Integrative Strategies for the K-12 Social Studies Classroom (Hc)

While the concept of integration or an interdisciplinary curriculum has beenaround for decades the purposeful practice of integration is a relatively neweducational endeavor. Though classroom teachers often say they integrate theregenerally seems to be a lack of understanding of what this thing called integration is(theory) and what it is supposed to look like in the classroom (practice).Arguably no other discipline has felt the pressure to integrate more than socialstudies. Marginalized by federal initiatives such as No Child Left Behind and sufferingfrom a general crisis of credibility social studies has been pushed further and further to the proverbial back burner ofeducational importance. Yet regardless of perspective or position social studies remains ripe for integration.The crux of this book is to provide educators insights and strategies into how to integrate social studies with otherdiscipline areas. Calling upon national experts in their respective fields each chapter chronicles the broad relationshipbetween individual content areas and social studies. Multiple examples of integrative opportunities are included. At the endof each chapter is a series of grade-specific integrative lesson plans ready for implementation. This book was purposefullydesigned as a how-to hands-on ready-reference guide for educators at all stages and all levels of teaching.