Wayne Journell

Teaching Social Studies in an Era of Divisiveness

The Challenges of Discussing Social Issues in a Non-Partisan Way

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The chapters in this book, many of which are written by leading scholars within the field of social studies education, cover a range of 21st century social issues, including politically volatile issues such as gun control, marriage equality, the Black Lives Matter movement, and immigration. This book offers both a theoretical justification for engaging students with controversial social issues and practical suggestions for how to successfully implement discussions of these types of issues in K-12 classroom settings.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 196
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. September 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 443g
• ISBN-13: 9781475821352
• ISBN-10: 1475821352
• Artikelnr.: 44839491

Autorenporträt

By Wayne Journell

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword Cinthia Salinas Introduction: Teaching Social Issues in the Social
Studies Classroom Wayne Journell Chapter 1: Every Issue is a Social Studies
Issue: Strategies for Rich Discussion in the Upper Elementary Classroom
Andrea S. Libresco and Jeannette Balantic Chapter 2: Preparing Young Adults
for Polarized America Paula McAvoy Chapter 3: Teaching Immigration as a
Social Issue in 21st Century Social Studies Classrooms Jeremy Hilburn and
Ashley Taylor Jaffee Chapter 4: (Mis)perceptions of Arabs and Arab
Americans: How Can Social Studies Teachers Disrupt the Stereotypes? Paul J.
Yoder, Aaron P. Johnson, and Fares J. Karam Chapter 5: The Imperative to
Teach Marriage Equality in the Social Studies Classroom: A History,
Rationale, and Classroom Practice for a More Inclusive Democracy J.B. Mayo,
Jr. Chapter 6: #Black Lives Matter as Critical Patriotism LaGarrett J.
King, Chezare A. Warren, Mariah Bender, and Shakealia Y. Finley Chapter 7:
Teaching the Gun Control Debate in an Era of Mass Shootings Bonnie L.
Bittman and William B. Russell III Chapter 8: Big Data, Surveillance, and
the Unprecedented Conditions of Citizenship H. James Garrett Chapter 9:
Digital Citizenship: Social Media Discourses within Social Studies Eric D.
Moffa, Carolyn J. Brejwo, and Robert A. Waterson Chapter 10: Financial
Literacy in the Wake of the Great Recession Thomas A. Lucey, Mary Frances
Agnello, and James D. Laney About the Contributors