Instructional Strategies for Middle and Secondary Social Studies: Methods, Assessment, and Classroom Management Book

Instructional Strategies for Middle and Secondary Social Studies is an exciting methods-based text that integrates appropriate management and assessment techniques with seven distinct teaching strategies. Writing explicitly for pre-service social studies teachers, veteran teacher educators Bruce E. Larson and Timothy A. Keiper offer detailed descriptions of a range of teaching techniques, from lectures to role plays to student-directed investigations. It provides a practical guide for considering when to use what strategy, how to determine that students meet learning objectives with a particular strategy, and how to keep the learning environment positive.

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• Clear, step-by-step descriptions of the seven categories of instructional strategies that social studies teachers need most to engage all students and promote student learning.
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• Practical ways to manage the learning environment and assess student learning for each of the instructional strategies.
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• Rich, detailed and social studies-specific examples to illustrate each concept or teaching method described.
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• Guidelines for deciding how each strategy might allow for diverse learners and differentiated learning environments.
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• Clear and concrete guidelines for setting course goals and objectives as well as writing unit plans and lesson plans.
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For any aspiring social studies teacher who wants to make the most informed decisions about day-to-day instructional strategies, the unique integration and contextualization of curriculum, instruction, assessment, and classroom management that this textbook offers will make this an invaluable resource.