This book provides a collection of ten cases for use in the middle grades that focus on many of the critical social issues we face today.

Teaching Social Issues in the Middle Grades: A Teacher’s Guide to Using Case Studies to Promote Intelligent Inquiry provides a collection of ten cases for use in the middle grades that focus on many of the critical social issues we face today. It also includes materials to enable teachers to become more skilled in using case teaching methods. The cases and the teaching strategies are designed to “develop students’ appreciation for their roles and responsibilities in relation to social and civic affairs and help them develop the critical thinking abilities to prepare them as competent and concerned citizens."

Preface

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Chapter 1: What is Case Method Teaching?

Chapter 2: Teaching With Cases? It’s Not for Every Teacher

Chapter 3: Preparing to Teach with Cases

Chapter 4: An Instructional Design for Teaching with Cases

Chapter 5: The Tools of the Interactive Process

Chapter 6: Cases based on Critical Issues in the Social Studies

Chapter 7: What me? A case writer?

Chapter 8: Evaluating students in a case method classroom

Chapter 9: And finally . . .

Appendix A: Who Makes the News?

Bibliography

About the author