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Effective Teaching in Elementary Social Studies (6th Edition)

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The authors have written a book that is extremely practical. As a student in a methods class, I was able to use the ideas in the classroom where I was placed. My master teacher was impressed with what I had to offer and purchased a copy of the book for himself. I appreciate the blend of theory and practice the book offers. Practical applications are important, but without the theoretical perspectives they mean nothing. This book gives us both. I recommend it to new teachers especially. It was obviously written by people who have spent time in classrooms and who really know social studies.

This book is uncommon for the textbooks I have found. The chapters are all roughly 20 pages long. They do not waste time on a lot of filler and excellent lesson examples can be found.

This book is not for those who have experience in the social studies, or experience in working in classrooms.

It presents a lot of vague theory and not many concrete ideas on how to get subject matter taught to your students. YOu had best hope if this book is a required text that your professor has a passion for social studies,and has ideas on how to convey all that social studies really has to offer.