Teaching Social Studies (K-12)

Primary sources have the authenticity and power to bring history to life, allowing students to connect with the voices and images of real people from the past. Helping students analyze and interpret p rimary sources in context leads to development of historical empathy. The challenge to teach students to apply critical thinking and inquiry skills is also a golden opportunity for librarians to teach the skills of their library information skills curricula.

A Companion to World History presents over 30 essays from an international group of historians that both identify continuing areas of contention, disagreement, and divergence in world and global history, and point to directions for further debate. Explores a wide range of topics and themes, including and the practice of world history, key ideas of world historians, the teaching of world history and how it has drawn upon and challenged "traditional" teaching approaches, and global approaches to writing world history.

Harnessing the Power of Music for History and Social Studies Classrooms provides readers an accessible introduction to employing music in history and social studies classrooms. Teachers who wish to develop lessons using music as a resource will find coverage of the significant relationship between music and social studies, pedagogical models designed to facilitate using music within history and social studies lessons, and coverage of salient historical themes in which music has been integral.