Discusses how to develop a chapter based unit, a very brief planning scheme that enables a social studies teacher to organize instruction drawing upon content from a single textbook chapter. This involves identifying a focus generalization, describing major concepts and subconcepts, preparing performance objectives, and developing key questions.…

Outlines what it means to be "learning disabled" and presents a number of symptoms of learning disabilities. Suggests means by which social studies teachers can reach learning disabled students and help them to learn, including alternative assignments, guided notes, unit organizers, cooperative learning, and active response activities. (DSK)

Profiles the career and contributions of educator and historian Lucy Maynard Salmon. Salmon's work on uniform standards for college admission became the basis of the College Entrance Examination. She developed a curriculum for elementary school history instruction that incorporated classical literature, folk tales, and biographies. (MJP)