Northside Professional Library, Secondary Social Studies1

Northside Professional Library, Secondary Social Studies1

Secondary Social Studies

Resources in the Northside Professional Library

Building Community: Social Studies in the Middle School Years – Mary Burke-Hengen, Tim Gillespie, eds.

(Heinemann, 1995)

Building Literacy in Social Studies: Strategies for Improving Comprehension and CriticalThinking -Donna

Ogle, Ron Klemp, Bill McBride (ASCD, 2007)

Challenging Units for Gifted Learners: Teaching the Way Gifted Students Think: Social Studies, Gr. 6-8 –

Kenneth J. Smith (Prufrock, 2011)

Cooperative Learning & Social Studies, Gr. 6-12 – Tom Morton (Kagan, 1998)

Differentiated Instruction for Social Studies: Instructions and Activities for the DiverseClassroom –

Wendy Wilson, Jack Papadonis (Walch Pub., 2006)

Differentiating Assessment in Middle and High School English and Social Studies – SherynSpencer Waterman

(Eye on Education, 2009)

Differentiating Instruction with Menus: Social Studies, Gr.6-8 – Laurie E. Westphal (Prufrock, 2009)

Differentiating Instruction with Menus for the Inclusive Classroom. Social Studies, Gr. 6-8 Lower & On-Level

Menus – Laurie E. Westphal (Prufrock, 2013)

Digital Age: Technology-Based K-12 Lesson Plans for Social Studies – Linda Bennett, Michael J. Berson, eds.

(National Council for the Social Studies, 2007)

Engagement in Teaching History: Theory and Practices for Middle and Secondary Teachers, 2nd ed.–

Frederick D. Drake, Lynn R. Nelson (Merrill/Pearson Prentice, 2009)

Engaging Minds in Social Studies Classrooms: The Surprising Power of Joy- James A. Erekson (ASCD, 2014)

The Essentials of Social Studies, Grades K-8: Effective Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment –

Kathy Checkley (ASCD, 2008)

Eyewitness to the Past: Strategies for Teaching American History in Grades 5-12 - Joan Brodsky Schur

(Stenhouse, 2007)

Flying with Both Wings: Inventing the Past to Teach the Future – Neil Brewer (Phi Delta KappaEducational

Foundation, 2001)

Higher-Level Thinking Questions: Social Studies – Miguel Kagan, Christa Chapman,Laurie Kagan(Kagan,

1999)

History in the Present Tense: Engaging Students through Inquiry and Action – DouglasSelwyn, Jan Maher

(Heinemann, 2003)

Living History in the Classroom: Integrative Arts Activities for Making Social Studies Meaningful – Douglas

Selwyn (Zephyr Press, 1993)

Making History Mine: Meaningful Connections for Grades 6-9 – Sarah Cooper (Stenhouse, 2009)

Navigating the ELPS in the Social Studies Classroom: Using the New Standards to ImproveInstruction for

English Language Learners – John Seidlitz, Bill Perryman (SeidlitzEducation, 2010)

Secrets to Success for Social Studies Teachers – Ellen Kottler, Nancy P. Gallavan (Corwin, 2008)

Social Studies at the Center: Integrating Kids, Content, and Literacy – Tarry Lindquist,DouglasSelwyn

(Heinemann, 2000)

Social Studies That Sticks: How to Bring Content and Concepts to Life – Laurel Schmidt(Heinemann, 2007)

Social Studies: Standards, Meaning and Understanding - Barbara Slater Stern (Eye onEducation, 2002)

Social Studies Worksheets Don’t Grow Dendrites: 20 Instructional Strategies That Engage theBrain –

Marcia L. Tate (Corwin, 2012)

Take the Journey: Teaching American History Through Place-Based Learning – James A. Percoco (Stenhouse, 2017)

Teaching about Canada and Mexico – William W. Joyce, John F. Bratzel, eds. (National Council for the

Social Studies, 2006)

Teaching Reading in Social Studies – Jane K. Doty, Gregory N. Cameron, Mary Lee Barton(MCREL, 2003)

Teaching Social Studies Today – Sara Shoob, Cynthia Stout (Shell Education, 2009)

Teaching Your Secondary ELLs the Academic Language of Tests: Focusing on Language in Mathematics,

Science, and Social Studies (Solution Tree, 2009)

Ways That Work: Putting Social Studies Standards into Practice – Tarry Lindquist (Heinemann, 1997)

“Why Won’t You Just Tell Us the Answer?”: Teaching Historical Thinking in Gr. 7-12 – Bruce A. Lesh

(Stenhouse, 2011)

Dinah Zike (published by Dinah-Might Adventures)

Dinah Zike’s Big Book of Texas History for Grade Levels K-7: Read, Write, Research (2004)

Dinah Zike’s Big Book of United States History for Middle School High School: Read, Write, Research (2004)

Dinah Zike’s Big Book of World History: Middle School and High School (2007)

Notebook Foldables: Physical Geography & Map Skills (2011)

Notebook Foldables: Texas History (2012)

Notebook Foldables: U.S. History: Pre-History to Reconstruction (2011)

Notebook Foldables: U.S. History: Reconstruction to Present (2012)

Video

How to Improve Content Understanding Using Reading Strategies (ASCD, 2007) [DVD, 15 min.]

Journals

Social Education. National Council for the Social Studies.

Print issues available: January/February 2000-September 2015.

Citations available on ProQuest online database.

Contact Professional Librarian for print copies of desired articles.

Teaching History: A Journal of Methods. Emporia State University.

Print issues available: Fall 2014-Spring 2017.

Websites

Library of Congress Lesson Plans

National Archives

Teachers’ Resources -

National Archives Experience -

Docs Teach - – Primary sources selected from the National Archives

as well as activities using primary source documents. Teachers can create their own

customized activities and save them on individual URLs on the site.

Best of History Websites - EdTechTeacher

National History Day Teacher Resources

Teaching History.Org – National History Education Clearinghouse

Teaching History: A Journal of Methods Resource Page: Outstanding Websites and Apps for History Teachers