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Social Studies Content for Elementary and Middle School Teachers, 2nd edition

Published by Pearson (February 13, 2009) © 2010

  • Penelope J. Fritzer
  • Ernest Andrew Brewer
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  • Provides valuable resources for planning content lessons
  • Updated! Internet resources for each content area for easily researched and accurate information
  • Gives teachers at-a-glance social studies information in the user-friendly and complete index
  • “Educational Resources” for each content area, located at the end of each chapter, provide pedagogical grounding for the content covered in the chapter.
  • “Student Resources” at the end of each content chapter offer suggestions for further research.
  • Resources for Teachers for each content area, as well as a list of General Resources provides further suggestions for areas in which teachers need more in-depth information
  • The history chapter is arranged chronologically within regions of the world and covers early humans through the twenty-first century 
    • Updated! Internet resources for each content area for easily researched and accurate information
    • Updated coverage of economic, policy, and politics.
    • Updated coverage of history since 2000 including September 11th and events in the Middle East.
    • Addition of maps to the 2nd edition make the book more reader-friendly by illustrating chapter content.
    • Additional scaffolding including sub-heads within each chapter make content even more accessible.  
    • Updated! A quick reference of updated booklists appear at the end of the text.

    Preface: A World to the Reader

    1. Why Study Social Studies?

    2. History

                Early Humans

                Europe

                            The Greeks

                            The Romans

                            The Middle Ages

                            The Renaissance and the Reformation

                            The Enlightenment Period

                            The Age of Revolution and the Industrial Revolution

                Asia

                            The Byzantine Empire, the Ottoman Empire, and the Middle East

                            India

                            China

                            Japan

                Africa

                            Western Africa

                            Eastern Africa

                            Outside Influences

                The Americas

                            Native Americans

                            European Exploration

                            Colonial Life

                            Revolutionary War

                            The 1800s

                The Twentieth and Early Twenty-first Centuries Around the World

                            World War I

                            World Between the Wars

                            World War II

                            Cold War

                            Cultural Change

    3. Geography

                Basic Ideas

                Water and Land

                Reading Maps

                The Physical Movement of the Earth and Its Effects

                Continents

                            Asia

                            Africa

                            North America

                            South America

                            Antarctica

                            Europe

                            Australia

                Geography Resources

    4. Economics

                The Basic Premises

                The History of Economics

                Consumer Choices Related to Needs and Wants

                Entrepreneurs and Ware-Earners

                Supply and Demand

                Economics Resources

    5. Government

                The Purpose of Government

                Values of American Democracy

                Constitutional Governments

                The U.S. Constitution

                State and Local Government in the United States

                The United States in the World

                Government Resources

    A Final Word

    General Resources for the Teacher

    Index

    About the Authors

    PENELOPE FRITZER is a former public school teacher who is a Professor in the Department of Teaching and Learning at the Davie Campus of Florida Atlantic University.  She earned her B. A. in History at Connecticut College, a B. A. in Education and an M. A. in English at Florida Atlantic University, and her Ph. D. in English from the University of Miami. Her research interests include various aspects of English and social studies education, literature as social history, and nineteenth century British literature.  She is the author of numerous articles on education and of Jane Austen and Eighteenth Century Courtesy Books, Ethnicity and Gender in the Barsetshire Novels of Angela Thirkell, Aesthetics and Nostalgia in the Barsetshire Novels of Angela Thirkell.  She is the co-author of Merry Wives: A History of Domestic Humor Writing, Science Content for Elementary and Middle School Teachers, and Mathematics Content for Elementary and Middle School Teachers, and is the editor of Character and Concept in the Barsetshire Novels of Angela Thirkell.

    ERNEST ANDREW BREWER is a former public school teacher who is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Teaching and Learning at the Jupiter Campus of Florida Atlantic University. He earned his B. A. in Elementary Education and his M. Ed. in Elementary Education from the University of Florida, and his Ed. D. in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Central Florida. His research interests include social studies in the elementary school, civic education, classroom management, character education, bullying, and social studies integration. He is the author of numerous articles on education.

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