Social Studies Worksheets Don't Grow Dendrites

20 Instructional Strategies That Engage the Brain
Marcia L. Tate - Developing Minds, Inc.
Social Studies Worksheets Don't Grow Dendrites
December 2011 | 192 pages | Corwin
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Bring social studies to life in your classroom!

Best-selling author Marcia L. Tate brings her trademark "dendrite-growing" teaching strategies to this practitioner-friendly collection of brain-compatible methods for engaging K–12 students in social studies. Included are 20 proven strategies and more than 200 grade-leveled activities for applying them. Teachers will find concrete ways to integrate national social studies content standards into their curriculum with visual, auditory, kinesthetic, and tactile experiences that maximize retention, including:

  • Project-based and problem-based instruction
  • Storytelling, music, and humor
  • Graphic organizers, semantic maps, and word webs
  • Internet projects

This book provides sample lesson plans and a wealth of examples that demonstrate how to apply these classroom-tested strategies to the 10 themes of social studies. The text also challenges teachers to creatively plan and deliver their own unforgettable lessons. Among the many benefits your students is that they will remember what they've learned and apply it to their lives—the true goal of education.

Contents

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments

About the Author

About the Author

Introduction

  • Strategy 1: Brainstorming and Discussion
  • Strategy 2: Drawing and Artwork
  • Strategy 3: Field Trips
  • Strategy 4: Games
  • Strategy 5: Graphic Organizers, Semantic Maps, and Word Webs
  • Strategy 6: Humor
  • Strategy 7: Manipulatives, Experiments, Labs, and Models
  • Strategy 8: Metaphors, Analogies, and Similes
  • Strategy 9: Mnemonic Devices
  • Strategy 10: Movement
  • Strategy 11: Music, Rhythm, Rhyme, and Rap
  • Strategy 12: Project-Based and Problem-Based Instruction
  • Strategy 13: Reciprocal Teaching and Cooperative Learning
  • Strategy 14: Role Plays, Drama, Pantomimes, and Charades
  • Strategy 15: Storytelling
  • Strategy 16: Technology
  • Strategy 17: Visualization and Guided Imagery
  • Strategy 18: Visuals
  • Strategy 19: Work-Study and Apprenticeships
  • Strategy 20: Writing and Journals

Resource: Brain-Compatible Lesson Design

Resource: Brain-Compatible Lesson Design

Bibliography

Bibliography

Index

Index

Additional materials

Description

Bring social studies to life in your classroom!

Best-selling author Marcia L. Tate brings her trademark "dendrite-growing" teaching strategies to this practitioner-friendly collection of brain-compatible methods for engaging K–12 students in social studies. Included are 20 proven strategies and more than 200 grade-leveled activities for applying them. Teachers will find concrete ways to integrate national social studies content standards into their curriculum with visual, auditory, kinesthetic, and tactile experiences that maximize retention, including:

  • Project-based and problem-based instruction
  • Storytelling, music, and humor
  • Graphic organizers, semantic maps, and word webs
  • Internet projects

This book provides sample lesson plans and a wealth of examples that demonstrate how to apply these classroom-tested strategies to the 10 themes of social studies. The text also challenges teachers to creatively plan and deliver their own unforgettable lessons. Among the many benefits your students is that they will remember what they've learned and apply it to their lives—the true goal of education.

Contents

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments

About the Author

About the Author

Introduction

  • Strategy 1: Brainstorming and Discussion
  • Strategy 2: Drawing and Artwork
  • Strategy 3: Field Trips
  • Strategy 4: Games
  • Strategy 5: Graphic Organizers, Semantic Maps, and Word Webs
  • Strategy 6: Humor
  • Strategy 7: Manipulatives, Experiments, Labs, and Models
  • Strategy 8: Metaphors, Analogies, and Similes
  • Strategy 9: Mnemonic Devices
  • Strategy 10: Movement
  • Strategy 11: Music, Rhythm, Rhyme, and Rap
  • Strategy 12: Project-Based and Problem-Based Instruction
  • Strategy 13: Reciprocal Teaching and Cooperative Learning
  • Strategy 14: Role Plays, Drama, Pantomimes, and Charades
  • Strategy 15: Storytelling
  • Strategy 16: Technology
  • Strategy 17: Visualization and Guided Imagery
  • Strategy 18: Visuals
  • Strategy 19: Work-Study and Apprenticeships
  • Strategy 20: Writing and Journals

Resource: Brain-Compatible Lesson Design

Resource: Brain-Compatible Lesson Design

Bibliography

Bibliography

Index

Index

Additional materials

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Social Studies Worksheets Don't Grow Dendrites

20 Instructional Strategies That Engage the Brain


December 2011 | 192 pages | Corwin

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Paperback 27/02/2023 9781412998758 $41.95

Bring social studies to life in your classroom!

Best-selling author Marcia L. Tate brings her trademark "dendrite-growing" teaching strategies to this practitioner-friendly collection of brain-compatible methods for engaging K–12 students in social studies. Included are 20 proven strategies and more than 200 grade-leveled activities for applying them. Teachers will find concrete ways to integrate national social studies content standards into their curriculum with visual, auditory, kinesthetic, and tactile experiences that maximize retention, including:

  • Project-based and problem-based instruction
  • Storytelling, music, and humor
  • Graphic organizers, semantic maps, and word webs
  • Internet projects

This book provides sample lesson plans and a wealth of examples that demonstrate how to apply these classroom-tested strategies to the 10 themes of social studies. The text also challenges teachers to creatively plan and deliver their own unforgettable lessons. Among the many benefits your students is that they will remember what they've learned and apply it to their lives—the true goal of education.


Table Of Contents:

  • Acknowledgments
  • About the Author
  • Introduction
  • Strategy 1: Brainstorming and Discussion
  • Strategy 2: Drawing and Artwork
  • Strategy 3: Field Trips
  • Strategy 4: Games
  • Strategy 5: Graphic Organizers, Semantic Maps, and Word Webs
  • Strategy 6: Humor
  • Strategy 7: Manipulatives, Experiments, Labs, and Models
  • Strategy 8: Metaphors, Analogies, and Similes
  • Strategy 9: Mnemonic Devices
  • Strategy 10: Movement
  • Strategy 11: Music, Rhythm, Rhyme, and Rap
  • Strategy 12: Project-Based and Problem-Based Instruction
  • Strategy 13: Reciprocal Teaching and Cooperative Learning
  • Strategy 14: Role Plays, Drama, Pantomimes, and Charades
  • Strategy 15: Storytelling
  • Strategy 16: Technology
  • Strategy 17: Visualization and Guided Imagery
  • Strategy 18: Visuals
  • Strategy 19: Work-Study and Apprenticeships
  • Strategy 20: Writing and Journals
  • Resource: Brain-Compatible Lesson Design
  • Bibliography
  • Index

Recent Product Reviews:

The text has a lot of instructional strategies incorporated into one bundle so that pre-service and new teachers do not have to blindly search for this useful information. The text format in paperback is also easy to manipulate in classroom settings which is always a plus.
Mrs Elizabeth Speed, Teacher Education Dept, University of Texas - El Paso
“Social Studies Worksheets Don't Grow Dendrites provides current best practices for using engaging activities and big-picture questions to hook kids on the study of history and the social sciences. I’d recommend it to all aspiring history teachers!”
Kerry Dunne, K-12 Social Studies Director, Arlington Public Schools, MA
"This book highlights strategies teachers can use to promote deeper understanding of social studies content. When you teach for understanding, the end result will be improved test scores."
Cathy Hix, K-12 Social Studies Specialist, Arlington Public Schools, VA

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