A Handbook for Teaching United States History to Elementary School Children Using Trade Books.

Autor/in	Mease, Rosemary
Titel	A Handbook for Teaching United States History to Elementary School Children Using Trade Books.
Quelle	(1987), (149 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Leitfaden; Unterricht; Lehrer; Bibliografie; Annotated Bibliographies; Books; Childrens Literature; Class Activities; Elementary Education; History Instruction; Instructional Materials; Novels; Social Studies; United States History; War + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lesson concept; Instruction; Unterrichtsentwurf; Unterrichtsprozess; Teacher; Teachers; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Bibliography; Bibliographies; Bibliografie; Book; Buch; Monographie; Monografie; 'Children''s literature'; Kinderliteratur; Elementarunterricht; History lessons; Geschichtsunterricht; Lehrmaterial; Lehrmittel; Unterrichtsmedien; Novel; Roman; Gemeinschaftskunde; Krieg
Abstract	The goal of this handbook is to introduce a way of teaching history that will stimulate student interest and facilitate learning. Trade books, which include both fiction and nonfiction, provide a way to supplement the use of the textbook and allow the teacher to design a program that provides both structure and the freedom to meet the child's individual needs and interests. The handbook includes units which center on periods of U.S. history and includes objectives, historical books' annotations, and follow-up activities. Seventeen books listed in the "American Indian Unit" provide a range of materials to further student understanding of the U.S. Indian's heritage. The difficulties faced by early colonists and their lifestyle is depicted through 15 books in the "Colonial Life Unit." Knowledge of the causes and consequences of the Revolutionary War is the focus of 17 books in the "American Revolution Unit." Understanding the magnitude of the Civil War and the slavery issue is the theme of 16 books in the "Civil War Unit." Frontier life and the reasons for the westward movement are described through 15 books in the "Westward Movement Unit." The causes of the world wars and the human side of war are highlighted in the 17 books in the "World Wars I and II Unit." A section which tells how to use trade books in the classroom is provided in the handbook. Each unit is provided with a list of objectives and descriptions of follow-up activities which draw on the arts, interviewing, role-playing, language games and logic, etc. Thirty-eight references are listed. (SM)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC