Book Description

Build literacy skills and social studies content-area knowledge with this nonfiction title! This 6-Pack offers an integrated English language arts approach that specifically addresses California content standards for history-social science, as well as reading, writing, and English language development standards. This informational text examines the Age of Exploration, with the formation of the colonies in the south and other aspects of Southern society - from women in the south to the plantation system. Primary source material transforms words in a book into an intimate glimpse into the lives of the people who lived in that era. Keep students engaged as they question and think about historical events more critically. This 6-Pack includes six copies of this title and a lesson plan that aligns to California's History-Social Science Content Standards.