Discovery learning -- Inquiry learning -- Community building -- Rule making -- Archaeological digs -- Architecture and landscape design significance -- Artifacts -- Case studies -- Cemetery studies -- Community maps -- Concepts : teaching core democratic ideals -- Custom boxes -- Decision trees and decision grids -- Field trips of distinction -- Flannel boards -- Folk art -- Folk music -- Game shows -- Genealogies -- Globes -- Graphic organizers -- Guest speakers -- Historical characters -- Historical reenactments -- Home living centers -- Interactive bulletin boards -- Learning centers -- Literature book clubs -- Media literacy -- Mini-society -- Mock trials -- Model factory -- Museum exhibits -- Newspaper making -- Oral histories -- Pen pals -- Private records -- Public records -- Readers' theater -- Reflecting choices -- Role playing -- Sand table maps -- Service-learning -- Slide show oral report -- Story boards -- Time lines -- Trash trail -- Traveling ambassador -- Video productions -- Virtual field trips.
Summary:
Part one provides two student-centered strategies requiring higher-level thinking (discovery learning and inquiry learning) and two teacher-centered strategies that foster a collaborative and supportive learning community (community building and rule making). Part two contains 46 strategies, each of which includes appropriate grade level designation and National Council for Social Studies (NCSS) standard ; introduction that provides the rationale as to why the strategy is beneficial to social studies students, supported by research where appropriate ; specific outlines on how to facilitate and direct the strategies ; classroom examples that illustrate how the strategy shoule be implemented ; and references and resources that provide scholarly support, additional readings, websites, or professional organizations related to the topic.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.