Content Matters
Subtitle: Social Studies in the Elementary and Middle School
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Lanham, MD
ISBN-13: 9781610489515
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgments; title: Introduction; title: References; title: Chapter One: Biographical Studies: People of Note; title: The Content for Teaching Biographical Studies; title: Applications to the Classroom; title: References; title: Chapter Two: History: The United States and the World; title: The Content for Teaching History; title: Two Kinds of History; title: Three Belief Systems About Teaching History; title: History as Scale; title: Applications to the Classroom; title: References; title: Chapter Three: World Religions: Monday School, Not Sunday School; title: The Content for Teaching World Religions; title: History and World Religions; title: Hinduism; title: Buddhism; title: Christianity; title: Judaism; title: Islam; title: Geography and World Religions; title: Biographies and World Religions; title: Applications to the Classroom; title: References; title: Chapter Four: The United States Constitution: The Nation’s Scripture?; title: The Content for Teaching the United States Constitution; title: Control of Factions; title: Representation; title: Individual Freedom; title: Taxation; title: Military; title: What K-8 Teachers Must Know and Understand; title: Constitution Simulations; title: The Structure of the United States Constitution; title: Applications to the Classroom; title: References; title: Chapter Five: The Declaration of Independence: Making the Argument; title: The Story of the Declaration of Independence; title: The Content for Teaching the Declaration of Independence; title: Story Grammar and the Declaration of Independence; title: Annotating the Declaration of Independence; title: Applications to the Classroom; title: References; title: Chapter Six: Personal Finance: Equity and Economic Justice; title: The Content for Teaching Personal Finance; title: The Money Game; title: How Do Children Get Money?; title: The Relationship Between 7 and 10; title: Inflation; title: Social Security; title: Gross vs. Net Income; title: What Does Enough Mean?; title: What Do We Teach Children About Personal Finance?; title: Applications to the Classroom; title: A Resource; title: Chapter 7: Geography Matters: How We Know Who and Where We Are; title: The Content for Teaching Geography; title: Geography Themes; title: A Change in Perspective: What Do Geographers Do?; title: Applications to the Classroom; title: References; title: Chapter Eight: Native Peoples: It’s About Now!; title: The Content for Teaching About Native Peoples; title: Basic Principles for Instruction About Native Peoples; title: The Right To Be Wrong; title: Separate Nation Status; title: Native Peoples and Social Studies Content; title: Applications to the Classroom; title: References; title: Chapter Nine: Media Literacy: Radio, Television, and Print Media as Social Studies; title: Text; title: The Content for Teaching Media Literacy; title: Media Literacy; title: Liberal Media; title: Conservative Media; title: Libertarian Media; title: Independent Media; title: Noncommercial or Public Media; title: Bias and What It Means in the Media; title: Creative and Critical Thinking and a Media Literacy Matrix; title: Applications to the Classroom; title: References; title: Chapter Ten: Writing in the Social Studies; title: Thinking and Writing in Paragraphs; title: Arranging Sentences; title: Paragraph Sentence Cards; title: Paragraph Completion; title: Writing Extended Discourse; title: Read-Write-Share; title: Summarizing; title: Describing; title: Comparing and Contrasting; title: Response to Reading; title: Essays That Share Opinions with an Persuade Readers; title: Reports of Information; title: Sentences and Word Study; title: References