320 page student book designed for English learners, striving readers, and special education students. It introduces and reinforces social studies terms and skills. Includes Geography, World History, American History, and Civics and Government.

320 page student book designed for English learners, striving readers, and special education students. It introduces and reinforces social studies terms and skills. Includes Geography, World History, American History, and Civics and Government.

Like you we know that time is a precious commodity these days with packed schedules, testing requirements, and more. The newest addition to our product line can help you make the most of the time you have. The Quick Planning Guide - developed in conjunction with Grant Wiggins, President of Authentic Education and author of Understanding By Design - gives you the best of both worlds: planning suggestions to make the most of your time, and a focus on the Essential Questions that will drive student understanding. Scott Foresman Social Studies helps you make a difference.

Longman Social Studies prepares students in grades 6-12 for success in a standards-based social studies program with a broad overview of World and American history. All activities are specifically geared to students in the early stages of English language acquisition, and help build content knowledge, skills, and learning strategies. Special offer: Take advantage of our special offer: get the Longman Social Studies Student Book and Workbook for only $44.95. That's 25% off the regular price of these two books combined. Click here for details. Features For beginning to high beginning English language learners. "Getting Started" unit introduces the concept of social studies, including history and geography, and provides an introduction to the past tense. Reading strategies are explicitly taught and modeled throughout the lessons. Social studies skills, such as reading and interpreting maps, timelines, charts, and graphs are taught and recycled throughout each lesson. Vocabulary building activities and glossaries help students access and build mastery of the content. Unit Review provides additional practice, extension projects, further reading suggestions, and a modeled Writing Workshop.

A developmental, research-based, interactive program designed to help struggling and English language learners build a vocabulary foundation in science and social studies.

With rich content that captures children's imaginations and built-in reading and vocabulary instruction, your child will not only be learning, he'll be preparing for success while learning the responsibilities of citizenship at every grade level. Captivate your child with numerous colorful visuals and activities that will engage their interest in social studies. Connect, Experience, Understand Connecting is all about activating prior knowledge and jumpstarting your child's journey into social studies. Essential Questions help students see the big ideas they re learning about, and activate prior knowledge. They allow students to engage in an active discussion of what they already know about the topic, but also encourage them to think further. Scott Foresman Social Studies offers a variety of ways for your child to think critically about key concepts so they actively experience the world they live in. Developing true understanding means that students don t simply memorize facts, dates, and places. It means taking what they ve learned and transferring that knowledge to new content, situations, ideas, and to their own lives. The goal is to help students become successful learners who will remember not only what they have learned, but how to learn more!