Social studies and diversity education : what we do and why we do it / edited by Elizabeth E. Heilman, et al.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Developing a pedagogic creed through critical social reflection / William Gaudelli -- The metaphors we teach by / Margaret Smith Crocco -- Exploring three orientations to the social studies / Thomas Fallace -- Pedagogic creed as foundation / Ronald W. Evans -- The social studies topical index / Paul Robinson -- Exploring Taylorism and its continued influence on work and schooling / E. Wayne Ross -- Purposes, possibilities, and complexities of teaching secondary social studies / Hilary G. Conklin -- Four-way street: fusing curriculum, pedagogy, content, and purpose to advance the common good / Dave Powell, Todd S. Hawley -- Those pesky little words: how to teach abstract civic concepts / Barbara Slater Stern -- Understanding and teaching core democratic concepts / Elizabeth E. Heilman -- Studying authority in a secondary teacher education class / Judith L. Pace -- Using children's books to explore power, tyranny, and justice / Rich Gibson, E. Wayne Ross -- Learning to teach the cultures, covenants, and controversies of universal human rights / John Myers -- Feelings exploration in social justice education / Jeff Passe -- Teaching procedural democracy in the classroom / David H. Vawter -- Preparing teachers and educating citizens: the simulated congressional hearing / Terrence C. Mason, Jennifer M. Ponder -- Service learning field placements as community based instruction/action / Brian Sevier -- Generating effective teaching through primary sources / Theresa M. McCormick -- Incorporating archives in social studies methods / Frans H. Doppen -- Historical perspective, causality, and significance: the historical scene investigation project / Kathleen Owings Swan, Kathi Kern, Mark Hofer -- Writing from visual prompts: animating imagination for social studies and diversity education / Donald S. Blumenfeld-Jones -- Using content resources to analyze a historical decision / Scott Alan Metzger -- The first day of class: developing an awareness of inference in history and culture / David Hicks, Melissa Lisanti -- Gazing on the past: examining the pedagogical purposes of public history / Brenda Trofanenko -- The nature of evidence and interpretation in history / Scott W. Dewitt -- A Boston massacre in room 202: understanding the construction of historical narratives / Timothy D. Slekar -- Oral histories in social education / Edric C. Johnson -- Designing an interactive learning center museum in the school context / Hilary Landorf, Ethan Lowenstein -- Scaffolding conceptual reasoning about history / David Gerwin -- Teaching historical understanding with Christopher Columbus / Benjamin Justice -- Addressing subjectivity in historical thinking: who was Christopher Columbus? Jennifer Hauver James -- Exploring identity, commonality, and difference / Tracy Rock -- Who are we? exploring our class as a cultural demographic / John D. Hoge -- It's all in your name: seeing ourselves in historical and cultural context / Ozlem Sensoy -- Seeing the hidden curricula of social spaces and places / Elizabeth E. Heilman -- Teaching from a critical global perspective: investigating power and marginalization / Binaya Subedi -- The family history project: uncovering the personal as political / Nancye E. McCrary -- Who has a "good" family? exploring beliefs and prejudices about family structures / Tammy A. Turner-Vorbeck -- Representation, power, and stereotyping: a lesson on indigenous people and sports mascots / Glenabah Martinez -- Breaking down barriers, constructing connections: strategies for connecting "us" to "them" / Heather Sadlier -- A meeting on the Congo: race, voice, and representation / Merry M. Merryfield -- Implicating race in students' learning how to teach history / Avner Segall -- Social studies is everywhere: developing social scientist sensitivities / Janet Alleman -- Understanding personal choice and structured inequality as aspects of family finance / Diane S. Illig -- The race to the bottom: an introduction to textile manufacturing and working conditions in the global economy / Peter Moran -- Examining privilege in globalization / Sandra Schmidt -- Teaching global education in seemingly regional and national curriculum / Elizabeth E. Heilman -- "Baltimore and the world" project: the intersection of local and global issues / Todd W. Kenreich -- Teaching current events from a global perspective / Toni Fuss Kirkwood-Tucker -- Environment toxins near and far: health and civic responsibility / David Hursh, Camille Martina, Michael Fantauzzo -- Teaching student teachers to examine how their political views inform their teaching / Diana E. Hess -- Preparing future teachers and citizens to address controversial issues: the four corner debate / Thomas H. Levine -- Good discussions don't just happen: verbal questioning skills / Kenneth E. Vogler -- Getting students to actively follow the news / Deborah Byrnes -- Teaching about disasters reported in the news / Brian Lanahan -- Issues-centered social studies unit sampler / Kim E. Koeppen -- The "daily dilemma": sharing power with a purpose / Beth C. Rubin -- Encouraging transformative understanding of controversial issues / Bruna Irene Grimberg -- Social studies methods, purpose, and the 'execution class" / Todd Dinkelman -- Modeling with matryoshkas: connecting curriculum, community, and culture in the classroom / Nancy P. Gallavan, Ellen Kottler -- Motivating for inquiry and civic participation through primary sources about historical peers / Eula Fresch -- Incorporating visual learning in the classroom / Brooke S. Orr, Signia Warner -- Textbook analysis: using James Loewen's Lies my teacher told me in teacher education / L. Mara Dodge -- Teaching with and about maps / Avner Segall -- Reinventing the field trip: preservice teachers explore museums and historic sites / Alan S. Marcus -- Socratic seminar: a model for film discussion in the social studies / Jeremy D. Stoddard -- Not playing around: teaching role-plays in social education / Wayne Au -- Using multicultural literature in teaching for social justice / Sung Choon Park, Cynthia A. Tyson -- Voices of our community: making connections through digital stories / Elizabeth K. Wilson, Vivian Wright -- Modeling technology-based social studies instruction: a simulated WebQuest / Christy G. Keeler -- Providing elementary teachers with experience of children's thinking in social studies / Keith C. Barton -- What to teach, when, and why: the thoughtful construction of the curriculum unit / Elizabeth E. Heilman -- The modeling approach to social studies teacher education / Michael P. Marino, Benjamin M. Jacobs -- Instructional planning and practice through microteaching / Anne-Lise Halvorsen -- Approaching curriculum units as terrains and systems to explore / Paul Skilton-Sylvester -- Teaching teachers to teach for understanding in social studies methods classes / John Gunn -- Teaching students to use the inquiry method / James M. Hartwick -- Comparing visions: do our state standards align with the national standards? / Barbara Foulks Boyd -- Reflections on learners and learning in early field experiences for secondary social studies / Susan B. Serota, Linda Bennett -- Creating units to create meaning out of social studies content / Audrey Green Rogers -- Using narrative to reflect on the process of curriculum enactment / M. Gail Hickey.

This resource features ideas from over one hundred of our nation's teacher educators reflecting on their best practices and offering specific strategies through which future teachers learn to teach.