Social Studies That Sticks: How to Bring Content and Concepts to Life

by Laurel Schmidt

Book Overview

The announcement that Its social studies time often elicits dread from students who mistakenly view the subject as a near-death experience. And who can blame them when this fascinating subject has been stripped of the heartbreak, adventure, conflict, treachery, strategic brilliance, and spectacular foiblesin short, the humanitythat its supposed to explain? Student apathy and rock-bottom test scores scream that its time for a changefor unforgettable,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0325010595
• ISBN13: 9780325010595
• Release Date: September 2007
• Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.2" x 9.4"
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 8