ELE3340, Social Studies in the Elementary and Middle School
Suggested Readings
Note: Themed issues of Social Education, Social Studies and
the
Young
Learner, Theory and Research in the Social Studies, and the Phi
Delta
Kappan, American Educator, Social Studies Research and Practice
(http://www.socstrpr.org)
are of exceptional value and relevance.
Apple, M. (1993). Official knowledge: Democratic education in
a conservative age. New York:
Routledge.
Banks, J. (2005). Cultural
diversity
and education: Foundations,
curriculum and teaching. Boston, MA:
Allyn and Bacon.
Banks, J. (1999). Teaching strategies for the
social
studies:
Decision-making and citizen action.
New York:
Longman.
Brophy, J., & Alleman, J.
(May, 1991). Activities as instructional tools: A framework
for
analysis and
evaluation. Educational
Research, 20, 9-22.
Dewey, J. (1938). What is social
study? Progressive Education, 15 (May), 367-369.
Dewey, J.
(1916). Democracy
and education. New
York: MacMillan.
Hirsch, E.D. (2004). Cultural literacy: What
every
american needs
to know. New York:
Vintage Books.
Johnson, D. & Johnson, R.
(1999). Learning together and alone. Boston:
Allyn and
Bacon.
Johnson, D. & Johnson, R.
& Smith,
K. (1998).
Maximizing instruction through cooperative learning. ASEE
Prism 7.
6,
24-29.
Kohn, A. (February, 1997).
How not to teach values. Phi Delta Kappan,
78, 429-439.
Lindquist, T. (1997). Ways
that
work. Portsmouth,
NH: Heinemann.
Lindquist, T. & Selwyn,
D. (2000). Social studies at the center: Integrating kids,
content,
and
literacy. Portsmouth, NH:
Heinemann.
Lindquist, T. (2002). Seeing the whole through
social
studies.
Portsmouth,
NH: Heinemann
Mussen, P., &
Eisenberg-Berg, N. (1977). Roots
of caring, sharing, and helping: The
development of prosocial behavior in children.
New York:
Freeman.
Ochoa-Becker, A. (2001). A Critique of the NCSS curriculum
standards.
Social Education, 65,
165-172
Parker,
W. C. (2003). Teaching democracy: Unity and
diversity in
public life. New
York,
NY: Teachers
College Press.
Sapon-Shevin, M (1998). Because
we can change the world: A practical guide to building
cooperative,
inclusive
classroom communities. Boston: Allyn and Bacon.
Taba, H., Durkin, M. C.,
McNaughton, A. H., & Fraenkel, J. R. (1967). Teacher’s
handbook for
elementary social studies (introductory ed.). Menlo Park, CA:
Addison-Wesley
Tomlinson, C. & McTighe,
J. (2006). Integratng differentiated
instruction and understanding by design.Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and
Curriculum
Development.
Wiggins, G, & McTighe, J (2005).
Understanding by design. Alexandria, VA:
Association for Supervision and
Curriculum Development.