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Informationen zum Autor Wayne Journell is an associate professor of secondary social studies education and secondary teacher education program coordinator at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. His research interests include the teaching of politics and political processes in secondary education. Klappentext The chapters in this book, many of which are written by leading scholars within the field of social studies education, cover a range of 21st century social issues, including politically volatile issues such as gun control, marriage equality, the Black Lives Matter movement, and immigration. This book offers both a theoretical justification for engaging students with controversial social issues and practical suggestions for how to successfully implement discussions of these types of issues in K-12 classroom settings. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword Cinthia SalinasIntroduction: Teaching Social Issues in the Social Studies Classroom Wayne JournellChapter 1: Every Issue is a Social Studies Issue: Strategies for Rich Discussion in the UpperElementary Classroom Andrea S. Libresco and Jeannette BalanticChapter 2: Preparing Young Adults for Polarized America Paula McAvoyChapter 3: Teaching Immigration as a Social Issue in 21st Century Social Studies Classrooms Jeremy Hilburn and Ashley Taylor JaffeeChapter 4: (Mis)perceptions of Arabs and Arab Americans: How Can Social Studies TeachersDisrupt the Stereotypes? Paul J. Yoder, Aaron P. Johnson, and Fares J. KaramChapter 5: The Imperative to Teach Marriage Equality in the Social Studies Classroom: AHistory, Rationale, and Classroom Practice for a More Inclusive Democracy J.B. Mayo, Jr.Chapter 6: #Black Lives Matter as Critical Patriotism LaGarrett J. King, Chezare A. Warren, Mariah Bender, and Shakealia Y. FinleyChapter 7: Teaching the Gun Control Debate in an Era of Mass Shootings Bonnie L. Bittman and William B. Russell IIIChapter 8: Big Data, Surveillance, and the Unprecedented Conditions of Citizenship H. James GarrettChapter 9: Digital Citizenship: Social Media Discourses within Social Studies Eric D. Moffa, Carolyn J. Brejwo, and Robert A. WatersonChapter 10: Financial Literacy in the Wake of the Great Recession Thomas A. Lucey, Mary Frances Agnello, and James D. LaneyAbout the Contributors...
