Teaching elementary social studies in Social Science Books

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<p><b>A Message from the Author</b></p> <p>Maintaining the balance between theory and practice is never easy, but I am convinced that this new edition presents each to its best advantage. The pages of the text explain, illustrate, and encourage developmentally appropriate practice; engaged, exploratory learning; and reflective thought and action. A host of practical lessons are found throughout the book, ready for you to use directly or to adapt to your circumstances as needed. A central purpose of the book is to address and nurture the strategies and tactics necessary to achieving the social studies goals of</p> <ul> <li><b>Participatory citizenship.</b> From Aristotle's time to the twenty-first century, the idea of the participating citizen has been a dream and an ideal. Citizenship is not an abstract concept. It is the life to which each of us is called. <li><b>Knowledge of our world.</b> Knowledge of our world equips us with what Abraham Lincoln called "the mystic chords of memory." Our knowledge of history, geography, and civics are foundations of the good life. Knowledge of our world serves as a tool for problem solving as well as an end in itself. <li><b>Self-realization and regulation.</b> Every child represents a promise. Our task is to be true to the promise. The unique qualities of each individual begin to show their promise in environments where freedom and discipline are brought into harmony. <li><b>Social and moral growth.</b> Classrooms and schools are social settings, filled with potential for moral growth. To the extent that your own classroom is truly social, it has the potential to be truly moral. </ul> <div align=right>-Art Ellis</div> <p><b>More than in any previous edition, Art Ellis prepares you for the realities of teaching social studies today!</b> <ul> <li><b>Almost forty In the Classroom boxes</b> illustrate what authentic, effective social studies teaching and learning look like in today's classrooms. <li><b>Fifteen new sample lesson plans</b> provide tools that you can take with you into your first classroom. <li><b>A new chapter on diversity</b> (Chapter 2) prepares you for the realities of twenty-first century schools and classrooms. <li><b>Current Events boxes</b> link social studies content to today's events, and help you get into the habit of exploring newspapers and the Web for information you can bring into the classroom. <li><b>Keys to... boxes</b> underline important concepts and provide guidelines for adapting theory into your classroom practice.</p>

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<p>This text frames and develops a coherent, practical, and engaging approach to teaching and learning elementary social studies. The authors combine the latest research on learning patterns, curriculum structure and presentation, and assessment with practical issues like classroom management, goal establishment, and creative lesson planning.</p><p><i>Elementary Social Studies</i> is organized according to four commonplaces of education-learners and learning, subject matter, teachers and teaching, and classroom environment-to help teachers create a powerful learning environment for their students. The Second Edition includes additional emphasis on issues of multiculturalism and diversity, and teaching in the lower primary grades.</p><ul><li><i>New!</i> More Theory-to-Practice examples are included throughout the text. Now identifiable by marginal icons, the examples in Chapter 2 concentrate on incorporating constructivist principles into the teaching/learning process, while those in Chapter 5 focus on choosing teaching strategies, curriculum materials, and classroom assessments.<li><i>New!</i> More references to social studies standards and standardized assessments are presented throughout the text to help teaching students understand how their lessons relate to the certification process and the assessment of schools, teachers, and students.<li><i>New!</i> More explicit connections between social studies and language arts instruction (Chapter 4) are drawn to provide guidance on teaching in schools that have marginalized social studies instruction in order to concentrate on reading and math in preparation for standardized testing.<li><i>New!</i> Expanded content allows the author to provide the most comprehensive updates and information on all topics presented.<li><i>New!</i> Marginal icons have been reduced from six categories to four-diversity, standards, theory-to-practice examples, and relevant research-for purposes of clarity. These icons help call out where relevant information is presented in the text.<li>In Your Classroom boxes offer practical teaching suggestions such as the use jigsaw puzzles, book talks, and mini-lessons. An appendix of Children&#039;s Literature provides approximately 100 specific titles that correspond to the various unit ideas throughout the text.</ul>

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<p>This interactive package features a fully integrated printed text, Web site, and PowerPoint slides, which combine the benefits of a textbook and a workbook. The book presents a breadth of targeted, concise mini-chapters called "Topics," which instructors can develop by adding their own material or using assignments and resources from the companion Web site. This flexibility creates a more active learning environment.</p><ul><li>"Teacher&#039;s Tips" provide practical ideas to use in the classroom.<li>"Quotes for Reflection" present statements from historical and contemporary notable figures that provoke reflection, critical thinking, and values formation. </ul>

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<p>The authors&#039; contemporary framework uses four commonplaces of education-learners and learning, the subject matter of social studies, teachers and teaching, and classroom learning environment-to help future teachers create powerful learning experiences for their students.</p><p>The text&#039;s teaching/learning model focuses on constructivism, or how new teachers construct their own knowledge. It puts readers into classroom situations with numerous demonstrations of elementary social studies teaching, and provides substance and powerful strategies to help teachers implement today&#039;s standards.</p>

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