For too many years in too many classrooms, social studies has been something that is "done" to students - with no real bridge between students' experiences and the pursuit of social values and moral citizenship. With the publication of Social Studies at the Center, Tarry Lindquist and Douglas Selwyn change all that. For the first time, students actually "do" social studies. They read, write, act, sing, dance, and draw social studies. They compare, organize, investigate, interview, and analyze facts. Most of all, they come to love social studies because in the process of studying content, they are learning more about themselves. 
 Social Studies at the Center presents a view of teaching and learning that connects what students learn in social studies with how they learn it and what they feel about it. With an emphasis on meaning and understanding over coverage of facts, the authors demonstrate how to customize learning to accommodate students' interests. They support an integrated approach to social studies teaching and place the subject at the center of the entire school curriculum. 
 In addition to providing a large repertoire of learning strategies, Lindquist and Selwyn demonstrate how intermediate and middle school teachers can put social studies skills, content, and knowledge at the center of their school day - with benefits that are reaped beyond the social studies period. Two units are provided as models: one on geography and the other on history. An entire chapter is dedicated to responding to both common and uncommon questions about the teaching and learning of social studies. Another details sixty-eight practical integrative strategies that teachers can put to immediate use. Favorite resources and websites are shared, and a brief review of national standards and assessment strategies are included. 
 Whether you are a seasoned or novice teacher, new to the profession or new to the grade level, Social Studies at the Center will serve as that veteran educator down the hall who recognizes that the best learning occurs in an integrated, real-world context and that the best vehicles for achieving this are small group work, hands-on projects, kid-centered research, and student-based assessment.

Social Studies at the Center: Integrating Kids, Content, and Literacy

Politics & Social Sciences

Lindquist, Tarry

Selwyn, Douglas

Parker, Walter C.

Sociology

Heinemann

Tarry is a teacher's teacher who communicates her love of children and enthusiasm for teaching on each page of this book. -Margit McGuire, Past President, National Council for the Social Studies Margit McGuire's words are as true now as they were for the first edition of Tarry Lindquist's chronicle of 12 years of teaching, using social studies as the framework. Since that time, citizenship and decision making for the public good are topics that are more important than ever. Social studies has taken on greater significance as today's teachers and students interact with worthwhile content in a meaningful way. Tarry's new second edition describes a child-centered classroom where students can expose and explore critical content and connect their learning to the real world. Included among the new features are: 
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<li>"Teacher's Notebook"-how to develop reading and writing skills using social studies resources and content</li> <li>"Tarry's Teaching Tips"-organizational decisions for building a democratic classroom</li> <li>"How It Worked for Me"-brief accounts from teachers across the country who have used Tarry's ideas</li> <li>kinesthetic organizers-imagery as well as linguistic supports that help students better recall knowledge</li> <li>standards and assessment-a new look at today's classroom</li> <li>best practices and the latest brain research applied throughout the book</li> <li>expanded and updated references.</li> </ul>
Whether you are an elementary, middle school, or preservice teacher, use Tarry Lindquist's strategies to make social studies concepts, issues, and themes the basis of your day.

Seeing the Whole Through Social Studies

Science & Math

Mathematics

Tarry Lindquist illustrates how social studies concepts, issues, and themes can form the basis of the intermediate-grade day, and how connections among subjects and processes can be used to strengthen teaching and increase learning.

Seeing the Whole Through Social Studies, 1st edition

Education & Teaching

Schools & Teaching

Faced with recent state and national mandates, many veteran social studies teachers are now required to explore new content and achieve new goals-often without any guidance. New teachers are at an even greater disadvantage, wondering what exactly they are supposed to teach and how to go about it. In Ways That Work, Tarry Lindquist provides some answers. Ways That Work is an idea book from start to finish, modeling several different ways social studies content can be organized in elementary and middle school classrooms. Each chapter: <ul>
<li>identifies a specific standard and a goal </li> <li>presents strategies to help you achieve the goal </li> <li>outlines how to put the strategies into place </li> <li>describes essential skills you can develop </li> <li>suggests ways you can incorporate other subject areas, especially language arts and literature </li> <li>presents proven assessment techniques </li> <li>concludes with a detailed bibliography of student books and references. </li> </ul>
Together, the chapters illustrate that there is no one way to teach social studies-that the magic of teaching social studies lies in the richness of the available content, the variety of strategies to choose from, and the diversity of viewpoints to explore. The value of Ways That Work increases as you make the strategies your own. Both preservice and inservice teachers will find it a source of fresh ideas for their classrooms.

Ways That Work: Putting Social Studies Standards into Practice

Social Sciences

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