Social Studies
Hattie and Yates (2014) described this as System 2 learning, in contrast to System 1, or surface, learning: System 1 is fast and responds with immediacy; System 2 entails using time to “stop, look, listen, and focus” (Stanovich, 1999).
Renowned educator Bil Johnson reveals how to teach social studies so that your students become engaged, active, and responsible learners. This book demonstrates how student-centered strategies can be applied in your classroom.
This volume would be a valuable resource for any professor, doctoral student, or Master’s student examining the field of social studies education.
Discusses educational goals and the nature of history and social studies, along with offering practical ideas for organizing curricula, lessons, projects, and activities.
Aligned to the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) and state standards, this social studies workbook includes digital materials.
Montgomery, S., Miller, W., Foss, P., Tallakson, D., & Howard, M. (2017). Banners for books: “Mighty-hearted” kindergartners take action through arts-based service learning. Early Childhood Education Journal, 45(1), 1–14. Morris ...
This text offers a teacher and student-friendly collection of lessons and activities that help educators use picture books to engage younger students in meaningful social studies activities and bring this critical subject back in elementary ...
Organized around Joseph Schwab's commonplaces of education and recognizing the role of inquiry as a preferred pedagogy in social studies, the book offers a series of short chapters that highlight learners and learning, subject matter, ...
Discover key reading strategies for social studies texts and passages. Helps prepare children social studies testing.