Teaching the Social Studies Unit

Successful social studies units for the educable mentally retarded (EMR) must be planned in terms of the needs and interests of the class being taught. There are, however, certain criteria which have proved useful in judging both content of lessons and method of presentation for any unit. The author feels that the most serious problem in this subject area is failure to involve the children in the learnings, a primary cause of lack of transfer. Suggestions are made as to how this involvement might be accomplished.