People, Places, Checkmates

People, Places, Checkmates: Teaching Social Studies with Chess; Alexey W. Root; Libraries Unlimited; Book Code: TIP8850; ISBN: 1-59158-850-2

ISBN-13: 978-1-59158-850-4

Published: 3/23/2010

Pages: 146

Media Type: Paperback

Availablity: In Stock; List Price: $25.00; add to cart

Implement the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) curriculum standards in your classroom with People, Places, Checkmates: Teaching Social Studies with Chess. In this unique volume, 15 lesson plans teach culture, history, geography, and citizenship through the history of chess and its relationship to art, civics, culture, economics, geography, government, and technology.

Each 40-minute lesson plan includes an NCSS theme, materials and sources, procedure, and evaluation. Each lesson is followed by an optional 10-25 minute chess exercise, composed of teacher background, procedure and materials, expected time, and evaluation. A separate chapter teaches the chess basics necessary for your students to actually play chess and successfully complete the optional exercises. Lesson plans complement upper elementary and middle school curricula in world history, U.S. history, geography, and social studies.

Title Features:
• 25 reproducibles, such as letters home to parents and worksheets
• 15 photographs of famous chess players and of students playing chess
• 28 chess diagrams and 7 examples of student work
• A chronology of chess from ancient times to the present
• A glossary of 90 chess terms from past and present, such as chatrang and en passant

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