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72. Teachers need to be prepared to build partnerships with several parents and family members who are active in a
child’s life in different configurations and are concerned about the child’s development, education, and future. Why is
it important to build partnerships and how can teachers do that?
73. Identify the steps of the process a teacher should follow in planning an appropriate field trip.
74. Name and define four of the social sciences.
75. Information from three different theorists can aid teachers in guiding young children into experiencing and building
knowledge in the social studies curriculum. Identify the three theorists, the name of their theory, and how they can
contribute to children’s social studies knowledge.
76. What does the term complementary learning mean?
77. David Elkind, a noted early childhood educator has observed that “it is interesting that the number of children’s
museums has increased as the sociological, psychological and physical spaces for children have decreased.”
Describe at least 3 benefits children can experience when they visit a children’s museum.
78. The social studies curriculum is integrated into all learning centers in the room. One of the easiest ways to
accomplish this is through the project approach. What types of skills, knowledge, and dispositions to children develop
when they are engaged in the project approach?
79. One of the goals of social studies is to encourage the development of authentic self-esteem. Identify three
appropriate themes that could help foster this belief.
80. Time lines are used to represent data in chronological or sequential order. This technique offers visual aid for
children by helping them begin to think in terms of sequence and chronology (Wallace, 2006). Please describe the
method your textbook reviewed on how to use this technique with primary-aged students.
81. What are prop boxes? Identify some of the materials they should contain.
82. Explain why dramatic play is one of the most valuable types of children’s play.
83. The primary purpose of social studies is to help young people develop the ability to make informed and reasoned
decisions for the public good as citizens of a culturally diverse, democratic society in an independent world. Identify
the 5 primary goals that can help you focus on the core of the social studies curriculum.
84. The National Council for Social Studies (NCSS) has identified 10 thematic strands designed to act as a framework
for social studies curriculum. Identify and define four of them.
