People, Places, Checkmates : Teaching Social Studies with Chess [Paperback]

Fifteen chess-enhanced lesson plans address National Council for the Social Studies standards for grades 48 and help prepare students to succeed in University Interscholastic League (UIL) Chess Puzzle.

Implement the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) curriculum standards in your classroom withPeople, 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. This book will also help educators and librarians prepare students to succeed in University Interscholastic League (UIL) Chess Puzzle.

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.

Alexey W. Rootis a senior lecturer in education at The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, and a former U.S. Women's chess champion.The concept is clever. . . . An exercise based on Benjamin Franklin's 'morals of chess,' a list of golden rules to be observed while playing the game, is also fascinating, as are studies of famous chess players and foreign chess terms. Arches

? Chapter 1Introduction
National Council for the Social Studies
Lesson Plan Overview
Organization of Chess Classes
Chess Equipment
? Chapter 2The World of Chess
Lesson 1: Timelines
Exercise 1: Chatrang and Shatranj
Lesson 2: Maps
Exercise 2: Ninth-Century Chess Prls'