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Kinniburgh, Leah H.; Byrd, Kelly – Social Studies, 2008
Because of the pressure to increase test scores in reading and mathematics, content areas such as social studies are being eliminated from many elementary schools' curricula. It is critical that teachers find ways to integrate social studies into reading and mathematics. Social studies and mathematics may not immediately come to mind when…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Curriculum Development, State Standards, Educational Change
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Bolgatz, Jane – Social Studies, 2005
"American history," writer James Baldwin told a group of teachers in 1963, "is longer, larger, more various, more beautiful, and more terrible than anything anyone has ever said about it" (1963/1996, 227). Children, Baldwin argued, have "the right and necessity to examine everything." In particular, they need to…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Race, Social Studies, Elementary School Students