Social Studies Content for Elementary and Middle School Teachers
by Fritzer, Penelope J.; Brewer, Ernest AndrewWe're Sorry
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Table of Contents
Preface: A Word to the Reader | p. xi |
About the Authors | p. xiii |
Why Study Social Studies? | p. 1 |
History | p. 3 |
Early Humans | p. 3 |
Europe | p. 4 |
The Greeks | p. 4 |
The Romans | p. 4 |
The Middle Ages | p. 5 |
The Renaissance and the Reformation | p. 7 |
The Enlightenment Period | p. 9 |
The Age of Revolution and the Industrial Revolution | p. 12 |
Asia | p. 13 |
The Byzantine Empire, the Ottoman Empire, and the Middle East | p. 13 |
India | p. 15 |
China | p. 16 |
Japan | p. 18 |
Africa | p. 19 |
Western Africa | p. 19 |
Eastern Africa | p. 19 |
Outside Influences | p. 20 |
The Americas | p. 21 |
Native Americans | p. 21 |
European Exploration | p. 23 |
Colonial Life | p. 26 |
Revolutionary War | p. 32 |
The 1800s | p. 36 |
The Twentieth and Early Twenty-First Centuries Around the World | p. 39 |
World War | p. 40 |
World Between the Wars | p. 43 |
World War II | p. 47 |
Cold War | p. 50 |
Independence Movements | p. 51 |
Cultural Change | p. 53 |
History Resources | p. 58 |
History Websites | p. 63 |
Geography | p. 65 |
Basic Ideas | p. 65 |
Water and Land | p. 66 |
Reading Maps | p. 68 |
The Physical Movement of the Earth and Its Effects | p. 70 |
Continents | p. 72 |
Asia | p. 72 |
Africa | p. 74 |
North America | p. 76 |
South America | p. 79 |
Antarctica | p. 80 |
Europe | p. 82 |
Australia | p. 84 |
Geography Resources | p. 85 |
Geography Websites | p. 86 |
Economics | p. 89 |
The Basic Premises | p. 89 |
The History of Economics | p. 90 |
Government Involvement in Economics | p. 93 |
Consumer Choices Related to Needs and Wants | p. 96 |
Entrepreneurs and Wage-Earners | p. 97 |
Supply and Demand | p. 97 |
Economics Recourses | p. 100 |
Economics Websites | p. 101 |
Government | p. 103 |
The Purpose of Government | p. 103 |
Values of American Democracy | p. 105 |
Constitutional Governments | p. 105 |
The U.S. Constitution | p. 106 |
State and Local Government in the United States | p. 108 |
The United States in the World | p. 110 |
Resources on Government | p. 111 |
Government Websites | p. 112 |
A Final Word | p. 115 |
General Resources for the Teacher | p. 117 |
Index | p. 119 |
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