Social Studies Content for Elementary and Middle School Teachers
Paperback Engels 2009 2e druk 9780137011254Samenvatting
Are you feeling a little rusty with your social studies content knowledge? This brief primer, Social Studies Content for Elementary and Middle School Teachers, Second Edition, is just what you need. It provides a helpful overview of both U.S. and world history, in addition to basic knowledge in geography, economics, and civics.
The wide history coverage will allow you to see historical events in overall context, provides an overview for planning, and will help you answer student questions confidently. Geography, economics, and civics concepts are clearly explained, so the book will be helpful when used in writing lesson plans. Check out the resources lists that include relevant Websites, student literature, . major subject area organizations, museums, and U.S. government sites. Finally, an extensive index allows you to look up subjects and answers at a glance.
Specificaties
Lezersrecensies
Inhoudsopgave
1. Why Study Social Studies?
2. History
Early Humans
Europe
The Greeks
The Romans
The Middle Ages
The Renaissance and the Reformation
The Enlightenment Period
The Age of Revolution and the Industrial Revolution
Asia
The Byzantine Empire, the Ottoman Empire, and the Middle East
India
China
Japan
Africa
Western Africa
Eastern Africa
Outside Influences
The Americas
Native Americans
European Exploration
Colonial Life
Revolutionary War
The 1800s
The Twentieth and Early Twenty-first Centuries Around the World
World War I
World Between the Wars
World War II
Cold War
Cultural Change
3. Geography
Basic Ideas
Water and Land
Reading Maps
The Physical Movement of the Earth and Its Effects
Continents
Asia
Africa
North America
South America
Antarctica
Europe
Australia
Geography Resources
4. Economics
The Basic Premises
The History of Economics
Consumer Choices Related to Needs and Wants
Entrepreneurs and Ware-Earners
Supply and Demand
Economics Resources
5. Government
The Purpose of Government
Values of American Democracy
Constitutional Governments
The U.S. Constitution
State and Local Government in the United States
The United States in the World
Government Resources
A Final Word
General Resources for the Teacher
Index
Rubrieken
- advisering
- algemeen management
- coaching en trainen
- communicatie en media
- economie
- financieel management
- inkoop en logistiek
- internet en social media
- it-management / ict
- juridisch
- leiderschap
- marketing
- mens en maatschappij
- non-profit
- ondernemen
- organisatiekunde
- personal finance
- personeelsmanagement
- persoonlijke effectiviteit
- projectmanagement
- psychologie
- reclame en verkoop
- strategisch management
- verandermanagement
- werk en loopbaan