Socl Studies in Elem&eff Tchg Lang Arts Pkg [Hardcover]

Walter C. Parker (Author), Donna E. Norton (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 2003 | ISBN-10: 0131052594 | ISBN-13: 978-0131052598 | Edition: Package ed of 6th revised ed

For preservice, inservice, and graduate courses on social studies in elementary education. More practical than ever, this number one text retains the clarity and friendly tone of previous editions while taking a fresh look at diversity, technology, democratic citizenship, and expanding social studies across the curriculum. It details the mission of social studies education, considers the diversity of children in today's social studies classrooms, addresses the social studies curriculum, and explores effective instruction. The author continues the tradition of applying educational concepts with specific classroom examples and field-tested lesson plans in this classic.

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Comprehensive in scope, but streamlined in form, this widely-adopted exploration of social studies in elementary education is exceptionally up to date -- offering a solid foundation in both traditional and cutting-edge theory and pedagogy. It details the mission of social studies education, considers the diversity of children in today's social studies classrooms, addresses the social studies curriculum (what is taught), and explores effective instruction (how it is taught). --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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This eleventh edition contains

• a strong focus on using technology to teach social studies
• expanded coverage of integrated thematic teaching
• cutting-edge coverage of voting and citizenship
• continued emphasis on teaching in a diverse society

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Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: Addison Wesley Longman; Package ed of 6th revised ed edition (May 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0131052594
• ISBN-13: 978-0131052598
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• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book, July 26, 2010

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This review is from: Social Studies in Elementary Education (with MyEducationLab) (13th Edition) (Hardcover)

This is an excellent book. It offers a lot of information about the different ways to teach social studies and it shares many different lesson plans.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book, October 3, 2010

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This review is from: Social Studies in Elementary Education (Hardcover)

This is a great book! It's full of wonderful ideas, teaching strategies, and lots of lesson plans. The book is broken down nicely into logical chapters and the reading isn't hard to understand.

I definitely recommend having this book!