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Elementary Education 3386 - Teaching Elementary Social Studies

Standards

Pennsylvania Department of Education Academic Standards

National Council for the Social Studies
Expectations of excellence: curriculum standards for social studies
LB1584 .E863 1994

Favorite lesson plans: powerful standards-based activities
H62.5 .U5 F4 2000

Ways that work : putting social studies standards into practice
LB1584 .L545 1997

General Locations

This Guide describes where to find different materials and services in the library.

Encyclopedias:
Encyclopedias are a great source for overviews and background information on a variety of topics. They can be found in the reference room under AE call numbers or online.

Curriculum Guides (1st Floor North)
Browse under these headings: History, Social Science, Consumer Ed., Economics, Multicultural

Textbooks (1st Floor North)
Browse by call numbers D-J

Books & Audiovisual Materials

MU Library Catalog (PILOT)
Use the MU Library Catalog (PILOT) to find books, videos, models, puppets, pictures, slides, etc. in our Library. Try the most specific heading first, then broaden if necessary:

Helpful subheadings to know:
Study and teaching
Study and teaching (Elementary)

Helpful keywords:
Activit?
Them? Unit?

Use Set more limits to search for only the children's collection, media collection, limit dates, etc.

The Teaching Materials Guide may also be used to locate audiovisual materials.

CHILDREN'S BOOKS
Fiction, including children's fiction, does not usually carry subject headings. To find a children's story book then, you could either:

  1. Limit the MU Library Catalog (PILOT) to only search the children's collection and then enter keywords you hope will appear in the title or note field, or
  2. Use a reference book, such as one of the following, to identify titles of books about a certain subject and then put those titles into the MU Library Catalog (PILOT) to see if MU has the book.

To look for book s that are not owned by the North Hall Library, go to E-ZBorrow & borrow from another university library in Pa. Or go to Amazon.com and search for books to borrow through the Library's Interlibrary Loan Service.

Journals

Social Studies
Social Studies & the Young Learner (NCSS) (LB 1584 .S6365)
The Social Studies (online with older copies in the library under D16.3.A1.S65)
Mailbox - Primary Ed. (LB1501.M34), Intermediate Ed. (LB 1501.M35)

Look for Journal Titles List

Periodical Indexes and Databases

This guide will provide you with information about the process of locating a journal article.

*If you are asked for an ID or login, type in the barcode numbers on your student ID card.*

Education Research Complete
Indexes over 1500 journals and provides full-text for 750 journals, over 100 books, and conference papers.

ERIC
Indexes over 1000 journals as well as the ERIC documents collection from 1966-present. Includes the ERIC Thesaurus to help you select search terms. ERIC documents include curriculum guides, lesson plans, and activities. One good way to find activities in the ERIC database is to type in your specific topic (use a descriptor if possible) and AND it with ACTIVIT*. The newer documents are online, while older documents can be located on microfiche on 3rd floor east.

To find magazine articles for elementary-junior high school age students, search EBSCOhost's EBSCOhost's Primary Search and/or EBSCOhost's Middle Search Plus.

EBSCOhost's Image Collection
From within any of the EBSCOhost databases click on image collection to search for pictures.

Google images

Web Sites

Citation Styles

Citation Style Guides

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association
Ready Ref and Ref BF 76.7 .P83 2001

 
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