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Anajune7

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Often, elementary students are enrolled in a general social studies class that addresses may different disciplines, including history and geography as well as perhaps economics, government, and human behavior. Perhaps the best general strategy for teaching a social studies course, especially one that includes content from a number of different disciplines, is to:
 
  a. consistently emphasize common ideas such as globalization and interdependence.
  b. use primarily interactive lessons that involve role-playing life in different contexts.
  c. have students work in groups, to highlight the interdependent and social nature of social studies.
  d. avoid discussion of stereotypes or injustices toward particular cultural groups until students are in adolescence.

Question 2

Whole-language instruction for early readers helps them to develop:
 
  a. phonological awareness.
  b. an understanding that written words have meaning.
  c. an understanding of the importance of conventional spelling and punctuation.
  d. metacognitive awareness.



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Answer to Question 1

a

Answer to Question 2

b



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