Full Description
A core text or supplement for middle and secondary social studies methods courses. This innovative text presents authentic, contextually based investigations - that combine ready-to-implement middle and high school lessons with complementary guidelines to demonstrate how the principles of Contextual Teaching and Learning (CTL) can be used to meet NCSS social studies curriculum standards. Intended to develop the attributes necessary for informed citizenship, each investigation provides a sequence of lessons using the teaching/learning styles that research has shown to be most effective with these age groups. Each investigation requires students to face problematic issues, research and analyze data, construct meaning and understanding, evaluate competing points of view, and, finally, reach and defend conclusions. The combination of CTL principles and NCSS standards creates a text that shows teachers-in-training examples of quality social studies instruction while simultaneously illustrating essential social studies methods.
Contents
An Introduction to Contextual Teaching and Learning Methods. 1. Is America United or Divided by Language? 2. Crisis at Blue Ridge Leather: The Intersection of One Life with Historical Social Structures. 3. The Lake Lanier Land Use Controversy. 4. Getting a Job and Keeping It: Expectations in the Workplace. 5. Defusing Hate: With Malice Toward None, With Charity For All. 6. Mandatory School Uniforms: A Real-World Exploration of Power, Authority, and Governance. 7. Pirates! From the High Seas to High Tech: The Great Debate over Music Piracy. 8. To Be or Not to Be: The Zoo Is the Question. 9. Confronting the Cycle of Poverty. 10. Connecting Students to Their Communities through Service.
