Book Description

The New York Vocabulary Teacher's Edition book includes 60 vocabulary words from the New York Social Studies Standards. The Teacher's Edition includes a ñweek of wordsî in a straightforward, thought-provoking, and FUN format. Every day for the first four days of the week, you'll give students a new vocabulary word which includes a definition, an interesting fact, and a ñThink About Itî discussion question. On day five, students will take a quiz on the four words using the companion Student Practice Workbook. There are 15 weeks of quizzes. A must-have for every teacher! The New York Vocabulary Teacher's Edition: ´ includes key vocabulary words hand-picked and correlated from the New York Social Studies Standards ´ uses a focused approach to build students' comprehension of the social studies standards by developing their understanding of integral vocabulary ´ has a consistent format that is easy for teachers and effective for students ´ helps students learn how to apply their new words ´ includes assessments for each vocabulary word This New York Vocabulary Teacher's Edition is a valuable test-prep tool when used with the companion Student Practice Workbook. This New York Vocabulary Teacher's Edition is a valuable test-prep tool when used with the companion Student Practice Workbook. The vocabulary words are: American Revolution ´ apprentice ´ architecture ´ Bill of Rights ´ canal ´ capital city ´ capitol ´ citizen ´ Civil War ´ Civilian Conservation Corps ´ climate ´ colony ´ constitution ´ Constitutional Convention ´ culture v custom ´ declaration ´ democracy ´ diversity ´ economic choices ´ empire ´ executive branch v government ´ Great Compromise ´ Great Depression ´ Harlem Renaissance ´ human characteristics ´ immigration ´ industrialization ´ interdependent ´ Intolerable Acts ´ inventor ´ judicial branch ´ justice ´ labor union ´landform ´ landmark ´ legislative branch ´ liberty ´ local government ´ mayor ´ monument ´ physical characteristics ´ population density ´ Progressive Movement ´ Prohibition ´ Quakers ´ reform ´ representative democracy ´ scarcity ´ settlement ´ state government ´ statehood date ´ stock market ´ suffrage ´ technology ´ tourism ´ transportation ´ treaty ´ Underground Railroad