creative teaching in the elementary classroom Nelson, Murry R. creator text bibliography txu Fort Worth, TX Harcourt Brace College Publishers c1998 1998 3rd ed. monographic eng

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xvii, 451 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. Part 1 The educational environment: the school setting; social studies in the school curriculum; the unit in social studies. Part 2 Kids are people, too: recognizing values; special people in social studies. Part 3 Teaching strategies: inquiry, lecture, guided discovery; textbooks and social studies teaching; role play, group decision making and case studies; community resources in the social studies; computers, simulations, games and media. Part 4 Essential skills in social studies; map and globe skills; chronology, questioning and language skills. Part 5 Issues to ponder: focusing on special issues; evaluating all of us. Appendix: sources of unit initiation and development. Murry R. Nelson. Includes bibliographical references and index. n-us--- Social sciences Study and teaching (Elementary) United States LB1584 .N37 1998 372.21 NEL 0155054651 97073574 DLC 980126 20211109141857.0 1656617