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Social Studies Preservice Teachers’ First-Order Documents
Frans H. Doppen, Jennifer E. TesarThis article presents the findings of a study that sought to gain an insight into social studies preservice teachers’ reported reasons for selecting a primary source document they…
Practicing Teachers as Elementary Social Studies Methods Instructors: Issues in Preparing Preservice Elementary Teachers
Brian K. Lanahan, Elizabeth Anne YeagerThe threatened status of social studies instruction in elementary schools demands strong methods instruction to preserve the subject. This threatened status and other factors…
Reinventing Master’s Degree Study for Experienced Social Studies Teachers
Meghan McGlinn Manfra, Cheryl Mason BolickTo improve social studies teaching and learning, teachers must engage in quality professional development experiences to deepen their pedagogical content knowledge. This article…
Improving Content Literacy in Social Studies Classrooms: Teachers’ Voices Within Comprehensive School Reform
Mary E. LittleThe increased demands for access to and accountability for mastery of social studies curriculum by all students, including students with disabilities (SWDs) and diverse learning…
The Authors of the Harvard Social Studies Project: A Retrospective Analysis of Donald Oliver, Fred Newmann, and James Shaver
Chara Haeussler Bohan, Joseph R. FeinbergDuring the late twentieth century in the field of social studies education, Donald Oliver, Fred Newmann, and James Shaver were prominent leaders. Their work on the Harvard Social…
Music and Messages from the Past: Tuning into History
Susie Burroughs, Dwight HareFor many students, studying history is a boring and irrelevant endeavor. Traditional, teacher-centered teaching strategies contribute to this unfortunate reality. While the…
Designing Meaningful Instruction in History for Middle School Students through the Use of Archival Research and Primary Document Analysis as a Teaching Tool
Mark MrazThe article chronicles the use of a Civil War soldier's diary to teach Civil War history. The project was carried out over a two-semester period in a social studies pedagogy…
Free Speech in the Balance: What Do We Know About the Rights of Public School Teachers
Nancy C. Patterson, Prentice T. ChandlerThis paper presents an overview of what we have learned about the state of academic freedom in the public schools. It includes a rationale for the place of academic freedom in…
Examining the Important Civic Values with Elementary Students Using Trade Books about the Holocaust: A Five-to-Six Day Unit
Mary E. HaasThis unit illustrates the role of trade books in teaching important social studies values and content. Using four trade books appropriate for use with elementary students, the…
Historical Inquiry with Fifth Graders: An Action Research Study
Theresa M. McCormickThis article describes an action research investigation in which I examined the effects that a six-week, historical, inquiry-based unit on the American Revolution had on 119…
Displaying Historical Empathy: What Impact Can a Writing Assignment Have?
Sarah BrooksThis study explored the development of historical empathy in the social studies classroom by addressing the following question: Does the manner in which students are asked to…
NCSS Notable Trade Book Lesson Plan Maggie’s Door by Patricia Reilly Giff
M. Gail Hickey, Margit CodispotiThis lesson plan can be used with upper-level elementary students to discuss the Irish potato famine and immigration to America by displaced peoples. It uses a trade book entitled…
NCSS Notable Trade Book Lesson Plan Home by Jeannie Baker
Lynn KelleyIn the wordless picture book Home by Jeannie Baker, we watch baby Tracy grow as her family and neighbors work together to gradually turn a cold unfriendly city street into a…
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1933-5415Online date, start – end:
2006Copyright Holder:
Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
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- Prof Cynthia Sunal