Inside the social studies classroom
By: Jere Brophy, Janet Alleman, Barbara Knighton.
Contributors: Alleman, Janet.; Knighton, Barbara.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780805855715; 9780805855722; 9780203929452
Subjects: Social sciences -- Study and teaching (Primary)
Table of contents: title: Introduction : need for improving primary social studies; title: Prior research on primary social studies; title: Generic aspects of our instructional units; title: Using narrative to build a content base; title: Structuring the curriculum around big ideas; title: Developing big ideas about history; title: Developing big ideas : geography; title: Developing big ideas : the social sciences; title: Using instructional resources; title: Making connections and avoiding undesired content; title: Introducing new knowledge bases; title: Developing knowledge bases through structured discourse; title: Using questions to develop content with the whole class; title: Scaffolding for individual students within whole-class lessons; title: Activities and assessments.