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plans and units. All within a constructivist framework!PBWhat's NEW in the second edition?/BBRULLIB“Building on Diversity”/Bboxes identify important diversity issues and their impact within the social studies curriculum and discuss how to address those issues throughout instruction./LILIThe discussion on teaching meaningful social studies to all students has been expanded toBconsider culture and cultural diversity/Bin more depth, to consider the needs of special education identified students in more depth, and to considerBEnglish Language Learners./B/LILIB“Making a Literature Connection”/Bboxes instruct students on how to select and integrate children's literature into their social studies teaching program./LILIBNCSS icons/Bappear throughout the book margin, prompting students to note content with specific relevance to the 10 major themes identified in theINCSS National Standards for Social Studies Teachers/Idocument./LILIB“Using Technology”/Bboxes have been added to each chapter to highlight the use and application of an aspect of technology in social studies teaching. In addition,BRecommended Websites/Bhave been added to the end of every chapter./LILIBCompanion Website icons/Bconnect the text content with a rich array of related resources found on the companion website for the book (Uhttp://www.ablongman.com/sunal2e/U)./LILIB“Expanding on this Chapter”/Bsections appear at the end of each chapter to apply the main ideas of each chapter to related contexts, thereby promoting a deeper understanding of the subject matter./LI/ULPPBAbout the Authors/BBRBCynthia @™™™™™šÿ¾Û€  (less)