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Social Studies and the Young Learner
September/October 2007
Volume 20 Number 1

articles

editor’s notes
1
The Whole Child
Linda Bennett

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Keeping Social Studies Alive with a Heritage Activity
Mary Vanderslice

6
Teaching an Interdisciplinary Unit on Shelter
Robert L. Stevens and Melanie Starkey

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Say “I Can” and Use Research Skills
Karen S. Robinson, Jenny Wenner, and Beth O’Reilly

14
A Test of High-Order Thinking
Andrea S. Libresco

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What We Treasure and Who We Are
Rebecca M. Sánchez

18
Navigating Mandated Instruction
Omiunota Nelly Ukpokodu, Erica Hernandez-Scott, and Takeisha Brown

children’s literature
22
Children and Social Change in Alabama:1965 and 2005
Lois McFadyen Christensen, Lynn Doty Kirkland,and Laurie Drennen Noblitt

perspectives
26
A Case for Advocacy: Becoming AGENTS for Change
Tina L. Heafner, Katherine A. O’Connor, Eric C. Groce, Sandra Byrd, Amy J. Good, Sandra Oldendorf, Jeff Passe, and Tracy Rock

30
NCLB and Social Studies: Joint Statements
National Council for the Social Studies, and others