Social Studies in Early Childhood Education

Understand how the learning environment can support social studies learning. Learn how to encourage children to learn collaboratively, becoming contributing citizens in a community.

Chapters in DVD Include:

1. Creating an Environment that Supports Social Studies Content: Learn how to set up the classroom environment to support social studies learning. 
2. Fostering a Classroom Community: Discover how to encourage children to work collaboratively, respect and value others, and become contributing citizens of a community. In addition, learn about the important role families play in the classroom community. 
3. Building A Foundation for History: Explore developmentally appropriate ways to help young children construct knowledge of time to support history content standards. 

A rare inside look at good social studies instruction in action, this CD-and-DVD set is the ideal way to strengthen teaching practices—and give young children a foundation of knowledge they'll build on for years to come.

Available As: DVD with additional CD-Rom
Produced By: Arlitt Media with the University of Cincinnati
Running Time: 75 minutes