Current industry trends create a need for this book. They include: state curriculum framework that suggests history topics for grade levels; some schools are focusing on history as the content for integrated curriculum with language arts and other skills; the whole-language movement suggests a literature-based teaching emphasis. History does not have to be dull and dreary in the classroom. Elementary teachers can now use the activities in this terrific hands-on book and selected titles from childrenOs literature to enrich their history lessons. Social studies teachers for grades 1-3 will want to use this wide collection of activities to enrich their lessons on prehistory to the Gulf War to the present. Topics include multicultural perspectives for each century, heritage of Africans, Asians, Europeans. and Native Americans, experiences of women. This book is designed for classroom teachers and all elementary teachers and supervisors. A Longwood Professional Book.
- ISBN10 0205270905
- ISBN13 9780205270903
- Publish Date 9 June 1997
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 23 April 2013
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Pearson Education (US)
- Format Paperback
- Pages 236
- Language English