Elementary Social Studies : Constructing a Powerful Approach to Teaching and Learning (Paperback, 4 ed)

Part 1 The Commonplaces of Education: A Framework for Powerful Social Studies Teaching; 1 Creating a Framework for the Social Studies Classroom; 2 Learners and Learning: Understanding What Students Know and How They Come to Know It; 3 Subject Matter: A Threads Approach; 4 Teachers and Teaching: Working with Ideas and Questions; 5 Teachers and Teaching: Choosing Strategies, Curriculum Materials, and Influences on Teaching; 6 Teachers and Teaching: Assessment; 7 The Classroom Environment: Creating a Genuine Community; 8 Social Studies and Literacy; Part 2 Putting the Commonplaces into Action; 9 Purposes, Goals, and Objectives for Teaching and Learning; 10 The Inquiry Design Model; 11 Constructing Curriculum Inquiries; 12 Becoming a Reflective Social Studies Teacher; Appendix: Content Resources from Children’s Literature