Exploring Social Studies Arkansas Edition: Student Handbook Grade 3


Book Description

Make social studies more accessible to students with Exploring Social Studies: Arkansas Student Handbook. This student-friendly handbook builds content-area literacy in the four strands of social studies: history, geography, civics, and economics. It includes pertinent information about Arkansas for third grade students, including historical figures and events that have shaped Arkansas s rich history. The fun activities include practice in reading, writing, mathematics, and art, and can be easily assigned for independent work. This handbook can be used in conjunction with social studies textbooks or to supplement the language arts block, and is organized by the four social studies strands to allow for teacher flexibility in deciding which activities to assign. Aligned to the NCSS standards, each page clearly identifies the purpose of every activity and the specific Arkansas social studies standard that the activity meets. The activities include nonfiction texts with questions, fiction texts with activities, puzzles, math pages, primary sources, critical-thinking activities, creative-thinking activities, and more.




Exploring Social Studies Arkansas Edition: Student Handbook Grade 3 ebook


Book Description

Make social studies more accessible to students with Exploring Social Studies: Arkansas Student Handbook Ebook. This student-friendly handbook builds content-area literacy in the four strands of social studies: history, geography, civics, and economics. It includes pertinent information about Arkansas for third grade students, including historical figures and events that have shaped Arkansas s rich history. The fun activities include practice in reading, writing, mathematics, and art, and can be easily assigned for independent work. This handbook can be used in conjunction with social studies textbooks or to supplement the language arts block, and is organized by the four social studies strands to allow for teacher flexibility in deciding which activities to assign. Aligned to the NCSS standards, each page clearly identifies the purpose of every activity and the specific Arkansas social studies standard that the activity meets. The activities include nonfiction texts with questions, fiction texts with activities, puzzles, math pages, primary sources, critical-thinking activities, creative-thinking activities, and more.




Exploring Social Studies Arkansas Edition: Student Handbook Grade 2 ebook


Book Description

Make social studies more accessible to students with Exploring Social Studies: Arkansas Student Handbook Ebook. This student-friendly handbook builds content-area literacy in the four strands of social studies: history, geography, civics, and economics. It includes pertinent information about Arkansas for second grade students, including historical figures and events that have shaped Arkansas s rich history. The fun activities include practice in reading, writing, mathematics, and art, and can be easily assigned for independent work. This handbook can be used in conjunction with social studies textbooks or to supplement the language arts block, and is organized by the four social studies strands to allow for teacher flexibility in deciding which activities to assign. Aligned to the NCSS standards, each page clearly identifies the purpose of every activity and the specific Arkansas social studies standard that the activity meets. The activities include nonfiction texts with questions, fiction texts with activities, puzzles, math pages, primary sources, critical-thinking activities, creative-thinking activities, and more.




Exploring Social Studies Arkansas Edition: Student Handbook Grade 1 ebook


Book Description

Make social studies more accessible to students with Exploring Social Studies: Arkansas Student Handbook Ebook. This student-friendly handbook builds content-area literacy in the four strands of social studies: history, geography, civics, and economics. It includes pertinent information about Arkansas for first grade students, including historical figures and events that have shaped Arkansas s rich history. The fun activities include practice in reading, writing, mathematics, and art, and can be easily assigned for independent work. This handbook can be used in conjunction with social studies textbooks or to supplement the language arts block, and is organized by the four social studies strands to allow for teacher flexibility in deciding which activities to assign. Aligned to the NCSS standards, each page clearly identifies the purpose of every activity and the specific Arkansas social studies standard that the activity meets. The activities include nonfiction texts with questions, fiction texts with activities, puzzles, math pages, primary sources, critical-thinking activities, creative-thinking activities, and more.




Exploring Social Studies Arkansas Edition: Student Handbook Grade K


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Make social studies more accessible to kindergarten students with Exploring Social Studies: Arkansas Student Handbook! This student-friendly handbook builds content-area literacy in the four strands of social studies: history, geography, civics, and economics. It includes pertinent information about Arkansas for kindergartners, including historical figures and events that have shaped Arkansas s rich history. The fun activities include practice in reading, writing, mathematics, and art, and can be easily assigned for independent work. This handbook can be used in conjunction with social studies textbooks or to supplement the language arts block, and is organized by the four social studies strands to allow for teacher flexibility in deciding which activities to assign. Aligned to the NCSS standards, each page clearly identifies the purpose of every activity and the specific Arkansas social studies standard that the activity meets. The activities include nonfiction texts with questions, fiction texts with activities, puzzles, math pages, primary sources, critical-thinking activities, creative-thinking activities, and more.




Exploring Social Studies Arkansas Edition: Student Handbook Grade 1


Book Description

Make social studies more accessible to students with Exploring Social Studies: Arkansas Student Handbook. This student-friendly handbook builds content-area literacy in the four strands of social studies: history, geography, civics, and economics. It includes pertinent information about Arkansas for first grade students, including historical figures and events that have shaped Arkansas s rich history. The fun activities include practice in reading, writing, mathematics, and art, and can be easily assigned for independent work. This handbook can be used in conjunction with social studies textbooks or to supplement the language arts block, and is organized by the four social studies strands to allow for teacher flexibility in deciding which activities to assign. Aligned to the NCSS standards, each page clearly identifies the purpose of every activity and the specific Arkansas social studies standard that the activity meets. The activities include nonfiction texts with questions, fiction texts with activities, puzzles, math pages, primary sources, critical-thinking activities, creative-thinking activities, and more.




Exploring Social Studies Arkansas Edition: Student Handbook Grade 2


Book Description

Make social studies more accessible to students with Exploring Social Studies: Arkansas Student Handbook. This student-friendly handbook builds content-area literacy in the four strands of social studies: history, geography, civics, and economics. It includes pertinent information about Arkansas for second grade students, including historical figures and events that have shaped Arkansas s rich history. The fun activities include practice in reading, writing, mathematics, and art, and can be easily assigned for independent work. This handbook can be used in conjunction with social studies textbooks or to supplement the language arts block, and is organized by the four social studies strands to allow for teacher flexibility in deciding which activities to assign. Aligned to the NCSS standards, each page clearly identifies the purpose of every activity and the specific Arkansas social studies standard that the activity meets. The activities include nonfiction texts with questions, fiction texts with activities, puzzles, math pages, primary sources, critical-thinking activities, creative-thinking activities, and more.




Reading, Thinking, and Writing About History


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Although the Common Core and C3 Framework highlight literacy and inquiry as central goals for social studies, they do not offer guidelines, assessments, or curriculum resources. This practical guide presents six research-tested historical investigations along with all corresponding teaching materials and tools that have improved the historical thinking and argumentative writing of academically diverse students. Each investigation integrates reading, analysis, planning, composing, and reflection into a writing process that results in an argumentative history essay. Primary sources have been modified to allow struggling readers access to the material. Web links to original unmodified primary sources are also provided, along with other sources to extend investigations. The authors include sample student essays from each investigation to illustrate the progress of two different learners and explain how to support students’ development. Each chapter includes these helpful sections: Historical Background, Literacy Practices Students Will Learn, How to Teach This Investigation, How Might Students Respond?, Student Writing and Teacher Feedback, Lesson Plans and Materials. Book Features: Integrates literacy and inquiry with core U.S. history topics. Emphasizes argumentative writing, a key requirement of the Common Core. Offers explicit guidance for instruction with classroom-ready materials. Provides primary sources for differentiated instruction. Explains a curriculum appropriate for students who struggle with reading, as well as more advanced readers. Models how to transition over time from more explicit instruction to teacher coaching and greater student independence. “The tools this book provides—from graphic organizers, to lesson plans, to the accompanying documents—demystify the writing process and offer a sequenced path toward attaining proficiency.” —From the Foreword by Sam Wineburg, co-author of Reading Like a Historian “Assuming literate practice to be at the core of history learning and historical practice, the authors provide actual units of history instruction that can be immediately applied to classroom teaching. These units make visible how a cognitive apprenticeship approach enhances history and historical literacy learning and ensure a supported transition to teaching history in accordance with Common Core State Standards.” —Elizabeth Moje, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor, School of Education, University of Michigan “The C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards and the Common Core State Standards challenge students to investigate complex ideas, think critically, and apply knowledge in real world settings. This extraordinary book provides tried-and-true practical tools and step-by-step directions for social studies to meet these goals and prepare students for college, career, and civic life in the 21st century.” —Michelle M. Herczog, president, National Council for the Social Studies




An Arkansas History for Young People


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ADOPTED BY THE STATE OF ARKANSAS FOR 2003. Once again, the State of Arkansas has adopted An Arkansas History for Young People as an official textbook for junior-high-school-Arkansas-history classes. This third edition incorporates the fruits of new research and of extensive consultations with teachers, curriculum supervisors, and students themselves. It includes many new features while preserving popular and useful aspects of previous editions. This edition has an entirely new format, clear and friendly to the student reader. The text has been re-set in double-column pages, with wider margins and more white space setting off text and illustrations. A preview section at the beginning of each chapter (What to Look For) and study questions at the end now guide students' reading. Vocabulary words appear in boldface in the text and then are listed with definitions at the end of each chapter. The updated text incorporates new material on the Clinton presidency, the Huckabee governorship, term limits, the 2000 census, demographic changes, recent scholarship on Arkansas history, updated terminology, and corrections of factual errors. Sidebars still highlight special material, and the many illustrations appear in full color and in black and white.




The Status of Social Studies


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A team of researchers from 35 states across the country developed a survey designed to create a snapshot of social studies teaching and learning in the United States. With over 12,000 responses, it is the largest survey of social studies teachers in over three decades. We asked teachers about their curricular goals, their methods of instruction, their use of technology, and the way they address the needs of English language learners and students with disabilities. We gathered demographic data too, along with inquiries about the teachers' training, their professional development experiences, and even whether they serve as coaches. The enormous data set from this project was analyzed by multiple research teams, each with its own chapter. This volume would be a valuable resource for any professor, doctoral student, or Master’s student examining the field of social studies education. It is hard to imagine a research study, topical article, or professional development session concerning social studies that would not quote findings from this book about the current status of social studies. With chapters on such key issues as the teaching of history, how teachers address religion, social studies teachers’ use of technology, and how teachers adapt their instruction for students with disabilities or for English language learners, the book’s content will immediately be relevant and useful.