social Studies Themes No access Pages 193 - 198





