Making connections in elementary and middle school social studies
By: Andrew P. Johnson.
Publisher: Sage Publications
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Thousand Oaks
Language: eng
Subjects: Social sciences -- Study and teaching (Elementary) -- United States.; Social sciences -- Study and teaching (Middle school) -- United States.; Active learning -- United States.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Defining social studies; title: Celebrating diversity in social studies education; title: Teaching geography and history; title: Teaching civics, government, and economics; title: Planning; title: Assessing student growth; title: Special needs students in a general education setting; title: Textbooks and social studies; title: Learning through human interaction; title: Problem solving in social studies; title: Inquiry learning in social studies; title: Creative and critical thinking in social studies; title: Current events; title: Using the internet to teach social studies; title: Learning through literature and language arts; title: Character education.