People Places Checkmates

Fifteen chess-enhanced lesson plans address National Council for the Social Studies standards for grades 48 and help prepare students to succeed in University Interscholastic League (UIL) Chess Puzzle.Implement the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) curriculum standards in your classroom with People Places Checkmates: Teaching Social Studies with Chess. In this unique volume 15 lesson plans teach culture history geography and citizenship through the history of chess and its relationship to art civics culture economics geography government and technology. This book will also help educators and librarians prepare students to succeed in University Interscholastic League (UIL) Chess Puzzle.Each 40-minute lesson plan includes an NCSS theme materials and sources procedure and evaluation. Each lesson is followed by an optional 10-25 minute chess exercise composed of teacher background procedure and materials expected time and evaluation. A separate chapter teaches the chess basics necessary for your students to actually play chess and successfully complete the optional exercises. Lesson plans complement upper elementary and middle school curricula in world history U.S. history geography and social studies.