Making connections in elementary and middle school social studies - Johnson, Andrew P. (Andrew Paul) (Thousand Oaks, Calif. Sage, 2006)
Defining social studies -- Celebrating diversity in social studies education -- Teaching geography and history -- Teaching civics and government, and economics -- Planning -- Assessing student growth -- Special needs students in a general education setting -- Textbooks and social studies -- Learning through human interaction -- Problem solving in social studies -- Inquiry learning in social studies -- Creative and critical thinking in social studies -- Current events and classroom discussion -- Using the internet to teach social studies -- Learning through literature and language arts -- Character education.
Keywords: Social sciences -- Study and teaching (Elementary) -- United States; Social sciences -- Study and teaching (Middle school) -- United States; Active learning -- United States