Young Citizens of the World Teaching Elementary Social Studies Through Civic Engagement |
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| Author:
| Boyle-Baise, Marilynne
Zevin, Jack |
| ISBN: | 978-0-415-99941-0 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2009 |
| Publisher: | Routledge
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $59.95 |
Book Description:
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- What really counts as social studies?
- What does good social studies teaching look like?
Young Citizens of the Worldtakes a clear stance: Social studies is about citizenship education that is informed, deliberative, and activist - citizenship not only as a noun, something one studies, but as a verb, something one DOES. The holistic, multicultural approach is based on this clear curricular and pedagogical purpose.
Straightforward, engaging, and...
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- What really counts as social studies?
- What does good social studies teaching look like?
Young Citizens of the Worldtakes a clear stance: Social studies is about citizenship education that is informed, deliberative, and activist - citizenship not only as a noun, something one studies, but as a verb, something one DOES. The holistic, multicultural approach is based on this clear curricular and pedagogical purpose.
Straightforward, engaging, and highly interactive, the text lays out a three-part process for civic preparation that helps students understand their world and their place, as citizens, in it: becoming informed, thinking it through, and taking action. Six outstanding teaching strategies bring this framework to life. Each chapter is written as a civic engagement. Teaching/learning projects throughout are invitations to learn through intensive, integrated meaningful studies of special places, important people, and significant times. These civic engagements are teacher-ready for use in elementary classrooms. Readers are encouraged to rehearse the projects in their social studies education courses and then to reinterpret them for their classrooms.
Providing a powerful alternative to the Expanding Horizons social studies curriculum, this text is a compelling choice for elementary social studies education courses, as well as for practicing teachers who wish to enhance their social studies instruction.