Making time for social studies : a four-step process for unit planning in the elementary classroom / Rachel Swearengin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Swearengin, Rachel.

Series:

Gale eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social sciences--Study and teaching (Elementary)--United States.

Social sciences.

Social sciences--Study and teaching (Elementary)--Curricula--United States.

Curriculum planning--United States.

Curriculum planning.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 160 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bloomington, Indiana : Solution Tree Press, [2025]

Summary:

Elementary teachers often struggle to make time to teach social studies. In her book, Rachel Swearengin shows how this can be done in all elementary classrooms with the right tools. Her unit planning process supports teachers as they unpack social studies standards, providing them with strategies and practices specific to social studies that promote students' participation and lasting interest. Grades K-5 teachers can use this book to: * Apply the claim-evidence-reasoning (CER) approach to their assessments * Employ key practices to ensure an enduring understanding of social studies standards * Learn primary source analysis strategies to use with students * Receive completed sample and planning templates for the K-2 and 3-5 grades * Create their own social studies units and daily lesson plans using their completed planning templates * Select grade-appropriate primary and secondary sources and understand the use of each Contents: Introduction Chapter 1: Step 1-Unpacking Social Studies Standards Chapter 2: Step 2-Creating Assessments Chapter 3: Step 3-Choosing and Analyzing Primary Sources Chapter 4: Step 4-Choosing and Analyzing Secondary Sources Chapter 5: Turning Your Unit Into Daily Lesson Plans Epilogue Appendix A Appendix B References and Resources Index

Contents:

Acknowledgments

Table of Contents

About the Author

Introduction

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Epilogue

Appendix A

Appendix B

References and Resources

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781960574954

1960574957

OCLC:

1453286778