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CHAPTER 3
How Do I Select Powerful Goals and Powerful Content?........................ 51 Generic Subject-Matter Goals: Understanding, Appreciation, and Life Application 54
Research on Teaching for Understanding 55
Social Studies Goals: Social Understanding and Civic Efficacy 56 Powerful Ideas 60
Planning Goal-Oriented Topical Units 61
Goal-Oriented Development of Powerful Ideas 62
A Unit on Shelter 64
Summary 76
Reflective Questions
Your Turn: Selecting and Representing Content 77
CHAPTER 4
What Social Studies Planning Tools Are Available?............................. 80 Planning as Goal-Oriented 81
“Backward” Planning and Alignment 82
Long-Range Planning 83
Unit Planning 84
Weekly and Daily Planning 84 Introduction to Planning Tools 85 NCSS Standards 85
State Social Studies Standards
Local Curriculum Guides Textbooks 87
Technology 89
Children’s Literature 89 Frequently Asked Questions Summary 97
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Reflective Questions 97
Your Turn: Planning Your Social Studies Program for the Year 97
CHAPTER 5
How Can I Teach History Powerfully?......................................... 99 A Perspective on the Relationship between History and the Social Sciences 100
History in Elementary Social Studies 101
Developments in Children’s History Knowledge 102
Problems with History Texts and Teaching 106
National Standards for History Teaching 109
NCSS Standards Relating to History 111
Teaching History for Understanding, Appreciation, and Life Application 112 Using Children’s Literature to Teach History 114
Using Timelines 116
Teaching With Artifacts and Historical Source Material 117
Document-Based Questions 118
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