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Beck, Terence A.; Parker, Walter C. – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 2017
The study of current events can take several forms, and the right current event to study as a class depends on the educational purposes, the curricular standards the authors want to address, and the resources they have available to meet them, and what the needs and abilities are of the students present in the class. In this article, they focus on…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Current Events, Teaching Methods, Democracy
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Harris, Carolyn A.; Kharecha, Pushker; Goble, Pam; Goble, Ryan – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 2016
A central aim of social studies curriculum is to prepare young people for making "informed and reasoned decisions for the public good" concerning consequential problems like global climate change. By developing students' "vision of a good society" and exploring what actions and policies move our society in this direction,…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Citizenship Education, Climate, Ecology