Candy M. Beal - Teaching Social Studies in Middle and Secondary Schools

Sixth Edition

Teaching Social Studies

in Middle and

Secondary Schools

Candy Beal

North Carolina State University

Cheryl Mason Bolick

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Beal, Candy.

Teaching social studies in middle and secondary schools / Candy Beal, Cheryl Mason Bolick. 6th ed.

p. cm.

ISBN 978-0-13-269810-8

1. Social sciencesStudy and teaching (Secondary)United States.

I. Bolick, Cheryl Mason.

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About the Authors

Candy Beal is an Associate Professor in the Middle Grades

Language Arts and Social Studies Teacher Education Program

at North Carolina State University. She is a development theorist

and middle school curriculum specialist who helps student

teachers understand how adolescents learn best and then aids

them in designing and implementing effective teaching and

learning programs for the classroom. Her research is in the area

of curriculum integration and global education. Her work on

the Russia project and the Global Learning Initiative project is included in this text as examples of curriculum development that allows you to effectively reach and teach your students with a more global perspective. In addition, she has begun work with Educate Together in Ireland to help move a portion of Irelands secondary education system to full implementation of curriculum integration.

Cheryl Mason Bolick is an Associate Professor and the

Director of Research and Professional Development for Outreach

in the School of Education at the University of North Carolina

at Chapel Hill. She earned her M.Ed. and Ph.D. under Peter

Martorella at North Carolina State University. It was Peters call

to awaken the sleeping giant that slumbered in the field of

technology integration in social studies that led Dr. Bolick to

become a researcher in the field of social studies and education

technology. She teaches technology and social studies courses and conducts research in the field of technology and social studies teaching and learning. She is the author of numerous technology and social studies articles.

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Contents

VOICES OF THE TEACHERS 1.1 Becoming a Memorable Master Teacher 4

The 1916 Report of the Committee on the Social Studies 6

The New Social Studies 6

Social Studies Past, Current, and Future 8

Social Studies Standards 8

A Working Definition of the Social Studies 9

The General Curriculum Patterns in K12 11

The Dominance of Traditional Scope and Sequence Patterns 12

Organizations and Their Resources 14

Professional Journals

Effective Citizenship as Professional Development 16

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The Nature of the Effective Citizen 18

Social Studies as a Matter of Head, Hand, and Heart 19

Preparing 21stCentury Citizens to Exercise Five Minds for the Future 26

Sources of Subject Matter for the Social Studies 27

Curriculum Integration Enables BroadBased Learning and Understanding 27

Geography

History

Economics

Political Science

Anthropology

Sociology

Psychology

Multidisciplinary, Thematic, Interdisciplinary, and Integrative Approaches 33

VOICES OF THE TEACHERS 2.1 Using Your City as Your Classroom 38

Using Community Resource Persons Effectively 38

Accessing and Using the News: Hardcopy or Online 39

Fieldwork in the Community 39

VOICES OF THE TEACHERS 2.2 GISUsing Technology to Bring the World to theClassroom

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The Morally Mature Citizen 50

SelfConcept Activities

VOICES OF THE TEACHERS 3.1 Teaching Character Education: Whose Job Is It? 52

Global Education in an Interconnected World 53

Peace Education

Conflict Resolution Skills 54

Issues in Multicultural Education 56

Designing Strategies for Multicultural Education 57

VOICES OF THE TEACHERS 3.2 Social Justice Activities 58

Guidelines for Selecting Appropriate Curriculum Materials for Diverse Learners 59

Gender Issues in Multicultural Education 59

VOICES OF THE TEACHERS 3.3 Empowering Students to Make a Difference in TheirNeighborhoods and the World Beyond 61

Strategies for Analyzing Current Affairs 62

ADDRESSING THE ISSUES 3.4 Teaching Current Events... How to? When to? 64