Children enter school totally unaware of sex differences and without opinions about gender roles and expectations.
a. True
b. False
[Ques. 2] Childrens literature is an especially rich source for teaching about individual development and identity.
a. True
b. False
[Ques. 3] The authors recommend planning special units that address global curriculum topics rather than infusing global and multicultural perspectives throughout ones teaching.
a. True
b. False
[Ques. 4] Social studies is a pan-disciplinary school subject that bears special responsibility for socializing students to fulfill their roles as citizens in a democratic republic.
a. True
b. False
[Ques. 5] When asked to explain macro-level social phenomena, children tend to respond with narratives that personalize the events around the goals and motives of a few people.
a. True
b. False
[Ques. 6] Typically, psychology is not formally taught in the K-12 curriculum and is not relevant to elementary social studies.
a. True
b. False
[Ques. 7] Sociologists investigate the structure of social groups, organizations, and society as a whole, and how people interact within these contexts.
a. True
b. False
[Ques. 8] Most American children acquire early and retain a preference for their own country and show
a. mixed and evolving attitudes about other countries and cultures.
b. positive attitudes about other cultures which they pick up from their families.
c. negative attitudes about other cultures which they pick up from the media.
d. mixed attitudes about other places and positive attitudes about other cultures.
[Ques. 9] Childrens implicit orientation toward chauvinism is toward noticing
a. similarities, especially the physical characteristics.
b. similarities in purpose and motive more than differences.
c. sensible adaptations to the time and place.
d. differences, especially the exotic or bizarre.
[Ques. 10] Anthropology is the study of
a. ancestors.
b. cultures.
c. archaeology.
d. families.