The Field Trip Book
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The Field Trip Book

Study Travel Experiences in Social Studies

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eBook - ePub

The Field Trip Book

Study Travel Experiences in Social Studies

About this book

Looking for social studies adventures to help students find connections to democratic citizenship? Look no further! The Field Trip Book: Study Travel Experiences in Social Studies provides just the answer teachers need for engaging students in field trips as researching learners with emphasis on interdisciplinary social studies plus skills in collecting and reporting data gathered from field explorations. This is the book for those educators who want to make social studies field experiences real and meaningful for their students.

These real-world social studies experiences are teacher tested and focus on anthropology, civics, economics, geography, history, and sociology. The Field Trip Book: Study Travel Experiences in Social Studies makes social studies exciting for elementary and middle school students, by introducing them to content in the world around them. This book is perfect for the elementary or middle school teacher, museum educator, or parent looking forward to increasing interaction between students and learning sites.

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Information

Publisher
Information Age Publishing
Year
2010
eBook ISBN
9781806617111
Print ISBN
9781617350764
9781617350771
Topic
Education

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Halftitle
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. Acknowledgements
  7. 1. The Economy of the Field Trip
  8. 2. Thinking and Internet
  9. Introduction
  10. One Year Ahead
  11. One Month Ahead
  12. Setup Crews
  13. The Day of the Trip
  14. What to Do While on the Road
  15. Nostalgia Decorations and an Opportunity for Studying Material Culture
  16. Financing School Field Trips
  17. Foundations
  18. Grants
  19. No-Cost Field Trips
  20. 3. Finding Commonwealth Through Local Community Connections
  21. A Local Field Trip
  22. Rationale
  23. Preparation
  24. The Morning of the Walk
  25. The Town Walk
  26. Debriefing
  27. Alternatives
  28. Conclusions
  29. 4. Investigating Small Towns
  30. County Seat Field Trip
  31. Preparation
  32. South
  33. Central
  34. North
  35. 5. Investigating Urban Spaces and Places
  36. The Theme-Based Urban Field Trip
  37. Preparation
  38. Urban Art Museums
  39. Local History
  40. Debriefing
  41. 6. Finding State Adventures as Investigators
  42. Introduction
  43. “I Wonder What Will Happen Next“
  44. Before the Trip
  45. During the Trip
  46. Travel Time
  47. Docents
  48. Independent Student Activities
  49. Student Interaction With Static Exhibits
  50. Enactive Experiences
  51. After the Trip
  52. Forming Connections to Community Through State Travel
  53. Fugues: A Reoccuring Idea
  54. Trust
  55. Voting
  56. Social
  57. Knowledge
  58. Student Evaluation, Discrimination, and Rejection of Knowledge
  59. Questioning
  60. Empathy
  61. Experiential
  62. Artifacts/Built Environment
  63. Independence
  64. Sub-Patterns
  65. Choices
  66. Social Learning
  67. Patterns
  68. Community/Self Understanding
  69. Communal Living
  70. Conclusions
  71. 7. National Connections to the Past and Present Democracy
  72. Introduction
  73. Virginia Field Trip
  74. Assessment
  75. 8. The Eighth Grade Study Travel Trip to Washington, DC
  76. Introduction
  77. The Trip to Washington, DC
  78. Preparation Before the Trip
  79. On-Site Data Collection
  80. After the Trip
  81. 9. Enactive Investigations in a (Battle)Field
  82. Introduction
  83. Context
  84. Interactive Interpretation of Civil War Sites
  85. Preparation Before the Trip
  86. On-Site Data Collection Trip to Antietam and Gettysburg
  87. Interactive Interpretation at Gettysburg
  88. Trip Preparation
  89. Assessments
  90. On the Fields of Gettysburg
  91. After the Trip
  92. Final Thoughts
  93. 10. Sharing a Cross-Cultural Exchange
  94. Introduction
  95. Background
  96. Practice
  97. Prior to Trip
  98. On the Trip
  99. Post Trip
  100. Post-Trip Relationships
  101. Reflection
  102. Anachronisms
  103. Conclusions
  104. Acknowledgment
  105. Notes
  106. 11. Science, Technology, and Society
  107. Introduction
  108. Science
  109. Technology
  110. Environment
  111. World Connections Through Transportation
  112. Internal Improvements
  113. Exploring Diversity of Thought and Communal Groups
  114. Owen and New Harmony
  115. 12. Architecture and Study Travel
  116. Introduction
  117. A Student Guide to Looking at the Built Environment
  118. Preparation for the Trip
  119. What Students Did, Learned, and Saw at the Lanier Home
  120. After Returning to School
  121. Conclusions
  122. Acknowledgment
  123. Postscript: The Political Act of Teaching
  124. References
  125. About the Author
  126. Index

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