Strategies to Teach Elementary Social Studies
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What method or instructional strategies should be used to teach elementary social studies? What happens in actual classroom?
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The expert examines the strategies to teach elementary social studies.
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The elementary social studies classroom is unique. For the average elementary student, topics discussed in social studies can be a bit boring and mundane if the instructional strategies used are not geared to engage the students to be active participants in the lesson. While many high school social studies classrooms will be lecture based, the opposite should be true in the elementary classroom. Let me explain further:
Remember that the time allotted for social studies at the elementary level is minimal, and is being reduced further in many states. As such, it is critical that the proper instructional techniques be utilized. There are a host of them that have been proven ...
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