Leveled Texts for Social Studies: World Cultures Through Time

Leveled Texts for Social Studies: World Cultures Through Time

Author: Debra J. Housel

Publisher: Teacher Created Materials

Published: 2007-04-16

Total Pages: 145

ISBN-13: 1425800831

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With a focus on the world history and cultures, a guide to using leveled texts to differentiate instruction in social studies offers fifteen different topics with high-interest text written at four different reading levels, accompanied by matching visuals and comprehension questions.


Reading Strategies for Social Studies

Reading Strategies for Social Studies

Author: Stephanie Macceca

Publisher: Teacher Created Materials

Published: 2013-10-01

Total Pages: 259

ISBN-13: 1425895387

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Help students read about social studies content and build their historical thinking skills! This 2nd edition resource was created to support College and Career Readiness Standards, and provides an in-depth research base about content-area literacy instruction, including key strategies to help students read and comprehend historical content. Each strategy includes classroom examples by grade ranges (1-2, 3-5, 6-8 and 9-12) and necessary support materials, such as graphic organizers, templates, or digital resources to help teachers implement quickly and easily. Specific suggestions for differentiating instruction are also provided to help English language learners, gifted students, and students reading below grade level.


Making Connections in Elementary and Middle School Social Studies

Making Connections in Elementary and Middle School Social Studies

Author: Andrew P. Johnson

Publisher: SAGE

Published: 2009-10-15

Total Pages: 401

ISBN-13: 1412968569

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Making Connections in Elementary and Middle School Social Studies, Second Edition is the best text for teaching primary school teachers how to integrate social studies into other content areas. This book is a comprehensive, reader-friendly text that demonstrates how personal connections can be incorporated into social studies education while meeting the National Council for the Social Studiese(tm) thematic, pedagogical, and disciplinary standards. Praised for its eoewealth of strategies that go beyond social studies teaching,e including classroom strategies, pedagogical techniques, activities and lesson plan ideas, this book examines a variety of methods both novice and experienced teachers alike can use to integrate social studies into other content areas.


Timed Readings Plus in Social Studies

Timed Readings Plus in Social Studies

Author: McGraw-Hill

Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Glencoe

Published: 2003-06

Total Pages: 118

ISBN-13: 9780078458019

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Do your students fail to even finish a timed test? Do they read word by word? Do they simply move their eyes over the page, never remembering what they read? If you suspect that students' test scores are being confounded by any of these traits, or if you have students who need to process greater amounts of information, the Timed Readings books can help. For over thirty years, Jamestown has been helping students increase their reading rate and fluency while maintaining comprehension. Timed Readings Plus in Social Studies features 400-word nonfiction timed passages on current social studies topics, similar to those found on state and national tests.


Our Natural Resources

Our Natural Resources

Author: Jennifer Prior

Publisher: Teacher Created Materials

Published: 2014-07-25

Total Pages: 34

ISBN-13: 1433373734

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Teach students the importance of conserving Earth's natural resources. Students will learn about wind power, solar power, recycling, renewable and non-renewable resources, and more! Colorful images, supporting text, a glossary, table of contents, and index all work together to help readers better understand the content and be fully engaged from cover to cover. This informative, colorful book uses primary sources to captivate readers as they learn social studies topics.


180 Days of Social Studies for Sixth Grade

180 Days of Social Studies for Sixth Grade

Author: Kathy Flynn

Publisher: Teacher Created Materials

Published: 2018-04-02

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13: 1493885057

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Supplement your social studies curriculum with 180 days of daily practice! This essential classroom resource provides teachers with weekly social studies units that build students' content-area literacy, and are easy to incorporate into the classroom. Students will analyze primary sources, answer text-dependent questions, and improve their grade-level social studies knowledge. Each week covers a particular topic within one of the four social studies disciplines: history, economics, civics, and geography. Aligned to the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) and state standards, this social studies workbook includes digital materials.


National Standards for History

National Standards for History

Author: National Center for History in the Schools (U.S.)

Publisher:

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13:

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This sourcebook contains more than twelve hundred easy-to-follow and implement classroom activities created and tested by veteran teachers from all over the country. The activities are arranged by grade level and are keyed to the revised National History Standards, so they can easily be matched to comparable state history standards. This volume offers teachers a treasury of ideas for bringing history alive in grades 5?12, carrying students far beyond their textbooks on active-learning voyages into the past while still meeting required learning content. It also incorporates the History Thinking Skills from the revised National History Standards as well as annotated lists of general and era-specific resources that will help teachers enrich their classes with CD-ROMs, audio-visual material, primary sources, art and music, and various print materials. Grades 5?12


Geography of California

Geography of California

Author: Lisa Greathouse

Publisher: Teacher Created Materials

Published: 2017-09-27

Total Pages: 35

ISBN-13: 1425855016

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Beaches, mountains, valleys, farmlands, and deserts are all part of the unique geography of California. Students will learn about each of these regions with this primary source e-book that builds studentsÂ’ reading skills and social studies content knowledge. The intriguing primary source maps, letters, documents, and images provide authentic nonfiction reading materials and keep students interested in learning. Text features include a glossary, index, captions, sidebars, and table of contents. This book connects to California state studies standards and the NCSS/C3 Framework and features appropriately leveled text to meet the needs of students reading at different levels. Additional features include Read and Respond and a culminating activity that prompt students to dive deeper into the text for additional reading and learning.