Making Time for Social Studies (A Four-Step Process for Unit Planning in the Elementary Classroom (Implement engaging social studies units.))

Elementary social studies teachers often struggle to make time to teach social studies. In her book, Rachel Swearengin shows how this can be done in all elementary classrooms with the right tools. Her unit planning process supports teachers as they unpack social studies standards, providing them with strategies and practices specific to social studies that promote students’ participation and lasting interest.

Grades K–5 teachers can use this book to:

• Apply the claim-evidence-reasoning (CER) approach to their assessments
• Employ key practices to ensure an enduring understanding of social studies standards
• Learn primary source analysis strategies to use with students
• Receive completed sample and planning templates for the K–2 and 3–5 grades
• Create their own social studies units and daily lesson plans using their completed planning templates
• Select grade-appropriate primary and secondary sources and understand the use of each

Contents:
Introduction
Chapter 1: Step 1—Unpacking Social Studies Standards
Chapter 2: Step 2—Creating Assessments
Chapter 3: Step 3—Choosing and Analyzing Primary Sources
Chapter 4: Step 4—Choosing and Analyzing Secondary Sources
Chapter 5: Turning Your Unit Into Daily Lesson Plans
Epilogue
Appendix A
Appendix B
References and Resources
Index

This book title, Making Time for Social Studies (A Four-Step Process for Unit Planning in the Elementary Classroom (Implement engaging social studies units.)), ISBN: 9781960574947, by Rachel Swearengin, published by Solution Tree Press (December 13, 2024) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.

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