50 Ways To Teach Social Studies For Elementary Teachers

Author : S. Kay Gandy
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1475860706
Total Pages : 173 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 50 Ways to Teach Social Studies for Elementary Teachers written by S. Kay Gandy and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2021-06-19 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you are searching for ideas to teach social studies in fun and meaningful ways, 50 Ways to Teach Social Studies is a book that provides a plethora of ideas of practical lessons connected to real-world topics that will save the busy teacher time and effort. The activities in this book are housed under themes and include content connections (civics, history, geography, economics), guiding questions, and literacy connections. From community, primary sources, and music to food, visual media, and experiential learning, this book will inspire you to make connections in your own environment to expand the teaching of social studies.

Author : Kathryn M. Obenchain
Publisher : Allyn & Bacon
ISBN 13 : 9780137050154
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 50 Social Studies Strategies for K-8 Classrooms written by Kathryn M. Obenchain and published by Allyn & Bacon. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This popular book of 50 strategies for enhancing social studies learning in K-8 classrooms offers valuable ideas and applications for pre-service and practicing teachers alike. Always appreciated for its connections between theory, research, and practice, and the extensions provided through web sites and references, this new edition enhances those strengths by providing assessment ideas and website resources for every strategy. Eight conceptually-organized overarching strategies to facilitate organizing a social studies classroom precede forty-two social-studies specific strategies --organized alphabetically and introduced by grade level and National Council for Social Studies (NCSS) standards indicators. This handy resource provides models, examples, and assessments from real teachers and students, so that pre-service teachers may be successful in their student teaching and field experiences and first years in the classroom and practicing teachers may freshen their social studies teaching with some new ideas.

Author : S. Kay Gandy
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1475873115
Total Pages : 149 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Teaching Science in Elementary Schools written by S. Kay Gandy and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2023-07-31 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides teachers with 50 dynamic activities to teach science, through music, food, games, literature, community, environment, and everyday objects. The authors share tried and tested ideas from their collective 75 years of teaching experiences. For the busy teacher with little time to plan lessons, resources are provided that include guided worksheets for activities, pre, post and during ideas to accompany activities, and vocabulary and literature connections. With this book in hand, teachers can create opportunities for students to see science in application, and to think logically as they ask questions, test ideas, and solve problems.

Author : Thomas N. Turner
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 041563850X
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Essentials of Elementary Social Studies written by Thomas N. Turner and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essentials of Elementary Social Studies is a teacher friendly text that provides comprehensive treatment of classroom planning, instruction, and strategies. Praised for its dynamic approaches and a writing style that is conversational, personal, and professional, this text enables and encourages teachers to effectively teach elementary social studies using creative and active learning strategies. New to this Edition This fourth edition has been significantly refined with new and relevant topics and strategies needed for effectively teaching elementary social studies. • Keeping with the book’s emphasis on planning and teaching, a full, new chapter on lesson plans has been added. This chapter is designed to provide elementary teachers with 14 classroom tested lessons for each grade level (K-6). • A new chapter on technology is designed to better prepare elementary teachers to effectively teach social studies with technology. Attention is given to digital history, media literacy, teaching with film and music, and numerous other types of impactful technology. • Each chapter now includes a Resources section. The resources section provides various resources for further development. The section includes articles, books, and web resources. • Each chapter now includes Extension and "Focus" activities. These activities provide readers with the opportunity to extend the learning experience with relevant and meaningful scenarios. Instructors can also use the extension and focus activities as class activities. • Brand new companion website expands on chapter content and provides resources for further study (www.routledge.com/cw/Turner).

Author : Kathryn M. Obenchain
Publisher : Pearson College Division
ISBN 13 : 9780133783681
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 50 Social Studeies Strategies for K-8 Classrooms written by Kathryn M. Obenchain and published by Pearson College Division. This book was released on 2014-03-17 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title is only available as a loose-leaf version with Pearson eText. In 50 Social Studies Strategies for K-8 Classroom, pre-service and practicing teachers get well-explained, useful, meaningful ideas--including 50 ready-to-use strategies--for engaging elementary and middle school students in learning social studies. The strategies are easily adaptable to individual teachers' classroom configurations and needs, and include multiple types of assessment tools that give teachers options in assessing their students. Each strategy is organized for flexibility and ease of use and includes links to the National Council for the Social Studies national curriculum standards, links to the Common Core Strategies, procedural recommendations, application ideas, differentiation sections, assessment sections, references and resources, and more. The strategies are designed to help teachers plan effective social studies lessons using multiple types of student groups, while also accounting for the diversity of learners in today's classrooms. The new Fourth Edition includes updating, revisions, and additions to the strategies throughout. 0133783685 / 9780133783681 50 Social Studies Strategies for K-8 Classrooms, Loose-Leaf Version with Pearson eText -- Access Card Package Package consists of: 013374096X / 9780133740967 50 Social Studies Strategies for K-8 Classrooms, Loose-Leaf Version 0133823172 / 9780133823172 50 Social Studies Strategies for K-8 Classrooms, Pearson eText -- Access Card

Author : Dee Benscoter
Publisher : Scholastic Teaching Resources
ISBN 13 : 9780439297035
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Social Studies Activities Kids Can't Resist written by Dee Benscoter and published by Scholastic Teaching Resources. This book was released on 2002 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Kathryn M. Obenchain
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780133740967
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.6X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 50 Social Studies Strategies for K-8 Classroom written by Kathryn M. Obenchain and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here are fifty strategies for creating meaningful social studies experiences for K--8 students - ten general and forty specific - organized alphabetically, accompanied by assessment tools, and each introduced by grade level and National Council for Social Studies (NCSS) standards indicators. Each strategy is explained through reference to research and theory; and followed by a list of procedures and a list of references/resources. At the end of each strategy is a narrative description of the strategy in action or an example of a performance assessment-scoring guide. For elementary and middle school Social Studies teachers.

Author : James A. Duplass
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000202038
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Essence of Teaching Social Studies written by James A. Duplass and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-09-30 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Designed for use in elementary and secondary social studies education courses, this book supports the teaching of social studies methods in a range of educational settings. By highlighting long-standing content and principles of social studies education in a concise and direct way, this volume offers the building blocks of a comprehensive course, for use as springboards to the effective presentation of professors’ desired course emphases. With sections on foundations, subject areas, and best practices, this text explains the intersection between the "modelling" role of social studies teachers as democratic citizens, social studies fields of study, and strategies implemented in the classroom to encourage students’ critical thinking and values formation.

Author : Randi Stone
Publisher : Corwin Press
ISBN 13 : 1452280592
Total Pages : 121 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Best Practices for Teaching Social Studies written by Randi Stone and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2008-06-05 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Randi Stone has assembled an exciting collection of teaching methods to benefit all learners. The book brings together an esteemed group of teachers who are to be congratulated for sparking interest in a subject that is too often taught solely from a textbook." —Heather E. Robinson, Fifth-Grade Teacher Desert Canyon Elementary School, Scottsdale, AZ Adopt or adapt these exemplary social studies strategies from the nation′s best teachers! Randi Stone transports readers into the lively classrooms of award-winning teachers in this collection of outstanding methods for teaching social studies to diverse elementary, middle, and high school learners. Like its companion volumes for teaching writing, mathematics, and science, Best Practices for Teaching Social Studies presents firsthand accounts from educators offering fresh ideas and inquiry-based techniques to build student confidence, increase academic achievement, and develop critical thinking skills. Highlights include master teachers′ tips on how to: Organize and produce oral history projects Use technology to explore diversity Teach the art of geography and the geography of art Put the "social" back into social studies, and more! Beginning and experienced teachers alike will discover an abundance of creative teaching practices to strengthen the social studies curriculum.

Author : Kathryn M. Obenchain
Publisher : Pearson Higher Ed
ISBN 13 : 0133741532
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 50 Social Studies Strategies for K-8 Classrooms written by Kathryn M. Obenchain and published by Pearson Higher Ed. This book was released on 2014-02-26 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the eBook of the printed book and may not include any media, website access codes, or print supplements that may come packaged with the bound book. In 50 Social Studies Strategies for K-8 Classroom, pre-service and practicing teachers get well-explained, useful, meaningful ideas–including 50 ready-to-use strategies–for engaging elementary and middle school students in learning social studies. The strategies are easily adaptable to individual teachers’ classroom configurations and needs, and include multiple types of assessment tools that give teachers options in assessing their students. Each strategy is organized for flexibility and ease of use and includes links to the National Council for the Social Studies national curriculum standards, links to the Common Core Strategies, procedural recommendations, application ideas, differentiation sections, assessment sections, references and resources, and more. The strategies are designed to help teachers plan effective social studies lessons using multiple types of student groups, while also accounting for the diversity of learners in today’s classrooms. The new Fourth Edition includes updating, revisions, and additions to the strategies throughout.