Randi B. Sofman 
Best Practices for Teaching Social Studies [EPUB ebook] 
What Award-Winning Classroom Teachers Do

Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Author
About the Contributors
Part I. Elementary and Middle School
1. Celebrating Our Constitution – Diana Schmiesing, Virginia
2. Investigating Historical Objects and Pictures – Diana Schmiesing, Virginia
3. Tasting – Sandra Noel, Illinois
4. A Tale of a Whale – John Pieper, Wisconsin
5. The Art of Social Studies/The Social Studies in Art – William Fitzhugh, Maryland
6. Assembly-Line Lunches – Kari Debbink, Arizona
7. The History Kids – Carol Glanville, Rhode Island
8. Who Would You Help? – Kari Debbink, Arizona
9. Exploring Diversity Through Technology – Marsha Mathias, South Carolina
10. When They ‘Just Don′t Get It’ – Monique Wallen, Florida
Part II. High School
11. Putting the ‘Social’ Back Into Social Studies – Megan E. Garnett, Virginia
12. A Social Studies Twist on the ‘Hemingway Challenge’ – Megan E. Garnett, Virginia
13. World War II Memories – Marguerite Ames, Vermont
14. Life-Changing Field Trips – James Wade D′Acosta, Connecticut
15. Crafting Individualized Research Projects – James Wade D′Acosta, Connecticut
16. Promoting Citizenship – Teresa Heinhorst, Illinois
17. Reflections From a High School History Teacher – Robert Rodey, Teacher, Illinois
Index

Randi Stone is the author of nine Corwin Press books: Best Practices for Teaching Reading: What Award-Winning Classroom Teachers Do, Best Practices for Teaching Social Studies: What Award-Winning Classroom Teachers Do, Best Practices for Teaching Writing: What Award-Winning Classroom Teachers Do, Best Practices for Teaching Mathematics: What Award-Winning Classroom Teachers Do, and Best Practices for Teaching Science: What Award-Winning Classroom Teachers Do. She is a graduate of Clark University, Boston University, and Salem State College. She completed her doctorate in education at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell.