Description

By (author) Parker, Walter C.

This new edition of the most popular elementary social studies methods text on the market houses a wealth of content, strategies, tools, and resources for teaching K-8 social studies. Writing with the same clarity, friendly tone, and solid content of previous editions, Parker details the mission of social studies education and explores the many ways this mission can be made to serve the full complement of learners in a diverse multicultural society. He lays out the elements of a strong social studies curriculum, explains effective teaching methods, and presents a wealth of field-tested examples, exercises, activities, and lesson plans that will enliven every social studies classroom.The fourteenth edition features integration with myeducationlab, Pearson”s online learning environment designed to connect students with real teaching situations through assignable videos, case studies, artifacts, and a personalized study tool.

Table of contents
PART I: Introduction to Social Studies Education Chapter 1: Social Studies Education: What and Why Chapter 2: Teaching Diverse Children PART II: The Social Studies Curriculum Chapter 3: Democratic Citizenship Education Chapter 4: History, Geography, and the Social Sciences Chapter 5: Powerful Tools: Maps, Globes, Charts, and Graphics Chapter 6: Current Events and Public Issues PART III: Planning and Teaching Social Studies Chapter 7: Assessing Student Learning Chapter 8: Planning Units, Lessons, and Activities Chapter 9: Five Great Teaching Strategies Chapter 10: The Literacy—Social Studies ConnectionChapter 11: Social Studies as the Integrating Core Chapter 12: Four Great Resources Notes Index

Feature
Three Central themes – Democratic Citizenship, Diversity, and the Social Sciences pervade the book to ultimately encourage teachers to excite their students about closing the gap between social realities and democratic ideals.Readers learn to help students develop social understanding, knowledge of people and places near and far, then and now, and the ability to think and act as a democratic citizen in a multicultural society.An exceptionally-strong chapter on multicultural issues–Called by some “the best available.” Helps future teachers truly understand the changing demographics of the American classroom. A Standards Sampler–Abridged NCSS standards and their classroom applications are fully updated and available on MyEducationLab. Provides vital information for novice teachers including the curriculum standards for the National Council for the Social Studies and on the text’s MyEducationLab website readers will find a direct link to the NCSS Standards document, and state-by-state social studies standards.This book is integrated with MyEducationLab, a unique site for you and your students where the classroom comes to life. End of chapter notes integrate online features such as authentic in-class video footage, interactive simulations, rich case studies, and teacher and student artifacts designed specifically to support Social Studies in Elementary Education, 14e.

New feature
English Learners. All students in U.S. classrooms are English language learners, but this term (abbreviated as ELs) is reserved for students whose first language is not English. There have always been ELs in our classrooms, but there are more today and we know more about how best to help these children retain their first language while also mastering English. This edition puts a new emphasis on ELs and such strategies as “sheltered instruction.”Differentiated Instruction. ELs are not the only students in our classrooms who have special needs. There are also children with learning challenges of different kinds, gifted children, culturally different children, and so forth. “Differentiated instruction” is a new emphasis in this edition–defined