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Introduction : need for improving primary social studies
Prior research on primary social studies
Generic aspects of our instructional units
Using narrative to build a content base
Structuring the curriculum around big ideas
Developing big ideas about history
Developing big ideas : geography
Developing big ideas : the social sciences
Using instructional resources
Making connections and avoiding undesired content
Introducing new knowledge bases
Developing knowledge bases through structured discourse
Using questions to develop content with the whole class
Scaffolding for individual students within whole-class lessons
Activities and assessments.
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Inside the social studies classroom by Jere E. Brophy. ISBN 9780203929452. Published by Routledge in 2009. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.