Full Description
Looking for social studies adventures to help students find connections to democratic citizenship? Look no further! The Field Trip Book: Study Travel Experiences in Social Studies provides just the answer teachers need for engaging students in field trips as researching learners with emphasis on interdisciplinary social studies plus skills in collecting and reporting data gathered from field explorations. This is the book for those educators who want to make social studies field experiences real and meaningful for their students.
These real-world social studies experiences are teacher tested and focus on anthropology, civics, economics, geography, history, and sociology. The Field Trip Book: Study Travel Experiences in Social Studies makes social studies exciting for elementary and middle school students, by introducing them to content in the world around them. This book is perfect for the elementary or middle school teacher, museum educator, or parent looking forward to increasing interaction between students and learning sites.
Contents
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. The Economy of the Field Trip
Chapter 2. Teacher Success with Study Travel Logistics
Chapter 3. Finding Commonwealth through Local Community Connections
Chapter 4. Investigating Small Towns
Chapter 5. Investigating Urban Spaces and Places
Chapter 6. Finding State Adventures as Investigators
Chapter 7. National Connections to the Past and Present Democracy
Chapter 8. The Eighth Grade Study Travel Trip to Washington, DC
Chapter 9. Enactive Investigations in a (Battle)Field
Chapter 10. Sharing a Cross-Cultural Exchange
Chapter 11. Science, Technology, and Society
Chapter 12. Architecture and Study Travel
Postscript: The Political Act of Teaching
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