| Textbooks
& Other Reading Materials
| Required
& Recommended Books and Resources |
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Required Textbooks
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- Chapin, J.R. (2006). Elementary Social Studies:
A Practical Guide (6th Ed.). NY: Pearson Educ. ISBN 0-205-44724-4
- Short,
K.G. et al. (1996). Learning together through inquiry:
From Columbus to integrated curriculum. Portland, ME: Stenhouse
Publishers. ISBN 1-57110-033-4 **Will
also be used in E328.
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Recommended Books &
Resources
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- Indiana Academic Standards for Social Studies
available on-line at http://doe.state.in.us/standards.
As we the Indiana Standards are a required component of all lesson
plans, it is recommended you print out the appropriate Standards
ASAP.
- Publication Manual of the American Psychological
Association (5th Ed.). (2001). Washington, DC: American Psychological
Association. In the Teacher Education Program you are required
to use the APA format for all papers and other assignments requiring
footnotes. It is recommended that you purchase this book early
in your program.
- Silberman, M. (1996) Active Learning: 101
Strategies to Teach any Subject. Boston, MA: Allyn &
Bacon. This book is filled with strategies on how to engage students
in active learning. It will help you with presentations this semester
and in future course.
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Other
Helpful Professional Books & Articles. You may find
this list of books and articles helpful as you think about what it means
to teach social studies to K-6 students.
- Airasian,
P. (1991). Classroom assessment. New York, N.Y.: McGraw-Hill.
- Alter,
G. et al. (2002). Social studies content for the elementary
school teacher. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Merrill/Prentice Hall.
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Alvermann, D.; Moon, J.; & Hagood, M. (1999). Popular culture
in the classroom: Teaching and researching critical media literacy.
Newark, DL: International Reading Association.
- Berman,
S. ( 1990). Educating for social responsibility. Educational Leadership.
48, 75-78.
- Berson,
M. (2004). Social Studies on the Internet. Upper Saddle River,
NJ: Merrill/Prentice Hall.
- Bigelow,
B. et al. (2001). Rethinking Our Classrooms, Vol. 2:
Teaching for equity and social justice. Milwaukee, WI: Rethinking Schools.
- Borich,
G. (1996). Effective teaching methods (3rd ed.). Upper Saddle
River, NJ: Merrill/Prentice Hall.
- Brophy,
J.E.; & Alleman, J. (1993). Elementary social studies should be
driven by major social education goals. Social Education. 57,
27-32.
- Cole,
M.; & Cole, S.R. (1989). The development of children. New
York, NY: Scientific American.
- Dash,
J. (1996). We shall not be moved: The women’s factory strike
of 1909. New York, NY: Scholastic.
- Dewey,
J. (1933). How we think. Boston, MA: D.C. Heath.
- Downey,
M.T. (1986). Time, space, and culture. Social Education. 50,
490-501.
- Edinger,
M.; & Fins, S. (1998). Far away and long ago: Young historians
in the classroom. York, ME: Stenhouse Publishers.
- Fenstermacher,
G.D.; & Soltis, J. (1986). Approaches to teaching. New
York, NY: Teachers College Press.
- Harvey
S. (1998). Nonfiction Matters: Reading, Writing, and Research in
Grades 3-8. York, ME: Stenhouse Publishers.
- Haas,
J.D. (1977). The era of the new social studies. Boulder, CO:
Social Science Education.
- Hesse,
K. (1998). Just juice. New York, NY: Scholastic Press.
- Kliebard,
H. ( 1986). The struggle for the American curriculum, 1893-1958.
London: Routledge & Kegan.
- Levy,
S. (1996). Starting from scratch: One classroom builds its own curriculum.
Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
- Lewis,
B.A. (1991). The kid’s guide to social action. Minneapolis,
MN: Free Spirit Press.
- Lockwood,
A.L. (1985). A place for ethical reasoning in the social studies curriculum.
The Social Studies. 76, 264-268.
- Loewen,
J. (1996). Lies my teacher told me: Everything your American history
textbook got wrong. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster.
- Siler,
C.R. (1987). Content analysis: A process for textbook analysis and evaluation.
International Journal of Social Education. 1, 78-99.
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Steffey, S.; & Hood, W.J., Eds. (1994). If this is
social studies, why isn’t it boring? Portland, ME: Stenhouse.
- Weitzman,
D.L. (1975). The brown paper school presents my backyard history
book. Boston, MA: Little, Brown.
- Wong,
H.K.; & Wong, R.T. (1991). The first days of school: How to
be an effective teacher. Wong Pub.
- Wood,
K. (1988). Guiding students through informational text. The Reading
Teacher. 41, 912-920.
- Wyman,
R.W. (2005). America’s history through young voices.
New York, NY: Pearson Education.
Also
check out the education collection in the Library. Feel free to ask me
for additional suggestions, or to browse through my personal collection.
I have copies of many of these books and will loan them to you if you
ask.
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