Chapter 7 Take the child to the group, introduce her, and then leave

30. Which of the following is the primary goal of a broad, inclusive social studies curriculum?

a. To equip children to become self-reliant, participating members of their communities

b. To train children to become compliant citizens

c. To encourage children to adopt a common set of behaviors and values

d. To encourage conformity among children

31. All but which of the following is true of the use of technology in social studies education with young children?

a. Integrating technology that children interact with every day into dramatic play helps them learn to successfully

work with that technology and situations involving it

b. Internet research can be a valuable way to incorporate inquiry into social studies learning

c. Videos and films should never be used because they are too passive

d. Videos and films should be used only when accompanied by other activities and forms of inquiry

32. You have a child with special needs in your classroom. During dramatic play time, you can see that the child wants

to play with a group of children but is hesitant. Which of the following steps would you take to encourage her?

a. Ask the other children if the child can play with them

b. Take the child to the group, introduce her, and then leave the group to play together

c. Encourage the child to gradually join in with the play, supporting her in doing so while gradually lessening your

involvement as she becomes engaged in the play

d. Encourage the other children to stop their play and approach the child

33. Teachers of young children will often interact with families very different than their own. All but which of the

following is appropriate when interacting with a family whose composition, values, culture, or lifestyle is very

different than your own?

a. Ask the family for input about activities that will incorporate their culture or family composition into the

classroom

b. Ask the family respectfully phrased questions so you can learn more about them and their home culture

c. Invite members of the family to come and share their culture or family life with the class as part of a social

studies lesson

d. Assure the family that their child will not be treated any differently in spite of their unusual or atypical family

life

34. A child in your classroom asks you why another child looks very different than she does herself. Which of the

following is the appropriate way to respond?

a. Tell the child, “We don’t say things like that.”

b. Explain to the child why commenting on physical differences is rude

c. Tell the child that it is not polite to notice differences, since we are all the same inside

d. Explain to the child in an age-appropriate way why her classmate looks different, while also explaining that

people who look different also have much in common

35. Setting up a supermarket in a dramatic play center would be appropriate for:

a. infants b. toddlers

c. preschoolers d. none of these answers is correct

36. The mirror image activity described in the text is an example of:

a. a dramatic play exercise

b. a finger-play

c. relating dramatic play to math

d. using an incident from a story that preschoolers can act out

37. Researchers find this effect of dramatic play quite useful:

a. cooperation b. creative thinking

c. imagination d. fantasy

38. The stages of social play, such as solitary play, parallel play, associative play, and cooperative play, were researched

and introduced to us by:

a. Jean Piaget b. Mildred Parten

c. Sara Smilansky d. Erik Erikson

39. If a toddler has a favorite bath towel that she uses as a doll blanket, a skirt, or a cape, she is exhibiting:

a. one-to–one correspondence b. object hunger

c. a game with rules d. spatial relationship

40. Practice play, according to Piaget, occurs during age:

a. zero to two years b. two to four years

c. four to seven years d. seven years and older

41. According to Smilansky, the type of learning important for the preparation of real–life situations is:

a. engaging in functional play

b. following the social rules of pretend play

c. planning the manipulation of objects or people

d. answers b and c

42. For a teacher in a developmentally appropriate classroom, only one of the following four statements is acceptable:

a. Demonstrate to a child how to act out being an elephant, then encourage her to copy what you did

b. Serve as a facilitator so that dramatic play remains a child-initiated activity

c. It is best to prohibit children from discussing or acting out what their favorite superhero has done recently on

television

d. If a boy in your class insists on playing the mommy in dramatic play, you should gently encourage him to be

the daddy instead

43. David Elkind believes that dramatic play teaches children:

a. that the world is basically a frightening, confusing place

b. that the world is basically a friendly, welcoming place

c. to transfer what is learned in one setting and apply it to another

d. to behave according to preexisting rules

44. An example of functional play is:

a. a child pretending to be someone else

b. one or more children creating a specific experience, such as driving a car

c. two or more children taking on related roles and interacting

d. children playing board games or sports

45. The fantasy element of play is helpful because:

a. it enables children to not be social

b. it effects brain functions

c. it enables children to release tensions

d. all answers are correct

46. This type of play can occur alone or with others as the child plans the manipulation of objects or people to create a

specific experience. This is observable when a child puts keys in a pretend car, starts the motor, adds the sound

effects (“vroooom”), and lets others ride in the car with her. This would be identified as:

a. practice play b. sociodramatic play

c. constructive play d. functional play

47. To support the play of infants and toddlers, you need to change the room arrangement and props:

a. slowly b. weekly

c. daily d. every four months

48. Developing place awareness in children relates most directly to activities involving:

a. quilts b. pets

c. language d. maps

49. When planning a field trip for preschool children, be sure that you line up one adult parent volunteer for every:

a. one child b. two or three children

c. five or six children d. eight or nine children

50. Be sure that all children going on a field trip wear T-shirts or name tags:

a. with the center or school’s name on them

b. with the child’s name on them

c. with both the center or school’s name and the child’s name on them

d. none of these answers is correct

51. As America grows increasingly diverse, teachers need to prepare themselves to recognize, appreciate, and work

with:

a. single-parent families b. diverse families

c. bi–lingual families d. immigrants

52. The study of the way people live, such as their beliefs and customs, is called:

a. psychology b. economics

c. sociology d. anthropology

53. Teachers can foster children’s understanding of democratic processes and attitudes in concrete experiential ways

when they:

a. explain the rules clearly to the children and tell them that disobeying the rules will bring punishment

b. provide opportunities for children to learn to listen to others’ ideas and perspectives

c. encourage children to participate in setting rules

d. b and c

54. Story mapping includes all the following steps except:

a. discussing and charting all the places a main character goes

b. illustrating locations

c. discussing characterization in the story

d. pasting illustrations in sequential order