CH 12: History & Social Studies

Early childhood educators must educate themselves about available community _____________ and, when possible, help families to obtain access to them.

• restaurants

• services

• schools

Human lives are shaped by the ______________________ and its influence on people’s roles as workers, consumers, and investors.

• economy

• ecology

• religion

The knowledge and skills in history and social science that preschoolers acquire in an early education setting provide a foundation for their understanding of themselves and the _________ in which they live.

• home

• city

• world

The preschool learning foundations for History and Social Science are organized into ______ broad categories or strands

• four

• five

• six

Young children experience a sense of ____________ strongly because familiar locations are associated with important people who constitute the child’s environment of relationships.

• time

• space

• place

The ability to see oneself in time enables us to derive lessons from past experiences, understand how we are affected by historical events, and plan for the immediate future (such as preparing a meal) or the long-term (such as obtaining an education).

• true

• false

Many formal and informal activities of an early childhood education setting contribute to developing the skills of preschool ________________ membership.

• neighborhood

• class

• community

An early childhood program is a wonderful setting for learning how to get along with others and for understanding and respecting _____________________ between people.

• similarities

• differences

• notions

The relationships that young children develop with others in the preschool provide opportunities for ___________________ these differences in-depth and in the context of the people whom the child knows well.

• understanding

• sharing

• testing

An early childhood education setting is NOT a good place to acquaint young children with people who have different backgrounds, family practices, languages, cultural experiences, special needs, and abilities.

• true

• false