Social Studies Content for Elementary and Middle School Teachers

Allan C. Ornstein is a professor of education at St. John's University. He is a former FulbrightHayes Scholar and has been a consultant for more than 60 different government and education agencies, including the American Federation of Teachers, the National Association of Secondary School Principals, and the Educational Testing Service. Dr. Ornstein has published more than 400 articles and 60 books. His latest books are Wealth vs. Work: How 1% Victimize 99% (Author House, 2012) and Excellence vs. Equality: Can Society Achieve Both Goals? (Paradigm Publishers, 2015). See his website: allanornsteinbooks.com.Francis P. Hunkins was a professor of education specializing in general curriculum, curriculum development, curriculum issues, and curriculum theory in the College of Education at the University of Washington for 35 years. Since retiring, Dr. Hunkins has remained active in writing educational textbooks. As a past president, he also remains active in the Association for Teaching and Curriculum. During his tenure at the University of Washington, Dr. Hunkins served as chairperson of the area of curriculum and instruction (1995–2000). He also consulted widely with school systems around the country. He twice was a visiting scholar at Monash University in Australia and was also a visiting scholar at the Hong Kong Institute of Education in 1999. Over his career, he has written 21 educational textbooks and numerous articles for educational journals. He makes his home with his wife, Dr. Patricia A. Hammill, in the Seattle area.Norman Eng is an adjunct assistant professor at the City University of New York, Brooklyn College and City College of New York. His work focuses on twentyfirst century education reform and inequality. He recently coedited a special issue symposium on Amazon.com and other websites, “Twentyfirst Century Excellence in Education” (Society, 2015), which included contributions from scholars such as Nel Noddings, Carol Ann Tomlinson, Yong Zhao, and James Comer. Dr. Eng maintains an education blog called The Educated Society.

• Preface: A World to the Reader1. Why Study Social Studies?2. HistoryEarly HumansEuropeThe GreeksThe RomansThe Middle AgesThe Renaissance and the ReformationThe Enlightenment PeriodThe Age of Revolution and the Industrial RevolutionAsiaThe Byzantine Empire, the Ottoman Empire, and the Middle EastIndiaChinaJapanAfricaWestern AfricaEastern AfricaOutside InfluencesThe AmericasNative AmericansEuropean ExplorationColonial LifeRevolutionary WarThe 1800sThe Twentieth and Early Twenty-first Centuries Around the WorldWorld War IWorld Between the WarsWorld War IICold WarCultural Change3. GeographyBasic IdeasWater and LandReading MapsThe Physical Movement of the Earth and Its EffectsContinentsAsiaAfricaNorth AmericaSouth AmericaAntarcticaEuropeAustraliaGeography Resources4. EconomicsThe Basic PremisesThe History of EconomicsConsumer Choices Related to Needs and WantsEntrepreneurs and Ware-EarnersSupply and DemandEconomics Resources5. GovernmentThe Purpose of GovernmentValues of American DemocracyConstitutional GovernmentsThe U.S. ConstitutionState and Local Government in the United StatesThe United States in the WorldGovernment ResourcesA Final WordGeneral Resources for the TeacherIndex